Tim Mackey

Tim Mackey

Synopsys

Principal Security Strategist

Tim Mackey is a principal security strategist for the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center. As a security strategist, he applies his skills in distributed systems engineering, mission critical engineering, performance monitoring, large-scale data center operations, and global data privacy regulations to customer problems. An O’Reilly Media published author, Tim has also been covered in publications around the globe including Fortune, NBC News, Dark Reading, InfoSecurity Magazine, and The Straits Times.

Most people deal with facial recognition in a public setting at the airport. Today’s columnist, Tim Mackey of Synopsys, says organizations using facial recognition will have to adjust their systems to reflect the use of masks during the pandemic.

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COVID-19 face masks meet facial recognition

Tim MackeyJanuary 5, 2021

While there are law enforcement uses for facial recognition technologies, to understand the security implications of them, we first need to define a use case.