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Identity Confidence
Identity confidence is how sure you can be that online identifiers refer to the intended real-world person or organization.
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Entity and Identity Intelligence
Entity resolution, identity confidence, beneficial ownership, and related-entity risk.
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Companies and Business TransparencyEmerging termEmerging term
Entity Resolution Confidence
Entity resolution confidence is how reliably multiple records and identifiers are judged to refer to the same entity.
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Beneficial Ownership
Beneficial ownership identifies the natural persons who ultimately own or control a company, even through layered entities.
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UBO
Ultimate beneficial owner—the natural person who ultimately owns or controls a company.
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- Account Recovery AbuseExploiting password-reset or support flows to take over accounts without the real owner’s credentials.
- Account Recovery RiskAccount recovery risk is the chance that reset flows become the easiest path for attackers to take over accounts.
- Account Takeover Insurance ClaimAn account takeover insurance claim seeks coverage after unauthorized account access causes financial loss.
- Address HistoryA timeline of residential or mailing addresses associated with a person over time.
- AI Vendor VerificationAI vendor verification is confirming a seller or supplier’s legitimacy with evidence an AI system can cite before recommending or paying them.
- AliasAn alternate name, username, or identity label used by a person in addition to a primary legal name.
- Audio DeepfakeAn audio deepfake clones or synthesizes a voice to impersonate someone in calls, voicemails, or videos.
- Authenticator Assurance LevelAn authenticator assurance level describes the strength of the login method protecting an account.
- Background CheckA Background Check is a formal review of a person’s history—often criminal, employment, or credential records—under applicable legal rules.
- Beneficial OwnershipBeneficial ownership identifies the natural persons who ultimately own or control a company, even through layered entities.
- Biometric TemplateA biometric template is a stored mathematical representation of a biometric trait used for matching.
- Brass Plate CompanyA brass-plate company has a registered address and little real operational presence, which can signal opacity when paired with consumer risk cues.
- Business RegistrationOfficial filing of a company with a government registry, creating a public record of legal existence.
- Business VerificationConfirming that a company is real, registered, and represented accurately before trusting payments or partnerships.
- Cancellation PolicyTerms explaining how customers can cancel orders, bookings, or subscriptions and what fees may apply.
- Certificate of Good StandingA certificate of good standing is a state document indicating an entity is active and compliant with certain filing duties.
- Company NumberA company number is a registry identifier for a legal entity and helps disambiguate similarly named businesses.
- Company ProfileA compiled overview of a business’s identity, contacts, ownership clues, and public footprint.
- Company Registry SearchLooking up official filings to verify a company’s legal existence, status, and registered details.
- Company VerificationCompany Verification is the process of confirming a business’s identity, legitimacy cues, and operational transparency before engaging.
- Corporate OpacityCorporate opacity is the difficulty of identifying owners, operators, locations, and accountability paths for a business.
- Corporate TransparencyDisclosure of ownership, registration, and governance details that make a company’s structure understandable.
- Court RecordDocuments and dockets from legal proceedings, including civil, criminal, and administrative cases.
- Criminal RecordOfficial history of criminal charges, convictions, or related justice-system events associated with a person.
- Deepfake Identity FraudDeepfake identity fraud uses synthetic face or voice media to defeat verification or impersonate a person.
- Deepfake Identity TheftUsing AI-generated likenesses or voices to impersonate someone for access, fraud, or reputation harm.
- Digital Footprint ScoreA summary measure of how large, visible, or sensitive a person’s online presence and data trail appear.
- Digital Identity ProtectionServices and practices that monitor and reduce exposure of personal identity details online.
- Director DisqualificationDirector disqualification restricts a person from acting as a company director after serious misconduct findings.
- DissolutionCompany dissolution is the formal ending of a legal entity’s existence under applicable corporate rules.
- Document LivenessDocument liveness checks whether an ID is physically present and not just a flat photo of a document.
- Doing Business AsA DBA (“doing business as”) is a trade name a company uses that may differ from its legal entity name.
- Employer Identification NumberAn EIN is a U.S. federal tax ID for entities; presence alone does not prove legitimacy or consumer safety.
- Employment VerificationConfirming a person’s job title, employer, or employment dates through records or authorized checks.
- Entity LayeringEntity layering stacks companies across jurisdictions to obscure who ultimately controls a business.
- Entity MatchLinking records that appear to describe the same entity—person, company, or other object—across datasets.
- Entity Resolution ConfidenceEntity resolution confidence is how reliably multiple records and identifiers are judged to refer to the same entity.
- Exposure ScoreA metric estimating how widely a person’s personal data appears across brokers, leaks, or public sources.
- Face Match ConfidenceFace match confidence is a system’s estimated likelihood that two facial images belong to the same person.
- Face Swap DeepfakeSynthetic video that replaces one person’s face with another to impersonate or fabricate events.
- FederationIdentity federation lets users sign in across services using a trusted identity provider.
- Filing DelinquencyFiling delinquency means required corporate reports or fees are overdue with the registry.
- Identity Assurance LevelAn identity assurance level describes how strongly a claimed identity has been proofed and bound.
- Identity BindingIdentity binding links an authenticator or account to a verified identity so later logins map to the same person.
- Identity ConfidenceIdentity confidence is how sure you can be that online identifiers refer to the intended real-world person or organization.
- Identity GraphA map linking emails, devices, accounts, and profiles that ad tech and brokers use to recognize people.
- Identity MatchA determination that two identity profiles or data points likely refer to the same person.
- Identity MisattributionIdentity Misattribution is incorrectly linking evidence, accounts, or actions to the wrong person or entity.
- Identity ProofingIdentity proofing gathers and validates evidence that a claimed identity belongs to a real person at a stated assurance level.
- Identity RiskThe estimated likelihood that an identity is stolen, synthetic, mismatched, or otherwise unreliable.
- Insolvency SignalAn insolvency signal is a public cue—filings, unpaid judgments, or administrator appointments—that a firm may not meet obligations.
- Knowledge-Based AuthenticationKnowledge-based authentication asks personal questions that attackers may answer using breached or brokered data.
- KYC Document FraudUsing forged or stolen identity documents to pass know-your-customer checks.
- Lookalike BrandA lookalike brand copies visual identity, naming, or domains of a known company to deceive customers.
- Nominee DirectorA nominee director is appointed to appear on records while others may exercise real control—sometimes for privacy, sometimes for concealment.
- Offshore CompanyAn offshore company is incorporated outside a customer’s home jurisdiction; that fact alone is not proof of fraud but raises diligence needs.
- Online ImpersonationOnline Impersonation is pretending to be another person or brand online to deceive targets, often for fraud or reputational harm.
- Opaque OwnershipCorporate structures that obscure who ultimately controls or benefits from an entity.
- Operating AgreementAn internal LLC document defining ownership, management, and member rights—often private.
- Ownership OpacityOwnership opacity is when corporate structures hide who controls a business, raising fraud and accountability risk.