Michael Magrath Email Address

Vice President, Global Regulations and Public Policy

VASCO is the #1 provider of authentication and electronic signature solutions to financial institutions serving more than half of the Top 100 global banks.

Kuma is a global privacy, security and identity consultancy. Mike leads Kuma's expanding global Digital Identity Practice.   As an Accredited Assessor of the Kantara Initiative, Kuma is approved for Kantara Classic & NIST 800-63 rev.3 (LoA2 & LoA3 (non-PKI); IAL2, IAL3; AAL2, AAL3; FAL2, FAL3). Additionally, Kuma anticipates being named as an accredited for the and the UK Government's Digital Identity and Attribute Trust Framework and the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF) . Kuma is a member of the Digital Identity and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC). Prior to Kuma, Michael was VP of Global Regulations, Standards and Public Policy. His area of focus included state, provincial, federal and international regulation of technology, cybersecurity, digital identity, authentication, electronic signatures, privacy and data security and emerging trends in banking, including fintech, blockchain, IoT, and artificial intelligence. He was OneSpan's Board Delegate for the FIDO Alliance and was co-chair of the FIDO's Government Deployment Working Group and served on the FIDO's Public Policy Committee. He was also on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Signature and Records Association (ESRA) and represented OneSpan in the Better Identity Coalition and the Digital Identity and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC). He also served on the Board of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group’s (IDESG) and was chair of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Identity Management Task Force. Prior to OneSpan, he served as Director for Identity Solutions for DrFirst, a leading U.S. health IT solution provider, and focused on streamlining and securing the identity management process for healthcare providers nationwide and increasing the adoption of electronically prescribing controlled substances (EPCS) to combat the opioid crisis. Before DrFirst, Mike lead Gemalto’s market and business development activities in the U.S. government and healthcare markets and was a contributing member of the Health Record Banking Alliance, WEDI, HIMSS, the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance and the Secure ID Coalition. He served as Chairman of the Secure Technology Alliance’s Health & Human Services Council served as an advisor to the American Medical Association supporting a Center for Disease Control grant to develop and test the viability of a "Health Security Card" to identify and expeditiously treat victims in the event of a disaster.