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Digital Identity

Secure millions of identities while preventing fraud 

 Learn about secure Digital Identity from the Meerkat

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The strategy meerkats teach

Meerkat colonies survive through constant vigilance. Sentinels stand watch while others work, rotating duties every hour to maintain 24/7 protection. Every colony member is known and recognized instantly—strangers are immediately detected. 

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Your Identity Security challenge

Billions lost annually to identity fraud across Africa.

Ghost employees and people drain government and business budgets.

Manual verification takes 30 minutes per person while people queue for hours. 40% of people lack digital service access because paper-based systems can't scale or reach rural populations.

Traditional identity approaches—paper ID books, manual verification, physical service centres—simply cannot meet modern demands. 

 

How Digital Identity works

 

Digital Identity provides meerkat-like vigilance at any scale for all types of identities: 

 

1. Citizen identities 

 
Protecting trust in public services and national digital ecosystems 
 
Digital identity security for citizens focuses on safeguarding access to government and essential services while maintaining privacy, accuracy, and resilience against fraud. 

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Credential issuance
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  • Secure creation and lifecycle management of digital credentials   
  • Strong identity proofing at issuance using document verification, biometrics, and authoritative data sources 
  • Cryptographic protection to prevent forgery, duplication, or tampering 
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Multi‑Factor Authentication (MFA)
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  • Risk‑based MFA leveraging biometrics, mobile credentials, and hardware‑backed authentication 
  • Context‑aware authentication based on device, location, and behaviour 
  • Reduced reliance on passwords, lowering phishing and credential theft risks 
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Service access
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  • Secure, single digital identity for accessing multiple government services 
  • Fine‑grained access controls aligned to citizen entitlements and roles 
  • Interoperability across departments while maintaining data sovereignty 
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Continuous monitoring
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  • Ongoing assessment of behaviour to detect identity misuse or impersonation 
  • Real‑time alerts and adaptive controls when anomalies are detected 
  • Supports Zero Trust principles for citizen service delivery 

 

2. Workforce identities

 Securing the modern, distributed, and hybrid workforce 

 
Workforce identity security ensures that employees, contractors, and third parties have the right access, at the right time. 

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Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) 
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  • Centralised control over user access across applications, systems, and environments 
  • Automated joiner, mover, and leaver processes to prevent privilege creep 
  • Policy‑driven access aligned with job roles and business functions 
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Third‑Party lifecycle management
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  • Secure onboarding, access control, and offboarding of contractors, vendors, and partners

  • Time‑bound and purpose‑specific access to reduce supply‑chain risk

  • Visibility into non‑employee access across enterprise systems 

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Identity proofing
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  • Strong verification of workforce identities during onboarding and role changes

  • Biometric and document‑based proofing to reduce insider threats

  • Trusted identities from day one, even in remote or global deployments 

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Executive dash boarding
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  • Real‑time visibility into access risk, compliance posture, and policy violations
  • Metrics on identity health, exposure, and anomalous activity
  • Enables informed decision‑making at executive and security leadership levels  

 

3. Consumer identities

 

Balancing security, trust, and seamless digital experiences 

Consumer identity security protects customers while ensuring frictionless access to digital services—where poor experience directly impacts revenue and brand trust. 

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Registration
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  • Secure digital onboarding using automated document and biometric verification

  • Fraud prevention during account creation (synthetic identities, bots, deepfakes)

  • Faster, lower‑cost onboarding with reduced abandonment 

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Authentication
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  • Passwordless and adaptive authentication methods

  • Continuous assessment of login risk based on behaviour and context

  • Strong protection against account takeover (ATO) attacks 

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Consent management
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  • Transparent capture, storage, and enforcement of user consent

  • User control over data sharing in line with privacy regulations

  • Full auditability for regulatory compliance 

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Fraud reduction
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  • Detection of anomalous access, transaction abuse, and identity misuse

  • Real‑time risk scoring across sessions and devices

  • Continuous learning to evolve with emerging fraud techniques 

 

4. Non-human identities

 

Securing machines, workloads, and automated processes 

Non‑human identities—APIs, service accounts, bots, containers, and IoT—now outnumber human identities and represent a rapidly growing attack surface

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Discovery
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  • Automated identification of non‑human identities across environments 
  • Visibility into shadow identities and unmanaged credentials 
  • elimination of blind spots in hybrid and cloud infrastructures 
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Classification
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  • Categorisation by type, privilege level, usage, and criticality 
  • Differentiation between high‑risk and low‑risk identities 
  • Enables prioritised security controls 


 

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Ownership
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  • Clear assignment of accountability for every non‑human identity 
  • Prevents orphaned credentials and unmanaged access paths 
  • Aligns access with operational responsibility 
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Ongoing management
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  • Continuous rotation, validation, and monitoring of credentials 
  • Least‑privilege access enforced dynamically 
  • Protection against lateral movement and automated abuse 
 

  • Stronger cybersecurity protection: Acts as a frontline defence by leveraging multi‑factor authentication (MFA) and biometric verification to block automated attacks and significantly reduce the risk of account takeovers.

  • Operational efficiency: Automated digital onboarding accelerates user registration cutting customer acquisition and verification costs

  • Improved user experience: Single Sign‑On (SSO) and passwordless authentication eliminate password fatigue, enabling uninterrupted access to multiple services without repeated login challenges.

  • Regulatory compliance: Integrated auditing and reporting capabilities simplify adherence to global regulations such as POPIA, GDPR, and HIPAA—helping organizations avoid costly penalties and compliance risks.

  • Economic and social inclusion: Digital identity solutions extend access to essential services for unregistered or underserved populations, supporting remote participation in banking, healthcare, and government programs

Use cases across industries

Governments:
Social grants, healthcare records, tax filing, licensing
Financial Services:
Account opening (KYC), loan applications, transaction authentication
Healthcare:
Patient identification, medical records, prescription verification
Education:
Student enrollment, credential verification, exam registration

The Altron Security advantage

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Deep local expertise with global reach
Altron Security combines strong understanding of local regulatory, business, and threat landscapes with access to globally recognised identity and security technologies.
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End‑to‑end identity security capability
Support across the full identity lifecycle—onboarding, verification, authentication, access management, monitoring, and governance—ensuring a cohesive and secure identity strategy.
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Proven experience in regulated industries
Extensive track record delivering secure identity solutions for financial services, government, healthcare, and large enterprises with complex compliance requirements.
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Trusted technology partnerships
Strategic partnerships with leading global vendors enable best‑of‑breed solutions for identity verification, biometrics, authentication, PKI, and access management.
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Zero trust–aligned security approach
Identity‑centric designs that align with Zero Trust principles, ensuring continuous verification, least‑privilege access, and reduced breach impact.
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Scalable and future‑ready solutions
Architectures designed to grow with your organisation—supporting cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem environments while adapting to evolving threats and regulations.
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Reduced risk and faster time to value
Proven implementation frameworks and local delivery teams accelerate deployment, minimise operational risk, and shorten the return‑on‑investment timeline.
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Regulatory and compliance support
Built‑in controls and auditability help meet POPIA, GDPR, and other global requirements, reducing compliance complexity and manual effort.
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Enhanced customer and workforce
Experience Secure, frictionless identity journeys using modern authentication, biometrics, and passwordless access—improving trust, productivity, and engagement.
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Strong local support and managed
Services Dedicated regional support, professional services, and managed offerings ensure ongoing optimisation, monitoring, and rapid incident response.
Get in toch icon Proven at scale - deployed for millions of identities
Get in toch icon Mobile-first - works on feature phones and smartphones
Get in toch icon Biometric expertise - fingerprint, facial recognition, iris scanning
Get in toch icon Privacy-preserving - POPIA compliant, minimal data sharing
Get in toch icon Offline capable - functions without constant connectivity
Get in toch icon African expertise - designed for African infrastructure realities

 

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