Imagine you’re on an important video conference with your company’s executive team. The CEO joins the call — looking and sounding exactly as you remember. He offers a quick greeting, apologizes for his poor internet connection, and turns his camera off to “save bandwidth.” Everyone assumes it’s business as usual. No one suspects the truth: […]
Identity Verification
The “Ghost Student” Problem
Ghost students – synthetic identities that slip through online admissions and financial-aid workflows – are siphoning funds, triggering audits, and eroding trust. This piece unpacks how deepfakes and flimsy selfie checks let fraudsters pass, then lays out a front-door defense: document authentication plus biometric liveness before enrollment or disbursement. You’ll learn practical steps to protect Title IV dollars without slowing real students – and how VerifiNow plugs into your SIS and aid systems to make it seamless.
