The rise of artificial intelligence use by candidates has raised new concerns about antiquated manual hiring and onboarding practices. Ar...
The Business Challenge
The rise of artificial intelligence use by candidates has raised new concerns about antiquated manual hiring and onboarding practices. Are the persons who you interview, who take assessments, and who show up on the job in fact the same person, and are they who they claim to be?
Traditional metrics such as recruiter efficiency, quality of hire, time to hire, and cost per hire continue to be pressing concerns – only to be complicated by fraudsters and even nation-state sponsored threat actors equipped with synthetic and stolen identities.
1Kosmos automates and improves workforce identity verification with a convenient, self-service workflow, significantly outperforming manual processes. Document verification, advanced biometrics, and a privacy-by-design architecture Our platform provides tamper evident and trustworthy digital verification of identity and more. Learn More work together to drive accuracy and efficiency and to ensure data privacy for those sharing sensitive personal identifiable information throughout hiring and onboarding.
The 1Kosmos Advantage
Modernize Identity Verification for Rapid Onboarding
Modernizing identity proofing and verification for rapid onboarding is essential as more organizations move to a remote or hybrid hiring model. 1Kosmos offers self-service identity verification that accommodates government-issued credentials in 150 countries with over 99% accuracy.
Self-service document verification improves accuracy and alleviates administrative overhead. Our platform also supports agent-assisted verification up to certified NIST Identity Assurance Level 3 (IAL 3) if required. Verified users are cryptographically bound to their account and can authenticate in various ways, for example through a biometric with liveness detection to ensure the enrolled user is the one requesting physical or digital access.
Workers register once and can then use any authorized device. Existing workers can quickly gain passwordless access via multiple modalities to suit the level of business risk associated with their job function.
Defeat Facial Spoofing with Real Biometrics
Facial spoofing, whether through a photo, video, mask, or injection attack poses a formidable challenge to remote identity verification.
Unlike device-level face ID, LiveID prevents spoofing by performing texture and reflection analysis, examining surface characteristics such as reflections on the face. Facial movements and a passive liveness test are analyzed to detect anomalies.
A “live selfie” is then compared to the image obtained during document verification, ensuring a strong match and increasing confidence in the user’s identity.
In addition to physical and digital access, LiveID also supports additional security use cases such as password resets and account recovery. By requiring a live selfie and verifying identity during these sensitive processes, LiveID ensures that only legitimate, verified users can gain system access, enhancing overall cyber security.
Empower Users to Control Their Personal Information
The 1Kosmos private, permissioned ledger eliminates the centralized user store or “honeypot” and along with it any third party access to personal identifiable information (PII). This gives the user sole control over their data and how it is shared, simplifying compliance with privacy mandates.
The private ledger retains an immutable audit trail of all events, enabling tamper-evident visibility to all logins, access attempts, information updates, and shared information. Information from separate organizations or lines of business can be stored separately, each with its own private ledger.
Additionally, if the employee or contractor leaves and returns to the organization, the account can be reinstated by providing their biometric or a predetermined data point like a passport. Again, reducing the cost and improving the management of user identities.
Build Secure Authentication Through Verified Identity
1Kosmos uses a decentralized identifier and cryptographic public-private key pair to form the identity wallet— an architectural advantage Our real biometrics (with verified liveness) are difficult to counterfeit, so they provide quick, consistent, and reliable authentication. Learn More – that securely stores personal information and credentials, requiring the user’s private key and biometrics for data access.
The private key remains confined within the Secure Enclave (i.e., Trusted Platform Module) of the device, and biometric authentication adheres to the highest digital standards, surpassing the security levels achievable with passwords, traditional multi-factor authentication, and unverified device-level biometrics. This robust approach significantly mitigates cyber threats related to account credential compromise, such as phishing, data breaches, and compromised account credentials.
1Kosmos advanced security features comply with industry standards such as W3C, REST, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and FIDO. Additionally, it supports RADIUS and promotes interoperability across a spectrum of operating systems, encompassing Microsoft Entra ID, iOS, Android, Linux, and Unix.
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