🎉 1Kosmos named an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole enterprise passwordless authentication

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🎉 1Kosmos named an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole enterprise passwordless authentication

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🎉 1Kosmos named an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole enterprise passwordless authentication

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IAM in higher education

Secure every student & applicant

Eliminate ghost students, stop applicant and financial aid fraud, and protect help desks from social engineering with standards-based identity verification.

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What’s broken today

Higher Ed isn’t braced for modern threats

Universities run on trust, but legacy identity checks can’t keep up with modern attacks. Ghost students, fraudulent applicants, and social engineering put funding, data, and operations at risk.

Ghost students inflate risk and waste resources

Synthetic and duplicate identities slip through manual checks, skewing enrollment and exposing financial aid programs.

Applicant and financial aid fraud are hard to detect

Thin files and look‑alike identities make it difficult to distinguish real applicants from fraud rings and refund scams.

Help desk social engineering bypasses weak checks

Agents rely on easily stolen personal data to reset accounts, leaving gaps attackers can exploit over the phone.

Manual verification slows operations and raises costs

Staff spend hours each week verifying identities by hand, driving up FTE needs and frustrating students and faculty.

A group of four people sitting on stairs, engaged in conversation or studying, with notebooks and pens.

What’s broken today

Higher Ed isn’t braced for modern threats

Universities run on trust, but legacy identity checks can’t keep up with modern attacks. Ghost students, fraudulent applicants, and social engineering put funding, data, and operations at risk.

Ghost students inflate risk and waste resources

Synthetic and duplicate identities slip through manual checks, skewing enrollment and exposing financial aid programs.

Applicant and financial aid fraud are hard to detect

Thin files and look‑alike identities make it difficult to distinguish real applicants from fraud rings and refund scams.

Help desk social engineering bypasses weak checks

Agents rely on easily stolen personal data to reset accounts, leaving gaps attackers can exploit over the phone.

Manual verification slows operations and raises costs

Staff spend hours each week verifying identities by hand, driving up FTE needs and frustrating students and faculty.

A group of four people sitting on stairs, engaged in conversation or studying, with notebooks and pens.

What’s broken today

Higher Ed isn’t braced for modern threats

Universities run on trust, but legacy identity checks can’t keep up with modern attacks. Ghost students, fraudulent applicants, and social engineering put funding, data, and operations at risk.

Ghost students inflate risk and waste resources

Synthetic and duplicate identities slip through manual checks, skewing enrollment and exposing financial aid programs.

Applicant and financial aid fraud are hard to detect

Thin files and look‑alike identities make it difficult to distinguish real applicants from fraud rings and refund scams.

Help desk social engineering bypasses weak checks

Agents rely on easily stolen personal data to reset accounts, leaving gaps attackers can exploit over the phone.

Manual verification slows operations and raises costs

Staff spend hours each week verifying identities by hand, driving up FTE needs and frustrating students and faculty.

A group of four people sitting on stairs, engaged in conversation or studying, with notebooks and pens.

Verify every identity, on and off-campus

01
Eliminate ghost students with self‑service remote IDV
Verify each student’s identity with document and biometric checks before granting access to your systems.
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Stop applicant and financial aid fraud at the source
03
Protect the help desk from social engineering
04
Reduce operational costs with automated verification

The 1Kosmos platform

Identity Verification (IDV)

Verify students, faculty, staff, and alumni remotely with self‑service document and biometric checks, then bind each verified identity to campus accounts and trusted devices.

Verify

Verify

Verify

Passwordless Authentication

Replace passwords with secure, biometric login anchored to a verified identity, working alongside your existing SSO and MFA to protect teaching, research, and administrative systems.

Authenticate

Authenticate

Authenticate

Reverification

Step up to verified identity again for high‑value events such as account recovery, financial aid changes, sensitive system access, and help desk calls, so you maintain trust across the entire lifecycle.

Reverify

Reverify

Reverify

Proven & recognized

#1 Workforce use cases

(Gartner Critical Capabilities for IDV, 2025)

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#1 Overall leader, product leader, & innovation leader

(KuppingerCole IDV Leadership Compass, 2025)

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Built for higher education procurement

Meet higher education expectations for security, privacy, and contracts with a platform that supports price catalogs and contract vehicles. Higher ed pricing available.

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Committed to standards & security

Purpose-built for public sector with the certifications and authorizations agencies require.

FedRAMP High-authorized + IL4

Kantara certified (1 of 6 full-service CSPs)

W3C-verified credentials

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Carahsoft: How to buy

1Kosmos is available to education and SLED institutions through established contract vehicles with Carahsoft.

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Identity management

AI Agents Need More Than Identity Mapping: They Need Trust, Authentication, and Human Assurance

AI agent identity mapping isn't enough. Learn how 1Kosmos enforces trust, authentication, and human-in-the-loop approval for secure agent automation.

Huzefa Olia

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Biometric authentication

Behavioral Biometrics Solutions: 5 Platforms Compared

Behavioral biometric solutions verify identity by analyzing interaction patterns like typing rhythm and mouse movements to detect fraud.

1Kosmos

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Authentication

Behavioral Authentication: Overview, Types, and Use Cases

Behavioral authentication verifies identity through typing patterns, mouse movements, and user interactions. Learn about typing biometrics and other methods.

1Kosmos

The latest in identity security.

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A collection of news, insights, and tutorials.

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Identity management

AI Agents Need More Than Identity Mapping: They Need Trust, Authentication, and Human Assurance

AI agent identity mapping isn't enough. Learn how 1Kosmos enforces trust, authentication, and human-in-the-loop approval for secure agent automation.

Huzefa Olia

Close-up of hands typing on a laptop keyboard on a wooden desk, with one hand positioned over the keys and the other reaching toward the trackpad area.

Biometric authentication

Behavioral Biometrics Solutions: 5 Platforms Compared

Behavioral biometric solutions verify identity by analyzing interaction patterns like typing rhythm and mouse movements to detect fraud.

1Kosmos

Person with curly hair wearing a yellow blouse sitting at a wooden desk, typing on a keyboard in front of a desktop monitor displaying a document.

Authentication

Behavioral Authentication: Overview, Types, and Use Cases

Behavioral authentication verifies identity through typing patterns, mouse movements, and user interactions. Learn about typing biometrics and other methods.

1Kosmos

The latest in identity security.

Enter our orbit.

Blog

Read our insights.

A collection of news, insights, and tutorials.

View all posts

Identity management

AI Agents Need More Than Identity Mapping: They Need Trust, Authentication, and Human Assurance

AI agent identity mapping isn't enough. Learn how 1Kosmos enforces trust, authentication, and human-in-the-loop approval for secure agent automation.

Huzefa Olia

Close-up of hands typing on a laptop keyboard on a wooden desk, with one hand positioned over the keys and the other reaching toward the trackpad area.

Biometric authentication

Behavioral Biometrics Solutions: 5 Platforms Compared

Behavioral biometric solutions verify identity by analyzing interaction patterns like typing rhythm and mouse movements to detect fraud.

1Kosmos

The latest in identity security.

Enter our orbit.

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Transform how you verify and authenticate

Secure onboarding, eliminate passwords, and stop fraud on one platform. Schedule a demo and see it in action.

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Transform how you verify and authenticate

Secure onboarding, eliminate passwords, and stop fraud on one platform. Schedule a demo and see it in action.

Request a demo

Talk to sales

Transform how you verify and authenticate

Secure onboarding, eliminate passwords, and stop fraud on one platform. Schedule a demo and see it in action.

Request a demo

Talk to sales