Our iBeta certified liveness testing confirms that the person submitting identity information is a real, live person.
Detect the latest deepfakes and AI-driven fraud attempts and protect against presentation attacks.
Leverage iBeta certified liveness testing to confirm a real, genuine human is present.
Provide fast, passive liveness verification with minimal user effort, reducing onboarding drop-off.
Liveness testing is a biometric security measure used to verify that a real, live person is physically present during the identity verification process, rather than a spoof such as a photo, video, mask, or deepfake.
Liveness testing is combined with other checks, such as identity document and address verification, as part of an overall identity verification or KYC flow.
Passive liveness testing requires minimal input from the end user, making the identity verification process simple and easy.
Legacy liveness testing methods require a user to complete a series of actions to confirm that they are real, such as facial gestures, eye movement and lip movement. More effort is required which can result in higher drop-off rates when the user can’t or won’t complete a step.
Our liveness testing technology uses iBeta certified software to confirm that the person submitting details is real. Minimal effort from the end user is required, which makes the process simple and quick. This means fewer drop-offs and more customers successfully completing onboarding at a much faster rate.
There are a number of advantages to passive liveness testing, from both a user experience and security standpoint.
From a user perspective, passive methods are faster and less annoying – no instructions or user prompts, retries or accessibility issues. This directly improves completion rates and reduces drop-offs and user error in your onboarding flows.
Traditional liveness testing relies on user prompts which are predictable and increasingly easy to spoof with replay attacks and deepfakes. Our technology uses iBeta certified software to confirm that the person submitting details is real, and is better suited to detecting modern threats.
Traditional liveness detection requires multiple frames, long video clips and stored challenge-response evidence. Passive liveness detection can achieve a decision with less biometric material, with lower processing costs and reduced exposure under GDPR and other data protection regulations.
Liveness testing is one of the technologies that enables ID-Pal to deliver online ID verification services.
The ID-Pal platform blends all our technologies and solutions into one seamless, simple flow that enables end-to-end identity verification, KYB, KYC and onboarding.
ID-Pal performs up to 70 technical checks per document, to ensure authenticity and confidently reject suspicious submissions. Our multi-layered identity verification process then verifies the facial image present.
Unburden your team from the challenge of manual identity verification. Our cutting-edge facial matching technology instantly confirms that the face in a submitted ID matches the person present. A 50-point biometric facial comparison maps features as part of our identity verification process.
Liveness checks confirm a real, live person is completing your identity verification process. ID-Pal Liveness testing instantly assesses micro-variations in fraudulent techniques. This is why our liveness testing technology is independently certified to prevent the latest presentation attacks.
Reduce customer onboarding times with Address e-verification. ID-Pal verifies an individual’s name and address against multiple databases during onboarding, ensuring one clear full address match & removing the need for proof of address.
Add an additional layer of fraud prevention to your plan. Screen individuals in real-time against global PEPs and Sanctions lists. Perform adverse media checks across live sources and easily enroll individuals for periodic risk screening and ongoing monitoring.
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This add-on feature enhances document authenticity and accuracy rates on each submission via checks for document fraud.
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Instantly screen individuals against global sanctions lists, perform adverse media checks across live sources and enroll in ongoing checks.
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Liveness testing is a biometric security control used to verify that the subject of a facial capture is a real, live human being physically present at the time of verification. Its purpose is to prevent presentation attacks – fraud attempts to impersonate a person using photos, videos, masks, screens, or synthetic media such as deepfakes.
Liveness testing does not identify who a person is – instead, it establishes if the user is a real human, interacting in real time, rather than a static or artificial representation. It is typically paired with document verification, facial matching and other checks in KYC and identity verification workflows.
Blending liveness testing with biometric facial matching and document verification confirms not only that the person providing the information is present, but that they are the true owner of the documentation and that the documentation is authentic.
Active liveness requires the user to perform specific actions, such as blinking, smiling, or turning their head. Passive liveness operates without explicit user prompts, analysing signals from a single image or short video in the background. Passive methods typically deliver better user experience and higher conversion, while still meeting strong fraud-prevention thresholds when implemented correctly.
Passive liveness testing benefits include reduced infrastructure costs, unlike other solutions that require high bandwidth internet connections and large-scale server deployments to process video and using a single image approach that requires absolutely no participation delivers a better user experience; it improves automation rates and reduces customer abandonment for your business.
Effective liveness testing mitigates:
Passive liveness testing is designed to handle scalable and automated fraud, not just one-off manual attacks.
Key considerations for businesses and organisations requiring a liveness testing solution include independent testing results, false acceptance and rejection rates, device and camera compatibility, accessibility, privacy controls, and ease of integration.
Solutions should demonstrate resilience against emerging AI-driven fraud techniques, such as deepfakes, not just legacy photo or video attacks. They should also be designed to create minimal friction in the verification process to reduce user drop-off rates.
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