iProov, HYPR to integrate government-grade liveness into passwordless security to block sophisticated deepfake and identity fraud attacks targeting enterprise onboarding.
Two global leaders in digital identity security, iProov and HYPR, have announced a strategic partnership to combat a rapidly escalating threat: the infiltration of enterprise systems by fraudulent workers using sophisticated, AI-generated identities.
The integration sees iProov’s certified, science-based biometric liveness technology seamlessly woven into HYPR’s Affirm platform via OIDC. This move is designed to establish an uncompromising, zero-trust defense layer right at the initial access point, ensuring that any user attempting to join a workforce is a verified, genuine human.
The new threat: State-sponsored identity fraud
Securing workforce access has become a critical challenge as nation-states and organized crime groups increasingly adopt highly sophisticated impersonation tactics.
The most severe threats are now focused on identity fraud during the onboarding process.
The urgency of this partnership is highlighted by recent, high-profile attacks, such as the case involving over 300 U.S. companies infiltrated by North Korean operatives. This massive workforce identity fraud operation reportedly funneled an estimated US$17 million back to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) regime, exposing a widespread vulnerability across corporate enterprise defenses.
With the rise of hyper-realistic deepfake technology and synthetic media, genuine liveness assurance is no longer a luxury — it is the foundational defense against credential attacks and synthetic identities.
Industry leaders weigh in
Bojan Simic, CEO of HYPR
Bojan Simic, CEO of HYPR, stressed the severity of the situation, saying, “The integrity of the workforce is under siege, and deepfakes are the new breach vector for nation-states and organized crime. This is a wake-up call: zero-trust access is only as strong as the initial identity proofing.”
“By integrating iProov’s certified liveness defense directly into the HYPR Affirm platform, we are delivering an immutable identity baseline that enables true zero-trust security from day one,” Simic added.
“Enterprises across all sectors are under attack and must take the necessary steps to secure themselves against this quickly evolving identity threat by prioritizing one of the single most critical points in the workforce lifecycle: the start,” said Andrew Bud, founder and CEO of iProov. “This partnership with HYPR is absolutely vital because it brings together our highest-assurance liveness verification with their unified identity platform, creating an ironclad defense against the deepfakes and synthetic identities used by sophisticated adversaries.”
Andrew Bud, founder and CEO of iProov
“By combining the company’s liveness technology, which meets the rigorous standards of the US government’s NIST Digital Identity Guidelines, with HYPR’s unified Identity Assurance platform, we’re empowering organizations to defend against sophisticated workforce onboarding fraud, including synthetic identities and deepfakes, providing a secure yet seamless user experience,” concluded Bud.
Key benefits of iProov’s unified solution with HYPR
The integrated solution focuses on blocking fraudulent identities before they can gain a foothold:
- Definitive secure onboarding: The solution is specifically designed to stop fake workers from onboarding into the workforce. iProov ensures the right person — a genuine human — is registering, eliminating the initial attack vector and mitigating major identity threats at the earliest step.
- Proactive credential attack prevention: The integration protects against weaknesses in account recovery and stops credential reset attacks in their tracks.
- Highest assurance and compliance: iProov uses its certified liveness check to confirm that the person is not only the right person but also the real person, authenticating in real-time. Its multi-layer defense has been independently tested to meet the rigorous standards of the US government’s NIST Digital Identity Guidelines, providing auditable proof that onboarding is protected against deepfakes and fraudulent employees.
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