Our Advantage
The 1Kosmos Identity Proofing Advantage
1Kosmos Identity Proofing capabilities will guide the users through a mobile-first identity enrollment journey. As the process starts, users can enroll various types of IDs like driver’s licenses, national identity documents, and passports. 1Kosmos can also leverage non-physical IDs, such as a telco account and banking credentials, to improve identity assurance. For additional use cases, a user’s SSN can be verified against the SSA or verify if a user is a physician by validating their NPIN (National Physician Information Number). As the documents and accounts are enrolled, the location and phone number are verified against the issuing authority. 1Kosmos then validates the user’s LiveID scan against the picture extracted from the document. Once the identity is validated, their biometrics and IDs are enrolled. Both data types are encrypted with the user’s private key and stored in the 1Kosmos private and permissioned blockchain.
Both data types are encrypted with the user’s private key and stored in the 1Kosmos private and permissioned blockchain.
Government Issued IDs
1Kosmos identity proofing will utilize a user’s driver’s license, passport, or National ID to validate a user’s identity. With the user’s consent, content will be extracted from the ID and documents will be verified for validity. 1Kosmos supports document verification for over 150 countries. The extracted data, including the picture, is used to verify the user’s identity and is encrypted with the user’s private key and stored in the 1Kosmos private and permissioned blockchain protecting the user’s data and privacy.
As Government-issued IDs are updated, users can delete their expired ID and enroll the new ID.
Our identity proofing technology can:
- Read barcodes defined by PDF 417 standard that has data encapsulated in it
- Read the data stored in an MRZ code on both passports and National ID’s
- Read and extract the secure data located in passport RFID chips
- Communicate with issuing authorities to verify data accuracy
- Identify fraudulent IDs during time of capture
Reasons to consider
- Coverage for 150 countries
- Eliminate manual processes and simplify workflow integrations
True Accept Rate
(TAR)
Document Verification
Identity proofing is only as sound as the ID used. 1Kosmos Identity proofing technology captures the information in the ID and looks to ensure the ID is valid. For instance, 1Kosmos checks for common characteristics of the entered document to identify if a photocopy is used. The RFID chip in a passport is another example, where if the chip can not be read, then the data is not validated.
In cases where a visual check of the data is required, 1Kosmos will work with third parties to validate the captured data and the ID document. Or, if organizations would prefer, 1Kosmos can activate an API to verify the data from the Country Signer Certificate Authority (CSCA) or from an issuing authority such as AAMVA for US drivers licenses, to validate the document and the data.
Web to Mobile Handoff
For identity onboarding sessions that are done on a laptop or desktop, the user’s session can be transferred to their mobile for image capturing. Once the documents and LiveID are enrolled, the session is returned to the originating browser. This allows the capturing of high-quality imagery, which is not possible via the low-resolution cameras on desktops and laptops.
Driver’s License
To validate the driver’s license, the user is instructed to put the ID on a flat surface with a darker background so that 1Kosmos can easily detect the contrast between the back and front of the driver’s license. This also helps detect fraudulent documents or documents that are printed on a piece of paper. 1Kosmos compares the data extracted from the back of the driver’s license PDF 417 with the data captured from the OCR scan of the front to validate the data, and the picture captured is used to validate the LiveID biometric scan. All of the data is encrypted with the user’s private key and stored in the 1Kosmos private and permissioned blockchain and can be shared at the user’s discretion if requested.
Passport
1Kosmos can verify identity through three areas of the passport to validate the data and document. First, an OCR scan of the passport data page is done, with all of the information in a human-readable format. Second, 1Kosmos reads and captures the MRZ code containing an encoded version of the identity data. And Finally, 1Kosmos can read and compare the data on the NFC chip if the mobile device supports NFC and this level of verification is needed.
These three data points will triangulate all of the identity data that increases the identity assurance level of the user. All of the data is encrypted with the user’s private key and stored in the 1Kosmos private and permissioned blockchain and can be shared at the user’s discretion if requested.
Identity Proofing SDK
Our Identity Proofing functionality is available through our customizable SDK and is easily integrated into any homegrown or local apps. So no matter if you are using the 1Kosmos app or a custom integration, you can implement a mobile-first automated identity proofing workflow.
Compliance
1Kosmos is certified (by the Kantara Initiative) to NIST Identity Assurance Level 2 and compliant with Identity Assurance 3, as per the NIST 800-63-3 digital identity guidelines