Unho Choi 🇰🇷

A global Cyber Security, Metaverse, AI, Avatar Payment, CBDC, Fintech, Digital ID expert who works with fortune 500 companies, Federal Governments, UNHCR and the banking industry to help CISO implement biometric authentication for secure payment methods, as well as access to physical premises and logical IT assets and Patented the technology used in Apple Pay, Google Pay, and AI speakers that control IoT devices via your own voice authentication used for Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung Bixby. Also patented the technology for a biometric ID card in 2009 (before Apple iPhone 5s with fingerprint sensor 2014), as recognized the need for off-grid accessibility, as well as functionality, for Disaster/Emergency Relief, and for combating national ID fraud crime, within a broad cross-section of industries, and organizations, within the private and public sectors. Served at the United Nations CISO Group from 2012 – 2015 as a Senior Security Officer for the global implementation of the “One UN ID card” a Biometric, password-free access card for employees and refugees, which was implemented by the UNHCR that is based in Geneva, Switzerland. Patent holder of over 60 Global biometric security patents — including the US, Canada, U.K., E.U: France, Germany, Switzerland; China, Japan and Israel. Holds a Ph.D. in Cyber security from Hansei University, and is a remote Professor of Smart City Security at Sogang University in South Korea & lives in Toronto, ON.