The Biometric Update Podcast
A weekly show from trade outlet Biometric Update that explains biometrics and digital identity news to a general audience. Short and accessible.
- Host
- Joel McConvey
- Publisher
- Biometric Update · Media
- Pillar
- Customer Identity (CIAM), Emerging & Foundational
- Level
- Learner
- Format
- Interview
- Cadence
- Weekly, 15 to 40 min
- Status
- Active, last episode 2026-11-06
- Since
- 2025
- Episodes
- 76
What it is
The Biometric Update Podcast is published by Biometric Update, a trade news outlet, and launched in April 2025. Its stated aim is to bridge industry insiders and a general-interest audience. Episodes cover age assurance, digital ID programs, verifiable credentials for organisations, passkey adoption, and how AI agents can be held accountable. Recent guests include FIDO Alliance chief executive Andrew Shikiar and GLEIF chief executive Alexandre Kech.
Who it suits
Newcomers to biometrics and digital identity, policy and product people, and anyone who wants the week's ID news explained rather than listed.
Editor note
The most accessible show in this directory: short episodes, plain language, and a newsroom's sense of what matters this week. That makes it a good first listen. Depth varies with the guest, and it covers government ID and biometrics far more than enterprise access management.
Where to start
- Biometric Update Podcast Ep. 22: Passkeys ascendant with FIDO's Andrew Shikiar2025-11-07 · 27 min · Learner · Passkeys and FIDO
Where passkey adoption stands, what the FIDO Passkey Index shows about sign-in success and speed, and why making passwords the exception rather than the default counts as progress.
Last verified 2026-09-30 against the show's feed, recent episode notes, and the publisher's own pages. Status and last-episode date update weekly from the feed.
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