The importance of Cybersecurity has become evident in recent time; with innovations such as touch ID and face-scans being used more to keep devices and ID in general, more secure. London-based startup, Onfido, is helping the cause with their AI-based identity verification. 

Onfido is a startup which was founded in 2012, by Husayn Kassai, Eamon Jubbawy and Ruhul Amin. Husayn and Eamon were still University students when they founded Onfido. They has seen tremendous growth since then, becoming one of the most recognisable startups in the UK. They have over 500 employees globally, helping over 800 companies worldwide verify their user’s. Along with London, you can find their offices in locations which include: New York, Paris and Amsterdam. 

Onfido’s AI-based technology assesses whether a user’s government-issued ID is genuine or fraudulent, and then compares it against their facialbiometrics. 

Some of their investors include well-known names such as: University of Oxford, Salesforce, Crane and Acequia Capital. They are other investors can benefit from a range of Onfido’s solutions: 

Document verification: Onfido can help keep their clients documents secure with unique document verification. They scan the user’s photo ID to determine whether they genuine or fraudulent, and will therefore grant or deny access. The face-scan details come down to pixels.  

Biometric Analysis: As well as photo ID, Onfido tech can check the facial biometrics of a picture taken with the user’s phone and decide whether it is genuine and matches the photo on their ID. As a result, it will then determine whether the user is granted or denied access to the document. 

Fraud & AI: In the service Onfido provides, they use a combination of both AI and human experts. This allows them to provide a service that consists of speed and consistency of automation; with the accuracy of human personnel. 

Biometric Customer Authentication: Once a user’s face is scanned, their biometrics are then stored and reused during an important time, such as when recovering an account or used during major transactions. 

Onfido operate in various sectors such as: Gaming, Financial Services, Transport, Healthcare and Telecommunications. 

As well as their ground-breaking solutions, they also offer visitors a range to resources to learn from. These include blogs, webinars, case studies and insightful reports. 

Their motto is clear: Verifying real identity in a remote world.