Who is 1Kosmos?
1Kosmos is a private company that provides identity verification and passwordless authentication software for enterprise access, digital onboarding, and identity proofing workflows.
- Identity proofing with biometric and document verification
- Passwordless authentication based on device and biometric factors
- Workforce and customer identity use cases, including onboarding and account recovery
- Support for decentralized identity and verifiable credentials frameworks
- Integration with enterprise IAM environments, directories, and access policies
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More About 1Kosmos
1Kosmos is used in enterprise environments where organizations need to verify a person at account creation, bind that identity to a user-controlled device, and authenticate the user later without relying on passwords. Its software is commonly positioned at the intersection of identity and access management, identity verification, and fraud reduction. Typical deployments support workforce access, customer onboarding, help desk password reset replacement, step-up verification, and recovery flows where the organization needs higher assurance that the person behind the transaction is the legitimate account holder.
The company is associated with passwordless and identity proofing architectures that use biometrics, mobile devices, document verification, and cryptographic credentials. In enterprise IAM terms, this aligns with zero trust access models and with standards-based authentication approaches such as FIDO, public key cryptography, and modern federation patterns used alongside single sign-on and directory services. 1Kosmos is also associated with decentralized identity concepts, including verifiable credentials, where a user can present cryptographically verifiable identity attributes issued by trusted parties.
Compared with standalone multifactor authentication tools, 1Kosmos is generally described at a broader identity security layer because it combines identity proofing and passwordless authentication in one platform. Compared with pure customer identity platforms, it is more focused on high-assurance verification and reusable digital identity credentials. That positioning makes it relevant for regulated onboarding, account protection, and access control programs that need to connect identity verification with ongoing authentication.
Within enterprise technology buying, 1Kosmos fits most directly in identity security, especially identity verification and passwordless access. Its active solution areas center on biometric-based authentication, identity proofing, credential-based digital identity, and enterprise integration with existing IAM and access control stacks.
Our description of 1Kosmos. Updated September 2026.
