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Two ways to verify a person at the IT help desk. Okta matches a scanned ID and a face against your directory. Trusona checks the ID against the authority that issued it.
Trusona and Okta both verify identity to stop account takeover. Okta now offers identity verification built into the platform: it confirms a user with document verification and liveness detection, then matches the verified attributes against the user profiles in your directory. Trusona verifies a government ID against the authority that issued it, in real time, with no selfie and no PII stored.
The caller scans a government ID. Trusona verifies it against the authority that issued it, in the US the state DMV over the AAMVA network, and returns the result to the agent in real time. It works worldwide across 2,500+ document types, detects SIM swaps and port-outs, blocks man-in-the-middle attacks, stores no PII, and asks the caller for no selfie.
Okta authenticates users and now adds identity verification for onboarding, recovery, and password reset. It confirms a user through document verification, liveness detection, and biometric facial analysis, then matches the verified attributes against the user profiles in your directory. The check runs self-service inside Okta's sign-in and recovery policies.
Okta's identity verification confirms that a scanned ID looks genuine, that a live face matches it, and that the result lines up with the profile already in your directory. It does not check the ID against the authority that issued it. Trusona does. It verifies the government ID against the issuing DMV, over the AAMVA network in the US and across 2,500+ document types worldwide, so a forged ID that passes a document scan still fails at the source. And Trusona asks for no face at all.
| Capability | Trusona ATO Protect | Okta |
|---|---|---|
| Verifies the government ID against the issuing authority, in real time | Yes (US: DMV via AAMVA) | No, matches verified attributes to your directory |
| Requires a live selfie or liveness biometric | No selfie | Yes, liveness and biometric facial analysis |
| Help desk agent verification workflow | Yes (Agent Verify) | Self-service inside sign-in and recovery policies |
| Worldwide document coverage | Yes, 2,500+ types | Document verification, matched to your directory |
| SIM-swap and port-out detection | Yes | Not published |
| Patented man-in-the-middle and anti-replay detection | Yes (US Pat. 10,601,859) | Not published |
| Reverse check: caller verifies the agent | Yes (Agent Verify) | Not published |
| Stores no personal data (PII) | Yes (SOC 2) | Verified attributes matched to your directory |
Comparison based on each company's public product materials as of July 2026, including Okta's identity verification pages. "Not published" means a capability that Okta does not describe on its public pages, not confirmation that it is absent.
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