Why Origin Secured is different to IAM / CIAM platforms

^{October 30, 2025}

We are not trying to replicate login management or customer portals; instead, we enhance IAM / CIAM by introducing deeper verification, persistent identity across silos, and orchestration between systems, especially where data integrity and cross-domain trust are essential. In short, OS unlocks new capability beyond the IAM stack:

• While standard IAM platforms use OAuth-based SSO to create a smoother user journey, each connected application still creates and manages its own profile. That results in fragmented identities, each tied to the login method (email, phone number, social profile, etc.) used in that system. With OS, the identity is anchored to the individual, not the login method.

• If a user authenticates via Gmail in one app, then uses Instagram in another, or a mobile number in a third, OS sees them all as the same person.

• These new identifiers are added to the user’s Digital Licence, meaning they can be reused for future verification and do not trigger new profiles or disconnected records.

• This approach provides organisations with one canonical, trusted identity across all applications, even when login methods change, without needing to merge records manually or rely on weak heuristic matching.

• During onboarding to an app powered by OS, users complete a one-time biometric verification and receive cryptographically signed credentials, issued by a trusted party (IDSP, employer, bank, etc.). These form the foundation of a verifiable identity that can be reused across any environment (workforce, customer, supply chain) with no need for repeated document uploads or password resets.

• This drastically reduces account fraud and prevents synthetic identities at the source

• IAM is often app-specific; OS works across systems, and we: Integrate with CRM, HR, ERP, support systems, procurement platforms, and more

• Create a single verification layer across them all

• Trigger automated decisions (e.g. access, onboarding, readiness) without needing each system to build in complex checks

• This turns identity into an operational asset, something that can drive workflows, not just protect them.

• Every action linked to an identity, a login, a document viewed, a training completed, a clearance granted, is recorded in a tamper-evident event chain.

• The chain is encrypted, stored with the data owner, and cannot be accessed by OS.

• Verification is threshold-based, multiple keys must be presented for access (e.g. biometric + credential + IP range).

• These chains build trust over time and support audit, compliance, and fraud prevention in ways that IAM cannot.

In summary, if IAM is about who’s logging in and what they can see, OS is about who they really are, what they’ve done, and what they’re authorised to do, across your whole ecosystem.