Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the economics of digital fraud, allowing attackers to automate sophisticated campaigns at a scale that many enterprises are not yet prepared to defend against, according to Aware Chief Revenue Officer Brian Krause.
Speaking on the latest episode of ID Talk, recorded on-site at Identity Week Europe 2026 in Amsterdam, Krause argued that the industry’s attention is shifting beyond preventing fake account creation toward defending legitimate accounts throughout their lifecycle. While identity verification has traditionally focused on onboarding, today’s fraudsters are increasingly targeting existing accounts through AI-powered attacks, making continuous identity verification and adaptive security more important than ever.
“When you look at what some of these new technologies like Claude or Codex have given you, it’s not just about giving fraudsters the tool sets,” Krause said. “Hey, I can create a better fake ID faster. It’s actually a platform to attack at scale.”
According to Krause, that shift means organizations should prepare for a period of significant remediation as increasingly capable AI systems expose weaknesses in existing identity infrastructure. He pointed to the anticipated public release of Anthropic’s Mythos model as one potential catalyst, arguing that enterprises may need to reassess the technologies they rely on as new attack techniques emerge.
“I don’t think everyone is [prepared],” he said. “There will inevitably be probably in the next twelve months where there’s heavy remediation dollars, companies investing a lot, switching technologies, adding multiple technologies… because what they’ve been using even six months ago or a year ago is not going to work anymore.”
Krause said Aware believes the answer lies in greater agility rather than relying on any single biometric algorithm or identity verification platform. The company has been promoting an orchestration approach that allows organizations to deploy multiple biometric technologies and adapt their defenses as threats evolve, similar to the resilience strategies used in cloud infrastructure and networking.
“If you’re using a certain model or an algorithm and it comes under attack by a certain attack type, you can just shut it off and switch to another model that’s not susceptible to that type of attack,” he said. “I call it defense resilience.”
That flexibility will become increasingly important, Krause argued, because the fraud landscape is constantly changing.
“We never wake up on a Tuesday and say we solved fraud,” he said. “Once they’re tied with you, you’re behind.”
The conversation also explored Aware’s broader outlook for the future of digital identity, including the growing importance of passive liveness detection, the concept of “humanhood” as the first line of defense against AI-generated attacks, and why Krause believes biometrics will increasingly replace passwords as the default method of securing digital services.
The full interview with Brian Krause is available via the web player below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
