1Kosmos, a leader in high-assurance identity proofing and passwordless authentication in Iselin, announced a strategic partnership with Reality Defender, which integrates its real-time deepfake-detection technology with the 1Kosmos platform.
Available immediately, it is the only solution addressing both traditional presentation attack detection (PAD) and AI-generated visual impersonation to protect revenue, customer accounts and reduce fraud-related operational burden.
According to TransUnion’s 2024 State of Omnichannel Fraud Report, suspected deepfake-driven fraud increased nearly 700% year over year, impacting financial services, telecommunications, government services and online marketplaces.
Meanwhile, 20% of all biometric fraud attempts now involve deepfakes, driven by the increasing availability of generative AI tools capable of producing convincing synthetic faces, voices and videos.
“Advances in AI-generated impersonations are rewriting the rules of identity assurance and ratcheting up fraud losses,” said Mike Engle, chief strategy officer for 1Kosmos. “By adding Reality Defender as an embedded detection layer, we’re enabling enterprises to verify identity with greater certainty and stop AI-driven impersonation attacks before they result in financial loss, brand damage or regulatory consequences.”
“Deepfake attacks are evolving faster than most organizations can adapt, and detecting them requires specialized, continuously updated models,” said Ben Colman, CEO of Reality Defender.
“By integrating our technology directly into the 1Kosmos platform, customers gain uncompromised protection against synthetic media within their existing workflows, achieving stronger identity assurance at scale.”
The integration of Reality Defender enhances the 1Kosmos platform’s existing PAD capabilities with new signals on both live and prerecorded AI-generated image and video impersonations.
Together, this certified technology provides:
- Stronger Fraud Defense: Multimodal deepfake detection enhances ISO/IEC 30107-3 PAD Level 2 performance to counter the growing share of synthetic-media attacks.
- Future-Ready Protection: Continuously updated detection models anticipate emerging deepfake techniques and strengthen compliance with evolving regulatory requirements, including the EU AI Act and upcoming ISO 25456 standards, without internal development.
- Zero-Friction Deployment: Integrates natively into existing 1Kosmos workflows, identity stacks and user experiences with no new licenses, retraining or rearchitecture.
- Lower Operational and Compliance Burden: More accurate early detection reduces manual reviews and investigations while strengthening privacy and regulatory posture across environments.
The 1Kosmos platform processes millions of authentications per day for over 75 million users, providing enterprises with the confidence of knowing that its deepfake-detection capabilities are proven to operate on a global scale.
