ID Authentication software

We regularly achieve accuracy at detecting more than 95% of fake IDs. However, fraudsters are tricky and they are always adapting. Fake IDs become more and more sophisticated each year. There will always be exceptional fakes that cannot be detected by any software (or the human eye). Our software is AI-powered, and we continuously train three distinct neural networks to improve our rate of fake detection.

Additionally, we go above and beyond to prevent false positives, because we know the last thing our customers want is to turn away a legitimate patron, or accuse an honest customer of using a fake ID. For this reason, we offer configurable strictness levels, which allow you to determine your own acceptable thresholds to best meet your business objectives.

Mobile apps can catch some percentage of fake IDs using 2D barcode security checks. 2D barcode security (sometimes called “ID validation”) performs a series of checks on the information on the 2D barcode. These checks are for fake ID “tells” such as mis-spellings, using incorrect abbreviations (ex. shortening Brown to “BWN” instead of “BRN”), size, and location of the barcode. Many low quality fakes cannot pass these barcode security checks, and so apps that read only the 2D barcode (mobile apps and ID scanning software running on a mobile device) can catch these.

However, we have compared the results of some of the most commonly used mobile apps which claim to verify age and detect fakes. They caught less than 35% of the fakes in our library, and some of the apps caught none at all.

Commonly authenticated documents include drivers licenses, state IDs, passports, passport cards, green cards, permanent resident cards, national citizen cards and IDs, and any document used to authoritatively prove identity, with embedded security features.

ID authentication is commonly purchased as VeriScan ID Authentication, which offers the full visitor management and age verification software suite in addition to ID authentication. It can also be used with our ParseLink product to rapidly authenticate iDs before sending the ID data into your existing software. You can view pricing on our pricing page.

ID authentication requires ID scanning hardware that can perform UV, infrared, and white light scanning, front/back matching, and hologram and watermark library checks. We sell the following authentication-capable ID scanning hardware:

• Thales CR5400
• E-Seek M500 (best-in-class)
• Thales AT10K (IDs and passports)
• Thales AT9K (IDs and passports)

Because we know this sophisticated hardware can sometimes present a cost barrier, we sell open-box and certified refurbished scanners at a low price point.

ID authentication can only tell you whether a document is authentic. Face matching would be required to match the individual present to the ID photo. Usage of an ID that belongs to someone else is called a “false ID.”

Mobile drivers licenses (mDLs) have their security features embedded into the application itself, typically in the form of biometric access management (fingerprint, face ID). There is currently no ability (nor need) to authenticate a digital identity document.

Document authentication is a much deeper set of checks that involves analysis of all available security features on the identity document.

Yes, there are certain industries and use cases that require document authentication in order to ensure that businesses are meeting the highest standards for compliance.