NIST — the National Institute of Standards and Technology — is a federal agency that sets the accuracy and performance benchmarks for biometric and identity verification technologies. For I-9 compliance, NIST standards matter because they provide an independent, government-validated measure of whether a facial recognition system is accurate enough to trust. ZipID uses NIST-tested algorithms rated at 99.8% accuracy, meaning employers can be confident that the identity match on every new hire meets the highest federal standard — not just a vendor's own claim.

ZipID completes the entire Form I-9 process — including identity verification, document capture, and E-Verify — in under 8 minutes, for both remote and in-person new hires.

ZipID's 1:1 facial recognition — which matches a live selfie to the photo on a government-issued ID — is rated at 99.8% accuracy using NIST-validated algorithms. This means fewer than 2 mismatches per 1,000 verifications. The system also includes liveness detection to prevent spoofing, ensuring the selfie is from a real, present person and not a photo or deepfake.

CR — Optical Character Recognition — is technology that reads and extracts text from physical documents like government-issued IDs. ZipID uses AI-powered OCR to instantly capture and interpret data from a new hire's ID, then automatically populate the required fields on Form I-9 — eliminating manual data entry, typos, and transcription errors. Unlike basic OCR tools, ZipID's AI layer also cross-checks extracted data for logical consistency, validates security features, and flags tampered, synthetic, or spoofed documents — turning a simple document scan into a fraud detection checkpoint.

ZipID uses NIST-validated biometric facial recognition at 99.8% accuracy to match a live selfie to the photo on the new hire's government-issued ID. OCR extracts and autofills document data, and fraud detection checks for tampered, synthetic, or spoofed documents.

It is completely the employer's choice. Facial authentication can assure that a new hire is who they say they are, and the ID they present matches their live self.

This is especially important for remote workers, or industries subject to immigration fraud or economic espionage from foreign adversaries who may pose as Americans for access to proprietary information.

ZipID completes the entire Form I-9 process — including identity verification, document capture, and E-Verify — in under 8 minutes, for both remote and in-person new hires.

ZipID is an I-9 compliance and identity verification platform that combines facial recognition, OCR document capture, and fraud detection to verify new hire identities and complete Form I-9 in under 8 minutes — with a legally compliant audit trail built in. It is the only I-9 platform built by the person who helped write the federal identity doctrine behind the law.

ZipID was founded by Janice Kephart, former counsel to the 9/11 Commission and a national security identity expert with 25 years of federal and private sector experience, as a lawyer and policy and technology identity expert. Kephart authored the federal identity doctrine and biometric entry-exit recommendations that underlie today's I-9 compliance framework. She has testified before Congress 19 times on identity-related issues, and is an I-9 expert.