Sumsub, the first AI-powered trust infrastructure for compliance operations at scale, announced Workforce Verification, an integrated solution that embeds identity document verification, biometric liveness, and background screening directly into enterprise IAM and HR platforms. Built for multinational organizations, the offering provides continuous identity assurance across the full employee lifecycle—from recruitment to account recovery—to prevent unauthorized system access.
Standard Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms enforce access controls, but they only verify that a user holds valid credentials—such as a password or MFA token—not the actual identity of the individual presenting them. This gap leaves organizations vulnerable to credential theft, deepfakes, and social engineering. Recent high-profile security incidents and evolving threats have heightened the need for workforce identity verification. Gartner research cites help-desk account recovery as the primary driver of enterprise interest in workforce verification, while projecting that 30% of enterprises will distrust isolated face-biometric verification by 2026 due to advancing AI spoofing risks.
“IAM systems manage access, but a valid credential only proves possession, not identity,” said Andrew Novoselsky, Chief Product Officer at Sumsub. “In an enterprise setting, a compromised employee account costs the keys to critical business operations. Workforce Verification plugs seamlessly into existing IAM and HR platforms to trigger live, deepfake-resistant checks at high-risk moments, stopping fraud without replacing existing infrastructure.”
Sumsub’s Workforce Verification operates as an active policy layer over existing IT architecture. After initially verifying a new hire’s government ID during the onboarding process to establish a secure baseline, the solution provides continuous ongoing protection. When an IAM system later flags a high-risk trigger for an active employee—such as a password reset, privilege escalation, or suspicious login—Sumsub executes an immediate step-up check combining biometric liveness and passive risk signals before access is granted.
Key benefits include:
- Reduction in Manual Work: Closes account-recovery loopholes by replacing vulnerable security questions with live biometric identity checks.
- Proactive Risk Reduction: Prevents fraudulent candidates and contractors from gaining unauthorized access to internal systems, sensitive data, or intellectual property.
- Continuous Lifecycle Protection: Dynamically re-verifies identity at high-risk operational moments rather than relying solely on a one-time onboarding check.
- AI-Resistant Security: Defends against synthetic identity threats with up to 99.98% deepfake detection efficiency.
Backed by a fraud prevention network of over 1.5 billion enriched identities, the solution combines automated background screening with custom document verification to validate employment history and credentials.