The problem with verification today and why it needs to change.

The fragmentation of trust

Static proofs in a dynamic world:

• Produce static PDFs that lose integrity the moment they’re issued
• Can be forwarded, altered, or misrepresented
• Offer no proof of who is presenting them
• Create redundancy every time a person changes jobs or clients
• Are not linked to identity, only to data

This creates a gap between what employers think they are verifying and what they are actually accepting as truth.

Redundancy without increased trust

Every new employer repeats the same checks — even when nothing has changed.

Recruiters, MSPs, staffing firms, consulting benches, and enterprises all request their own version of the same check.

The results:

• Weeks lost in onboarding
• Duplicate costs
• Candidate drop-off
• Inconsistent data across systems
• Compliance exposure from fragmented storage

Trust isn’t compounding — it’s resetting.

Verity establishes a trusted foundation that can be reused, refreshed, and shared anywhere it needs to go.

Compliance drift

The more verification is repeated, the more inconsistent it becomes.

Each organization handles disclosures, permissions, and jurisdictional rules differently — leading to:

The results:

• Misaligned FCRA workflows
• State-specific rules being inconsistently applied
• Over-disclosure and data exposure
• Poor documentation of consent
• Elevated enterprise risk

These aren’t edge cases — they’re everyday realities.

Verity standardizes the regulatory ceremony, ensuring every check is handled with precision, consistency, and auditability.

The cost of static verification

Slow, expensive, and operationally heavy.

Static checks create friction everywhere:

• Slower time-to-start
• Delays in staffing and contracting
• Revenue leakage
• Manual workflows
• Endless request-and-wait cycles
• Candidate churn
• Support overhead
• Compliance investigations

The cost multiplies with every repeated check — without increasing the accuracy of the outcome.

Verity turns one verified truth into a reusable credential, removing repeat work from the system entirely.

Lack of recency

A background check is only as accurate as the day it was run.

Traditional checks go stale quickly. Yet re-running them is costly and intrusive. This leaves organizations with a choice between:

• Outdated data
• Or expensive, repeated checks

Delta checks solve this asymmetry — providing continuous freshness without re-running the entire process.

Overexposure of personal data

More data is disclosed than necessary — increasing risk for everyone.

Typical background checks reveal:

• Full reports
• Full address histories
• Full employment records
• All discovered artifacts

Even when a role requires only a small subset. This violates the principle of least privilege and increases risk for employers and candidates alike.

Verity applies selective disclosure by default — revealing only what is necessary, permitted, and approved.

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Verification needs to evolve — because work has evolved.

The way people move through the workforce has changed:

• Faster mobility
• Multiple income streams
• Contracting, consulting, gig, freelance, hybrid roles
• Global talent pools
• Regulated environments running at speed
• Enterprises integrating with hundreds of staffing partners

Static verification is incompatible with these realities.

Workflows demand evidence that is:

• Portable
• Identity-bound
• Fresh
• Least-privilege
• Privacy-preserving
• Instantly shareable
• Instantly verifiable

This is why Verity exists.

The opportunity

A single truth that can be trusted — anywhere.

Verity replaces the fragmented, repeated, identity-less background check process with:

• Identity-bound verification
• Portable credentials
• Selective disclosure
• Delta-driven freshness
• Compliance built into the architecture
• Offline audience-bound validation
• One truth that can be reused without recreating it

Trust stops resetting and begins to compound.