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Government services work best when people can access what they need and agencies can make informed decisions with confidence.

From proving identity and accessing services to preventing fraud and completing transactions, EssentialID® connects identity assurance, verifiable digital credentials, fraud intelligence and secure payments to help agencies deliver accessible, secure experiences across the customer journey.

WHY ESSENTIALID®

Confidence Starts With Context

A document may appear authentic.
A credential may seem valid.
A device may look familiar.
An identity may pass verification.
Yet risk can still exist.

Confident decisions require more than a single verification check. They require confidence.

EssentialID® connects identity, device, behavioral, contact and fraud intelligence to help agencies understand the broader context behind an interaction, identify potentially concerning patterns and reduce unnecessary friction for legitimate individuals.

Thousands of signals. One complete view of the interaction.

Identity | Device | Behavior | Location | Contact Information | Transaction Context | Risk Associations

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Greater Assurance Shouldn't Mean Greater Friction

Every customer interaction depends on confidence.

Agencies need confidence that they have the information and context necessary to make informed decisions. People need confidence that services will be accessible when and how they need them.

EssentialID® helps agencies apply the appropriate level of assurance while reducing unnecessary friction, helping more people access services securely through the channels that work for their preferences, needs and abilities.

More context. Less unnecessary friction. Faster access to service.

Know Who's Interacting

Combine identity verification, authentication and contextual intelligence to establish identity with the appropriate level of assurance.

EssentialID® helps agencies gain a more complete understanding of the individual behind the interaction while helping legitimate individuals move through services with less unnecessary friction.

Advanced capabilities can incorporate document and biometric verification to help determine that a real individual is present and that the individual matches the identity presented. EssentialID® includes AI-enabled document and biometric verification and deepfake-detection capabilities.

Let Proof Move With People

Turn government-issued records into digitally signed credentials customers can securely hold and use.

EssentialID® connects identity assurance at issuance, secure wallet delivery and flexible verification, helping agencies extend verifiable proof across services while customers choose when and with whom to share their information. Agencies retain authority over entitlement, issuance, expiration and revocation.

Credentials can be verified through an integrated API or no-code portal, helping agencies introduce acceptance in ways that fit their operations.

Fraud rarely appears in a single signal.

EssentialID® connects identity, device, behavioral and threat intelligence to help agencies identify suspicious activity, emerging fraud patterns and evolving risks.

Behavioral and device signals can add context without unnecessarily interrupting the customers' experience, helping distinguish expected interactions from potentially anomalous activity. LexisNexis Risk Solutions capabilities can analyze behavioral, device and identity signals together to provide a clearer view of risk.

Connect identity, payments and fulfillment to help customers complete government transactions securely and with less friction.

EssentialID® helps agencies accept payments across channels, integrate with existing workflows and simplify the path from service request through payment and fulfillment.

EssentialID can also support automated reconciliation, same-day settlement and reduced PCI compliance burden, helping streamline agency operations.

A More Secure Tomorrow, Today.

Fraud continues to evolve across human, automated and synthetic interactions. LexisNexis Risk Solutions helps agencies draw on intelligence at scale to better understand emerging threats and protect the programs people rely on.

Detected by LexisNexis Risk Solutions for customers in 2025.

This scale of fraud intelligence helps inform a risk-based approach that can streamline interactions for legitimate individuals while applying additional scrutiny when potentially risky activity is detected.

 

ONE CONNECTED DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM

From Identity Proofing to Transaction Completion

Unlike point solutions that focus on a single step, EssentialID® helps agencies make informed decisions from identity proofing through transaction completion, while helping customers move more easily through government services.

THE ESSENTIALID® DIFFERENCE

More Context. More Confidence.

Broader Intelligence

Go beyond identity verification with intelligence spanning identities, documents, devices, contact information, behavior and fraud risk.

More Context

Connect intelligence across interactions to reveal patterns, relationships and risks that isolated checks can miss.

 

Faster Access to Service

Reduce friction with secure, omnichannel experiences that meet people through the channels that work for their preferences, needs and abilities.

More Confidence

Help agencies make informed decisions while improving access for legitimate individuals.


CONFIDENCE BACKED BY EXPERIENCE AT SCALE

Scale Matters When It Creates Better Context

For more than 50 years, LexisNexis Risk Solutions has managed sensitive data and developed solutions to address complex risk data and analytics challenges. Today, more than 9,500 federal, state and local government agencies work with LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Our experience, data and digital intelligence help agencies see more of the interaction so they can make more informed decisions.

Intelligence for Decisions That Matter

Government agencies balance access, security, customer experience and program integrity every day. EssentialID® brings high-quality data, connected intelligence and advanced analytics together to help agencies make more informed decisions. Technology uncovers patterns. Context helps explain them. People make the decisions.

DESIGNED FOR GOVERNMENT

Modernize While Supporting Government Requirements

EssentialID® helps agencies modernize identity experiences while supporting evolving requirements for identity assurance, security, privacy and accessibility. Bring greater confidence to digital services without losing sight of the people those services are designed to serve.

Accelerate Speed to Service

Government services aren't one-size-fits-all. People have different preferences, needs and abilities. EssentialID® helps agencies deliver secure, omnichannel experiences that enable individuals to access services through the channels that work for them.

 

CONFIDENCE ACROSS EVERY INTERACTION 

Trust That Moves With People

People move through life. Verifiable proof should move with them. The future of government depends on secure, reusable interactions that make services easier to access and help accelerate speed to service.

LexisNexis EssentialID® connects identity assurance, verifiable digital credentials, fraud intelligence and payments to empower confidence across the customer journey.

 

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