Platform recognized for helping enterprises stop identity fraud during onboarding and account recovery, while providing phishing-resistant passwordless access to digital services
1Kosmos, the leader in unifying identity proofing and passwordless authentication, today announced it has received the 2025 SiliconANGLE TechForward Award for Identity Verification. The 1Kosmos platform, in use by millions of employees and citizens globally, confirms the real person behind every login, at scale. By eliminating passwords and outdated MFA, it reduces fraud, accelerates onboarding, lowers compliance costs, and protects privacy.
The TechForward Awards spotlight breakthrough technologies driving business transformation across cloud, AI, security, data, and more. Winners are selected by SiliconANGLE’s editorial team for delivering measurable innovation and business impact. For more information: https://siliconangle.com/awards/.
“Winning the TechForward Award in Identity Verification validates our unique ability to prevent impersonation attacks at critical points of vulnerability such as during hiring, account recovery, and account login,” said Michael Cichon, Chief Marketing Officer of 1Kosmos. “Our ‘register once, use anywhere’ approach using a reusable digital identity wallet readily integrates with most enterprise systems for rapid deployment. Security improves, productivity increases, and users get a modern, convenient experience that gives them complete control over their personal information.”
Innovation, Differentiation, and Customer Impact
1Kosmos is the only platform that unifies phishing-resistant login, biometric verification, and decentralized identity into a single, scalable solution. Trusted by enterprises across banking, healthcare, government, and telecom, it helps reduce account takeovers, prevent SIM-swap and synthetic-identity fraud, accelerate onboarding, and cut costs from password resets, all while delivering a seamless user experience. The platform integrates with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and Active Directory and meets the industry’s highest security standards, including FedRAMP High, NIST 800-63-3, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001.
“The TechForward Awards winners like 1Kosmos represent the best in enterprise tech innovation,” said Dave Vellante, co-founder and co-CEO of SiliconANGLE Media. “These solutions don’t just advance their categories, they define what’s possible when breakthrough engineering meets real-world business challenges. Every winner has proven they can deliver game-changing results.”
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