# Background check and candidate fraud detection tools

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/background-checks/
Updated: 2026-11-02
Category: Background, identity and fraud checks
Map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/

19 companies on the AI hiring software map.

These tools confirm that a candidate is who they say they are. Background check firms check criminal records, past jobs and education. Newer tools match a selfie to a government ID and spot deepfakes in live video interviews.

Checkr, HireRight and First Advantage run background checks. CLEAR, Persona and Socure verify identity, and Pindrop and Reality Defender detect deepfakes. Checkr reports that 40% of hiring managers have interviewed a candidate later found to use a fake identity.

## Background, identity and fraud checks

- [Checkr](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/checkr.md): "The AI-powered verification platform for high-stakes decisions." Checkr runs employment background checks (criminal, MVR, DOT, drug, education, employment, license) and, since 2026, sells identity verification and a Fraud Detection Suite that flags fake resumes, deepfake interview video, device spoofing and VPN-masked locations. Buyers range from gig platforms to enterprises. It also sells income verification (Truework) and identity products outside hiring. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-checkr
- [CLEAR](https://identity.clearme.com/): CLEAR, the airport identity company (NYSE: YOU), sells CLEAR1, "the identity platform for businesses". For hiring, candidates verify inside their MyGreenhouse profile with a selfie matched to a government ID, and can reverify during interviews with the same reusable identity. Greenhouse flags verified candidates from application to onboarding. Hiring is one use case: T-Mobile and Community Health Network use CLEAR1 to verify employees before they reach sensitive systems, and it also serves healthcare, finance and rentals. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-clear
- [First Advantage](https://fadv.com/): "Know Every Hire." First Advantage sells employment background screening, identity verification, drug and health screening, Form I-9/E-Verify and continuous monitoring to employers of every size. It says it has over 80,000 customers and runs more than 200 million screens a year. Its AI sits mainly in identity checks. In October 2026 it launched an FCRA-compliant identity fraud check with ID.me. It bought Sterling in 2024, so Sterling now sits inside First Advantage. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-first-advantage
- [HireRight](https://www.hireright.com/): "Say yes to the right talent with accurate and compliance-focused background screening." HireRight sells background screening, identity checks, verifications, drug and health screening, driving records and Form I-9/E-Verify to mid-market and enterprise employers. It says it has 55,000+ customers and screened about 85 million people in 2025. AI shows up in its candidate chatbot and in Global ID, which reads ID documents with AI-driven OCR and matches a live selfie. Its yearly Global Benchmark Report tracks identity fraud and AI hiring risk. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hireright
- [Accurate Background](https://www.accurate.com/): Accurate sells employment background checks, identity verification, drug and health screening, Form I-9 and E-Verify, monitoring and social media searches to employers worldwide. It calls itself the largest privately held, minority-owned global screening provider, with 16,000+ customers. In 2026 it added an ID-plus-selfie identity check against candidate fraud and the AccurateWatch continuous monitoring platform. Its AI today is AccurateAlly, a self-service support assistant, and it hired a Senior Director of AI in June 2026. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-accurate-background
- [Pindrop](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/pindrop.md): Voice security and deepfake detection vendor, best known for contact centers; hiring is one use case. Its hiring page says "Catch a fake job candidate before they're hired" and uses Pindrop Pulse for Meetings inside Zoom, Webex and Microsoft Teams interviews to flag deepfake video, synthetic voice, VPN or odd location, and a different voice across interview rounds. Results write back to the candidate record in hiring platforms. It does not verify documents or replace background checks. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-pindrop
- [Proof](https://www.proof.com/): Identity and online notarization company (formerly Notarize) with a candidate fraud product: "Stop candidate fraud with identity verification." Recruiters send no-code links or trigger checks from the ATS; candidates scan a government ID and selfie, and Proof adds risk signals and live agent video checks for sensitive roles. Results land as tags in Lever and Greenhouse, and a verified identity carries through interview, offer and onboarding. Hiring is one of several identity use cases. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-proof
- [Certn](https://certn.co/): "The World's Easiest Background Checks." Certn is a Canadian background screening platform for employers, landlords and individuals, with criminal checks in 200+ countries and territories, biometric ID checks, credit, driving, references and post-hire rescreening. It says 20,000+ teams use it. AI shows up as a machine-learning social media check and biometric ID verification. It rebuilt its stack as CertnCentric and now runs its own certified UK identity verification. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-certn
- [GetReal Security](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/getreal-security.md): Deepfake and impersonation defense company (formerly GetReal Labs) for enterprise security teams; hiring is one use case. Its candidate fraud page says "Secure Your Hiring Process Against Candidate Fraud" and targets deepfakes, synthetic identities and human stand-ins in remote interviews. GetReal Protect watches live video calls in Teams, Webex and Zoom with continuous identity verification and deepfake detection. It also sells forensic analysis (GetReal Inspect). No ATS integrations are named. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-getreal-security
- [Persona](https://withpersona.com/): Persona is a general identity verification platform; hiring is one use case. Its Candidate Verification product is "designed for recruiting teams and built for security": candidates verify with a government ID and selfie at application, again before key interviews, and at offer, inside Greenhouse, Ashby or Workday. Its Workforce IDV checks new hires and employees through Okta and Cisco Duo. Buyers are recruiting and security teams. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-persona
- [Reality Defender](https://www.realitydefender.com/): General deepfake detection vendor (audio, video, image) with a hiring use case among several. Its hiring page pitches "Protect hiring decisions + employee access from deepfake impersonation" for recruiting, HR and security teams. RealMeeting scans live interviews for manipulated faces and cloned voices and returns verdicts with confidence scores; RealAPI and RealScan check submitted files. The vendor says media analysis does not establish identity, so it is not an ID check or background check. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-reality-defender
- [Socure](https://socure.com/): Socure is an identity verification and fraud company for banks, fintechs and government; hiring is one use case. Its Workforce Verification product screens applicants for manipulated or fabricated identities using phone, email, device, location and behaviour signals, routes risky candidates to document and biometric checks, and keeps a persistent SocureID token from application to offer. It plugs into ATS, job boards and payroll by API or SDK, and supplies the biometrics behind Checkr's identity verification. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-socure
- [Strider](https://striderintel.com/): "The Frontier of Strategic Intelligence." Strider sells a strategic intelligence platform on state-sponsored threats to companies, governments and universities. Its hiring product is People Search, which lets HR "screen candidates for nation-state risk inside your existing hiring workflow, without slowing time-to-hire", and Falsified Resume Screening, which checks remote applicants' emails, phone numbers and job histories for fraud such as North Korean IT workers. It does not sell an ATS or standard background checks. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-strider
- [Talview](https://www.talview.com/): "Security partner for high-stakes testing and hiring platforms." Talview sells an identity and evidence layer for exams and interviews: ID and face checks repeated mid-session, deepfake, second-device and AI-assistance detection, and timestamped audit trails. Products include agentic AI proctoring (Alvy), an AI interviewer (Ivy) with a lifelike avatar, an AI assistant (Livy) and Verity identity checks. It embeds in LMS and ATS platforms. Buyers are recruiting teams, certification bodies, universities and partner platforms. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-talview
- [Tofu](https://www.hiretofu.com/): "Candidate fraud detection for hiring & security teams." Toronto startup that flags fake applicants as they enter the ATS, checking them against billions of data points and public profile signals such as account age and activity. It also detects deepfakes and proxy interviewers in Zoom, Meet and Teams interviews, and sells AI resume screening agents plus fraud and deepfake APIs. Integrates with Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Gem, Workday and Oracle. It powers Gem's Fraud Detection Agent. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-tofu
- [GCheck](https://gcheck.com/): "Better Teams Start With Better Background Checks." GCheck calls itself "a modern, compliance-first hire-to-retire screening platform". It sells criminal, employment and education checks, license checks, drug testing, monitoring and Form I-9/E-Verify to healthcare, staffing, transportation, retail and other employers. Its candidate-fraud line is Verified Entry, a biometric ID check run before the background search, plus deepfake detection for virtual interviews. In October 2026 it added a credential wallet so employers can reconfirm identity on later shifts. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-gcheck
- [Hire ID](https://hireid.ai/): "Trust Layer for Modern Hiring." Candidate fraud platform that verifies identity and screens identity and work-authorization documents before interviews (Candidate Intake), then runs interviews with live fraud detection across Zoom, Teams and Meet, watching 20+ signals for deepfakes, voice cloning, AI assistance and proxies. Candidates can also hold a Hire ID Profile, a verified credential record shared with recruiters. Integrates with Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, Gem and SmartRecruiters. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hire-id
- [Polyguard](https://polyguard.ai/): "Fake candidates never make it into your pipeline." New York identity company with two hiring products. PreScreen runs a phone-based presence, ID, face and location check before an application reaches recruiters, with Greenhouse, Rippling and Workday integrations. ScreenTest verifies the candidate before and during Zoom and Teams interviews without bots or recording. Every check yields a signed, timestamped Transaction Affidavit. Biometrics stay on the candidate's device. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-polyguard
- [Sherlock AI](https://www.sherlock.sh/): "Fraud Intelligence for Video Interviews." Sherlock AI joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams interviews and flags AI copilots, deepfakes and proxy candidates in real time, so teams "hire who you actually interviewed." It also takes interview notes, gives insights on candidate performance and interviewer effectiveness, and scores how candidates use AI where a company allows it. Pay-as-you-go credits include calendar, Slack and ATS integrations; an enterprise plan covers high-volume interview loads. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-sherlock-ai

## Other categories

- [HR suites and HRIS](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/hr-suites.md): 21 companies.
- [Applicant tracking systems](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/applicant-tracking-systems.md): 35 companies.
- [Hiring networks and job platforms](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/job-platforms.md): 7 companies.
- [Sourcing and talent intelligence](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/talent-intelligence.md): 21 companies.
- [AI recruiters and agents](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/ai-recruiters.md): 22 companies.
- [AI talent marketplaces](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/talent-marketplaces.md): 4 companies.
- [AI interviewers and screening](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/ai-interviewers.md): 29 companies.
- [Interview scheduling and intelligence](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/interview-scheduling.md): 6 companies.
- [Skills assessments](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/skills-assessments.md): 22 companies.
- [Job ads and employer brand](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/job-ads.md): 11 companies.
- [Hourly and frontline hiring](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/frontline-hiring.md): 12 companies.
- [HR analytics and workforce planning](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/hr-analytics.md): 24 companies.
- [Background, identity and fraud checks](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/background-checks.md): 19 companies. (this page)
- [AI hiring compliance](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/ai-hiring-compliance.md): 3 companies.

## The full map

[The AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#cat-trust): all 236 companies in 14 categories, open at this one.