1Kosmos and Fischer Identity strengthen digital identity assurance across higher education

1Kosmos, a leader in unifying identity proofing and passwordless authentication, is partnering with Fischer Identity, a trusted provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions—bringing high-assurance identity verification and passwordless authentication to colleges and universities to help institutions combat rising identity-based fraud.

Higher education institutions are increasingly targeted by identity fraud schemes, including “ghost students,” synthetic identities, and financial aid fraud. At the same time, universities must support digital access for students, alumni, faculty, and staff across fragmented IAM environments that span legacy systems, modern cloud platforms, and third-party services, according to the companies.

Together, 1Kosmos and Fischer Identity enable institutions to unify identity proofing, credential verification, biometric assurance, and strong authentication into existing IAM workflows, ensuring individuals are verified once and trusted across enrollment, financial aid, and ongoing access.

“Higher education faces a unique combination of open access requirements and growing identity risk,” said Huzefa Olia, COO of 1Kosmos. “By partnering with Fischer Identity, we’re making it easier for institutions to embed biometric identity proofing, verified identity credentials, and passwordless authentication into existing IAM environments, helping stop fraud, reduce friction, and protect students and staff at every stage of the lifecycle.”

Under the partnership, Fischer Identity serves as the customer-facing distributor and systems integrator within higher education environments for the 1Kosmos identity verification and passwordless authentication platform. Fischer’s deep experience integrating across heterogeneous IAM ecosystems enables institutions to deploy strong identity assurance without disrupting existing workflows, the company said.

“Universities need identity solutions that work across diverse systems and populations, from prospective students and alumni to faculty and administrative staff,” said Bryan Leber, CEO, Fischer Identity. “This partnership allows us to bring proven identity verification and passwordless capabilities into higher-ed IAM environments, helping institutions secure enrollment, financial aid, and ongoing access while improving the digital experience for users.”

Both companies bring extensive experience integrating identity technologies across complex, multi-system environments, which is increasingly complicated for higher education institutions modernizing their identity and access infrastructures. The joint 1Kosmos and Fischer Identity solution helps higher education institutions:

• Verify student, alumni, and staff identities using high-assurance proofing and biometric verification
• Reduce financial aid and enrollment fraud caused by synthetic or stolen identities
• Strengthen assurance across fragmented IAM environments spanning legacy and modern systems
• Enable strong, passwordless authentication based on verified digital identity that is reusable and persists across enrollment, academic access, and alumni engagement

The 1Kosmos platform for higher education is available immediately from Fischer Identity.

For more information about this news, visit www.fischeridentity.com or www.1kosmos.com.