Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 77 | Page 7

EDITOR ’ S NOTE

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO for Europe . This month ’ s cover story , which can be found on page 54 , features Pierre Béret , VP Customer Operations & Risk , Getaround . Confronted by escalating levels of fraudulent activity within its carsharing platform , Getaround ’ s integrity faced significant threats .

Béret shares how the partnership with Onfido has revolutionised its fraud detection , enhancing security without compromising user experience . The solution not only safeguards the platform but also sets new industry standards for safe and secure carsharing operations . “ Fraud is a game of cat and mouse , and as we ’ ve expanded our carsharing platform into eight countries and over 1,000 towns and cities , we needed a best-in-class solution to keep our users , vehicles and services safe while keeping bad actors out ,” said Béret .
“ Crucially , we did not want to impact the user experience of legitimate users that were onboarding to our platform with modified details . Onfido ’ s innovative ‘ Face Found ’ solution can discern between legitimate users and fraudsters attempting to return with new identities . Its combination of document and AI-powered biometric checks has accelerated our user onboarding times and created a more secure , trusted process .” the UK Government ’ s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2024 ? We hear from Richard Staynings , Chief Security Strategist , Cylera ; Tom Kidwell Co-founder of Ecliptic Dynamics ; and Tom Henson , Managing Director at Emerge Digital .
This month ’ s Get to Know features Dave Adamson , Chief Technology Officer , Espria , who tells us about his life , inside and outside of the office .
“ My Dad had a work laptop in the 90s which weighed about the same as a small house , and it came with the ‘ secret ’ game GORILLAS . BAS ,” he tells us . “ Finding this led to me tinkering about with various settings I probably shouldn ’ t have , which helped nurture my love of problem solving . Nowadays the problems I help to solve are grander in scale but the mindset I developed as a child is still the same – wanting to know why something did or didn ’ t work . Curiosity and technology are natural bedfellows .” You can read the full article by turning to p73 .
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In this month ’ s Editor ’ s Question on pages 30 – 33 , we ask industry experts what lessons can be taken from
Mark Bowen Editorial Director
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