Identity Proofing & Verification

Identity Verification (IDV)

Identity Verification (IDV)

Confirm the real person behind every identity, from onboarding to account recovery

Identity Verification (IDV) confirms that a person is who they claim to be, remotely or in-person, in real time. It authenticates the identity document, matches a live selfie with liveness and deepfake detection, and, where available, checks the identity against authoritative sources.

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Stronger assurance, faster onboarding

  • Real time verification, from document capture to a verified identity
  • 98% of genuine users pass the selfie check on their first try

Proven accurate, fair and secure in independent testing

Third-party labs and government programs have tested every layer, from liveness and deepfake defense to matching accuracy and fairness.

Successful attacks. Our technology withstood every deepfake, face swap and injection attempt in an independent CEN/TS 18099 evaluation by BixeLab.
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Of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) performance thresholds met: the top-performing solution in the Remote Identity Validation Rally, across selfie match, liveness and document authentication
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For fairness in National Institute of Standards and Technology face recognition testing, with consistent accuracy across age, sex and ethnicity
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Read the Results: BixeLab | DHS RIVR | NIST | iBeta | Kantara | SOC 2 Type II | BIPA | GDPR

Multiple layers of verification, in one guided capture

Every verification runs multiple checks in the background of a single selfie and document capture. Together they confirm the person is real, matches their identity document, and is backed by an authoritative source.

Document Capture & Authentication

Our identity proofing, for web or native apps, guides users to capture their identity document by photo, video, chip or scan, and checks image quality in real time.

  • Guided auto-capture and near field communication (NFC) chip reading for International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) documents
  • Verification of digital IDs and mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs)
  • More than 4,500 document types across 195+ countries
  • Authenticity checks: template match, checksum validation and machine readable zone consistency
  • Tamper checks: digital edits, font anomalies and physical document presence

Document Authentication

Our identity document authentication technology includes the following checks:

  • Digital Tampering Detection – Ensures that no areas have been digitally edited.
  • Document Identification – Identify submitted image as a known ID document type per library of templates.
  • Field to Field Consistency – Ensures data in Machine Readable Zones (MRZ) remains consistent across multiple sources in the document,
  • Checksum Validation – Applying unique rules for generating fields to verify matching with the expected outcome.
  • Document Presence Detection – Verifies that the document is physically present when checked.
  • Font Anomaly Detection – Identifies any inconsistencies in text to alert of tampering.
Man using liveness detection with phone.

Face Capture & Liveness

Guided auto-capture takes a selfie on any phone or webcam, and liveness detection runs at the same moment to prove a real, live person is present, not a photo, mask, replay or AI-generated face.

  • Multiple security layers: injection attack detection, presentation attack detection, deepfake detection, anti-replay and smartphone fingerprinting
  • Met 100% of presentation attack detection thresholds in the DHS Remote Identity Validation Rally
  • Certified to ISO/IEC 30107-3 Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) Level 2 by iBeta, and to CEN/TS 18099 Substantial for injection attack detection by BixeLab

Face Verification

Matches the live selfie to the portrait on the identity document, or to a portrait on file.

  • Ranked #1 for selfie-to-document matching accuracy in the DHS Remote Identity Validation Rally
  • Face algorithms ranked #1 for fairness by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, with consistent accuracy across age, sex and ethnicity
  • Works on web, iOS and Android
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Root of Trust & Third-Party Checks

Built on decades of partnership with government agencies, Identity Verification validates a person’s biographic and biometric attributes against authoritative sources.

  • Issuing agency records, including 45 state motor vehicle agency databases
  • Telco data from mobile network operators
  • Credit bureau attributes

Root of Trust & Third-Party Checks

Built on decades of partnership with government agencies, Identity Verification validates a person’s biographic and biometric attributes against authoritative sources.

  • Issuing agency records, including 45 state motor vehicle agency databases
  • Telco data from mobile network operators
  • Credit bureau attributes

Use cases across workforce and customers

  • Workforce Onboarding: Verify employees, contractors and visitors before any badge, credential or system access is issued.
  • Account Recovery: Replace knowledge questions and help-desk resets with self-service reverification.
  • Step-Up for High-Risk Actions: Reverify the person before sensitive transactions or access to restricted assets.
  • Account Opening: Open accounts quickly, meet know your customer obligations and stop fraud at enrollment.
  • Age Verification: Automate age-restricted access checks that protect privacy and keep the experience smooth.
  • Periodic Compliance Checks: Reverify existing customers when regulations require it, and stop account takeover fraud.

Integrates fast, protects privacy

Integration

  • No-code, low-code or full integration, with application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs) for web, iOS and Android
  • Identity proofing natively available to Microsoft Entra ID subscribers
  • Digital ID verification through an OpenID Connect connector

Privacy

  • User consent capture, in line with privacy regulations such as the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • 30-day data retention, configurable down to zero
  • No AI training on your customer data

Results from the field

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Fewer fraudulent registrations reaching approval

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration added Identity Verification to new carrier registration. The share of applications approved dropped from 60–65% to about 30%, as fraudulent applicants failed identity checks at the start.

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2 months

From proof of concept to production with Kudelski IoT

Auto dealerships now verify customers before test drives and loan approvals, across in-person, remote and hybrid sales, to stop vehicle theft and fraudulent financing.

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10x

Lower operational cost for account recovery at a leading French retail bank

Moving account recovery from the call center to self-service let customers regain access within seconds, in a process that feels more secure than knowledge-based questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Identity verification (IDV) confirms that a person is who they claim to be. IDEMIA Public Security Identity Verification authenticates the person’s identity document, matches a live selfie to it with liveness and deepfake detection, and, where available, checks the identity against authoritative sources, remotely or in person, in real time.
  • IDEMIA Public Security Identity Verification can protect the selfie capture with multiple security layers: injection attack detection, presentation attack detection, deepfake detection, anti-replay checks and smartphone fingerprinting. In an independent CEN/TS 18099 evaluation by BixeLab, our technology withstood every deepfake, face swap and injection attempt.
  • For full account recovery, require Identity Verification before a password or multi-factor authentication reset, instead of knowledge-based questions. The caller must present their identity document and a live selfie, so an attacker who has researched an employee online cannot impersonate them at the help desk.
  • Verify each candidate before interviews or before day one. Document authentication confirms the ID is genuine, and a live selfie with liveness and deepfake detection confirms the person matches it. The same identity can be reverified later to confirm the person doing the job is the person you hired.
  • FinCEN recommends live verification checks to counter deepfake identity documents. IDEMIA Public Security Identity Verification provides live selfie verification with certified liveness and injection attack detection, plus document authentication that flags altered or forged identity documents when new accounts are opened.
  • Yes. Identity Verification confirms age from a verified identity document matched to a live selfie. For an even smoother journey, selfie-only age estimation can estimate whether a person is above an age threshold without a document.
  • Identity verification confirms who a person is, typically at onboarding or account recovery. Authentication confirms that a returning user is the same person who was verified. Strong authentication depends on a verified identity at the start.
  • Depending on the user journey implemented, identity verification can be completed in real time, from document capture to a verified identity.
  • IDEMIA Public Security Identity Verification is Kantara approved at NIST 800-63 Identity Assurance Level 2, certified to ISO/IEC 30107-3 Presentation Attack Detection Level 2 for liveness detection, certified to CEN/TS 18099 Substantial level for injection attack detection, SOC 2 Type II compliant, and designed to support General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) compliance.
  • Yes. Identity proofing is natively available to Microsoft Entra ID subscribers. For other platforms, organizations can choose no-code, low-code or full integration, with application programming interfaces and software development kits for web, iOS and Android. Digital IDs can be verified through an OpenID Connect connector.
  • Personal data, biometric or otherwise, is kept for a 30-day retention period that can be configured down to zero, and it is never used to train AI models. To deliver trusted identity without repeat checks, Identity Verification can issue reusable digital credentials that people hold and share from their own device.
  • More than 4,500 document types across 195+ countries, including passports with NFC chip verification, driver licenses, national identity cards, residence permits, digital IDs and mobile driver’s licenses.

Part of Trusted Identity Access

Identity Verification powers trust across the entire identity journey, from onboarding and verification to authentication, access and account recovery, so the same verified person can be trusted at every step. Pair it with ID Keys from our Smart Credentials range for phishing-resistant sign-in.

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