Jumio Liveness Premium Wins Gold in 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

Jumio is recognized for its advanced biometric liveness detection technology for defending against deepfakes and AI-powered fraud

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jumio, leading provider of AI-powered identity intelligence, today announced that Jumio Liveness Premium has been named the Gold Award winner in the Biometrics category of the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The annual awards program honors companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security.

The recognition highlights Jumio’s technical innovation and real-world impact in helping enterprises defend against increasingly sophisticated identity fraud, including deepfakes and injection attacks. Winners are selected by an independent panel of cybersecurity practitioners, analysts and CISOs from the Cybersecurity Insiders community.

“This award reflects the reality of today’s threat landscape, where AI is being weaponized to create highly convincing fake identities at scale,” said Bala Kumar, president and interim CEO at Jumio. “With Liveness Premium, we designed a biometric verification solution that gives enterprises superior protection against deepfakes and injection attacks, and the confidence to onboard users securely while maintaining the fast, seamless experiences customers expect. As fraud grows more sophisticated, identity verification must evolve just as quickly.”

Jumio’s premium liveness solution uses active illumination, a patented Jumio technique, to deliver enhanced protection against sophisticated fraud attempts. By analyzing contextual signals such as device positioning and dynamic lighting responses, the solution can identify deepfakes and camera injection attacks that bypass traditional verification methods. This advanced protection is delivered within the familiar ID-plus-selfie onboarding flow, allowing enterprises to strengthen security without sacrificing user experience.

Customers using Liveness Premium are already seeing measurable results. In one deployment, a leading Latin American fintech detected over 30% more sophisticated fraud attempts, including deepfakes and synthetic identity attacks. The solution is built on Jumio’s proven identity intelligence platform, which has processed more than 1 billion transactions across over 200 countries and territories and is backed by industry certifications including SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and ISO/IEC 30107-3 Level 2 liveness detection compliance. Jumio has already processed more than 100 million authentication transactions since launching Liveness Premium in June 2025.

“We congratulate Jumio Liveness Premium on earning Gold Award recognition in the Biometrics category of the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards,” said Holger Schulze, founder of Cybersecurity Insiders and organizer of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. “Selected by an independent jury of cybersecurity practitioners, analysts, and CISOs, this recognition highlights the role of innovative security solutions in strengthening cybersecurity across organizations worldwide.”

This latest honor adds to Jumio’s growing list of industry recognitions for innovation in digital identity, biometrics and fraud prevention, reinforcing the company’s commitment to helping organizations establish trust online in an era of AI-driven cyber threats.

To learn more about Jumio and its award-winning, AI-powered solutions, visit www.jumio.com.

About Jumio

Jumio helps organizations to know and trust their customers online. From account opening to ongoing monitoring, the Jumio Platform provides AI-powered identity intelligence anchored in biometric authentication, automation and data-driven insights to accurately establish, maintain and reassert trust.

Leveraging powerful automated technology including biometric screening, AI/machine learning, liveness detection and no-code orchestration with hundreds of data sources, Jumio helps to fight fraud and financial crime, onboard customers faster and meet regulatory compliance including KYC and AML. Jumio has processed more than 1 billion transactions spanning over 200 countries and territories from real-time web and mobile transactions.

Based in Sunnyvale, California, Jumio operates globally with offices and representation in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, and has been the recipient of numerous awards for innovation. Jumio is backed by Centana Growth Partners, Great Hill Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners.

For more information, please visit www.jumio.com.