{"id":41865,"date":"2023-10-20T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/cryptophoto-iaward-shows-how-awesome-it-is-co-founder-says-startupsmart-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:17:02","slug":"cryptophoto-iaward-shows-how-awesome-it-is-co-founder-says-startupsmart-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/cryptophoto-iaward-shows-how-awesome-it-is-co-founder-says-startupsmart-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CryptoPhoto iAward shows how \u201cawesome\u201d it is, co- founder says – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Chris Drake and his startup CryptoPhoto, winning an iAward means credibility.<\/p>\n

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For a security startup there are few things more important. On Thursday night the startup took out the Industrial, Financial category at the iAwards.<\/p>\n

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The startup offers a security solution that promises to stop phishing attacks, one of the most common causes of security breaches online.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s competing with the one-time password technology used by the likes of Commonwealth Bank. That technology sends users a text message with a one-use password that adds an additional layer of security to accounts.<\/p>\n

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CryptoPhoto replaces the additional password by displaying a photo on the website, and then prompting the user to select the same photo from a grid of images on their smartphones.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have the most amazing tech \u2013 we block everything that our competitors can\u2019t. But we have no reputation,\u201d Drake says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo awards like this give us a little thing that shows people, these guys have been looked at by independent experts and they have something that\u2019s awesome. \u201c<\/p>\n

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While one-time password technology isn\u2019t super difficult to use, CryptoPhoto is a far simpler process.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt only takes a second to use, but 10 years of effort and a million of dollars of my money that went into that,\u201d Drake says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe phishing people are more and more clever. In the old days it was random Nigerian scam things. Nowadays it will be one of your friends from Facebook and you won\u2019t know that they\u2019ve been phished and but something malicious in there. It\u2019s getting really sophisticated.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re a whole new brand of defence that has never existed before, potentially sometime in the future we ourselves will be attacked, but right now if you\u2019re using our technology there is no current attack that works against it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other notable winners included enterprise app store startup Maestrano, which began as \u201ctwo people working in a shitty apartment with nothing\u201d<\/a>, Eyenaemia co-founder Jarrel Seah who won the Hills Young Innovator mobile category, and Premonition\u2019s Brad Lorge who won the Hills Young Innovator overall and data categories.<\/p>\n

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Winners of the 2015 National iAwards:<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Hills Young Innovator award<\/b><\/p>\n

National Hills Young Innovator of the Year \u2013 Brad Lorge, Premonition, UNSW and NICTA<\/p>\n

Cloud \u2013 Alex Ghiculescu, Tanda<\/p>\n

Data \u2013 Brad Lorge, Premonition, UNSW and NICTA<\/p>\n

Mobile \u2013 Jarrel Seah, Stat Innovations<\/p>\n

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Development Domain<\/b><\/p>\n

Research & Development \u2013 Scancam, Scancam Industries<\/p>\n

New Product \u2013 SONNY Movement, Curve Tomorrow and Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute<\/p>\n

Industry<\/b><\/p>\n

Applications, Tools & Platforms \u2013 Omny Studio, 121cast<\/p>\n

Financial \u2013 CryptoPhoto, Cryptophoto.com<\/p>\n

Industrial & Resources \u2013 Progressclaim, Progressclaim.com<\/p>\n

Start-up \u2013 Maestrano, Maestrano<\/p>\n

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Service Domain<\/b><\/p>\n

Consumer \u2013 WorldPhone, Norwood Systems<\/p>\n

Education \u2013 Fireballs in the Sky, ThoughtWorks Australia and Curtin University<\/p>\n

Government (sponsored by HP) \u2013 Bloodnet Laboratory Information System Interface, National Blood Authority<\/p>\n

Health \u2013 Okee in Medical Imaging, The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital Melbourne and Conduct<\/p>\n

Society Domain<\/b><\/p>\n

Regional, Inclusion & Community \u2013 COVIU, Coviu and NICTA<\/p>\n

Sustainability \u2013 BuildingIQ, BuildingIQ<\/p>\n

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Students<\/b><\/p>\n

Secondary \u2013 Smog Game<\/i>, Josh Caratelli and Liam McLachlan, Elwood College<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Tertiary \u2013 Robotic hand exoskeleton, Anthony Phan, Curtin University<\/p>\n

Postgraduate Tertiary \u2013 Bandage, University of Melbourne<\/p>\n

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