Usage Scope

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Coverage

Workforce Solution offers passive checks (e.g. at the top of the hiring funnel when a candidate submits a job application) using Digital Intelligence, Sigma Identity Fraud + Graph Intelligence, Sigma Synthetic Fraud, Email Risk, Phone Risk, Address Risk and Verify Plus. All of these are available in the United States.

Email Risk, Phone Risk and Verify products are also available outside the United States. Please review respective product pages for details.

Workforce Solution also offers Document Verification (e.g. mid funnel when a candidate is at the interview stage or when a candidate accepts an offer) and Selfie Re-verification (e.g. at the bottom of the funnel when a candidate is getting onboarded). This is available globally.

Common use cases

Applicant Tracking and Job Application Systems

Recruiters and HR teams waste hours on fraudulent candidates submitting AI-generated resumes, fabricated identities, and impersonated interviews. Challenges include:

• Fake resumes & credentials – Applicants falsify work history or education.
• Stolen or synthetic identities – Fraudsters use manipulated data to bypass checks.
• Deepfake interviews & impersonation – Bad actors use video manipulation or ghost candidates to fool interviewers.
• Document fraud at onboarding – Fake IDs are submitted to pass compliance (I-9, KYC, etc.).

How Socure helps: Workforce Verification screens applicants at submission using real-time identity, device, and behavioral signals. RiskOS™ dynamically triggers further verification for high-risk cases, eliminating fraudulent profiles early while allowing legitimate candidates to advance without added friction.

Payroll and payout systems

Fraud often goes undetected until salaries, benefits, or bonuses are paid out. Fraudulent applicants can redirect funds or expose companies to sanctions risks.

How Socure helps: Socure verifies identity before payroll setup, cross-checking applicant data and behavioral signals. RiskOS™ escalates flagged cases for enhanced verification to confirm legitimacy and compliance.

Digital marketplaces and workforce platforms

High-volume onboarding environments are exploited by bad actors creating fake profiles to access payouts, user data, or platform features. Common risks include:

• Unauthorized system access – Insider threats using stolen credentials.
• Internal fraud or data theft – Employees stealing or abusing access.
• Fraudulent exit & rehire attempts – Former employees re-applying under fake identities.

How Socure helps: Workforce Verification delivers real-time checks at onboarding to block fraudulent profiles. RiskOS™ leverages device intelligence, digital signals, and behavioral analytics to detect synthetic and manipulated identities at scale.

Performance considerations

• Fast responses – Sub-second responses in production.
• Always available – 99.99%+ uptime.
• Built for scale – Millions of identity verification checks per day.
• Adaptive orchestration – Conditional routing applies the right step-ups only when needed.

Boundary conditions

• Input requirements – Digital Intelligence session token (recommended, especially for passive checks), first name (required), last name (required), phone number (required), email (required), and address (optional).
• Entitlements and flags – Workforce Verification requires proper provisioning and feature flag configuration.