Gartner®, Deepfake Identity Threats: Mitigate Risk in Identity Verification and Face Biometrics, Akif Khan, Nayara Sangiorgio, James Hoover, 11 May 2026
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Caryn Seidman Becker recently joined CNBC to discuss why biometrics and secure identity should be ubiquitous—and why AI and agentic systems make identity integrity more critical than ever before. As Caryn notes, the rise of AI agents and automation raises a critical question: when an action is taken on your network, how do you know who is really behind it? Modern identity threats—from deepfakes to synthetic identities and compromised devices—have outgrown document-only checks, proving that organizations need more than a single signal to establish trust.
In the conversation, Caryn grounds that challenge in a place CLEAR knows well: the airport. She draws on more than 16 years of experience operating in these highly regulated environments to show how CLEAR has made airport experiences both safer and easier for millions of travelers. She then highlights how CLEAR1, CLEAR’s secure identity platform for businesses, is extending that same trusted identity into all kinds of digital experiences. With tens of millions of CLEAR members who can verify instantly with just a selfie, CLEAR1 partners can tap into a network that consumers already recognize and trust for security and reliability.
“Agentic identity makes true identity all the more important.”
To meet this new standard, CLEAR1 uses a multi-layered approach that analyzes hundreds of real-time signals across biometrics, documents, devices, and authoritative data sources to confirm identity wherever it matters most. By anchoring every interaction in a verified, reusable digital identity, CLEAR1 helps organizations maximize security and minimize friction as they scale AI, automation, and other high-stakes workflows.
Watch Caryn’s full CNBC conversation above to hear more about CLEAR’s vision for a world where identity powers trust at every touchpoint—from the airport to the agentic AI era.
Caryn Seidman Becker recently joined CNBC to discuss why biometrics and secure identity should be ubiquitous—and why AI and agentic systems make identity integrity more critical than ever before. As Caryn notes, the rise of AI agents and automation raises a critical question: when an action is taken on your network, how do you know who is really behind it? Modern identity threats—from deepfakes to synthetic identities and compromised devices—have outgrown document-only checks, proving that organizations need more than a single signal to establish trust.
In the conversation, Caryn grounds that challenge in a place CLEAR knows well: the airport. She draws on more than 16 years of experience operating in these highly regulated environments to show how CLEAR has made airport experiences both safer and easier for millions of travelers. She then highlights how CLEAR1, CLEAR’s secure identity platform for businesses, is extending that same trusted identity into all kinds of digital experiences. With tens of millions of CLEAR members who can verify instantly with just a selfie, CLEAR1 partners can tap into a network that consumers already recognize and trust for security and reliability.
“Agentic identity makes true identity all the more important.”
To meet this new standard, CLEAR1 uses a multi-layered approach that analyzes hundreds of real-time signals across biometrics, documents, devices, and authoritative data sources to confirm identity wherever it matters most. By anchoring every interaction in a verified, reusable digital identity, CLEAR1 helps organizations maximize security and minimize friction as they scale AI, automation, and other high-stakes workflows.
Watch Caryn’s full CNBC conversation above to hear more about CLEAR’s vision for a world where identity powers trust at every touchpoint—from the airport to the agentic AI era.
