Jumio Liveness Premium Wins Gold in the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
Cyber Security / Identity Theft | 4 min read
Jumio, a leading provider of AI-powered identity intelligence, has announced that Jumio Liveness Premium has been named the Gold Award winner in the Biometrics category of the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The annual programme honours companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation, and leadership in information security. Winners are selected by an independent panel of cybersecurity practitioners, analysts, and CISOs from the Cybersecurity Insiders community. The recognition highlights Jumio's technical innovation and real-world impact in helping enterprises defend against increasingly sophisticated identity fraud — including deepfakes and camera injection attacks.
"This award reflects the reality of today's threat landscape, where AI is being weaponised to create highly convincing fake identities at scale."
— Bala Kumar, President and Interim CEO, Jumio
"We congratulate Jumio Liveness Premium on earning Gold Award recognition in the Biometrics category of the 2026 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 organisations worldwide."
— Holger Schulze, Founder, Cybersecurity Insiders and Organiser, Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
How Jumio Liveness Premium Works
Jumio Liveness Premium uses active illumination — a patented Jumio technique — to deliver enhanced protection against sophisticated fraud attempts. By analysing contextual signals including device positioning and dynamic lighting responses, the solution can identify deepfakes and camera injection attacks that bypass traditional verification methods. Crucially, this advanced protection is delivered within the familiar ID-plus-selfie onboarding flow — meaning enterprises can strengthen security without sacrificing user experience or friction at the point of customer acquisition.
Real-World Results: 30%+ More Fraud Detected
Customers deploying Liveness Premium are already seeing measurable outcomes. In one deployment at a leading Latin American fintech, the solution detected over 30% more sophisticated fraud attempts — including deepfakes and synthetic identity attacks — compared to prior detection methods. The solution is built on Jumio's proven identity intelligence platform, which has processed more than 1 billion transactions across more than 200 countries and territories, and is backed by industry certifications including SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.
About Jumio
Jumio helps organisations 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 biometric screening, AI and machine learning, liveness detection, and no-code orchestration with hundreds of data sources, Jumio helps enterprises fight fraud and financial crime, onboard customers faster, and meet regulatory compliance requirements including KYC and AML. Based in Sunnyvale, California, Jumio operates globally across North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.
Key Takeaways
- • Jumio Liveness Premium has won the Gold Award in the Biometrics category of the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards — selected by an independent jury of cybersecurity practitioners, analysts, and CISOs from the Cybersecurity Insiders community.
- • The recognition reflects the urgency of defending against AI-generated identity fraud — including deepfakes and camera injection attacks that bypass traditional liveness detection methods.
- • Jumio Liveness Premium uses patented active illumination technology — analysing device positioning and dynamic lighting responses — to detect sophisticated fraud within the standard ID-plus-selfie onboarding flow, without adding user friction.
- • In a live deployment at a leading Latin American fintech, Liveness Premium detected over 30% more sophisticated fraud attempts — including deepfakes and synthetic identity attacks — compared to prior approaches.
- • Jumio's identity intelligence platform has processed 1 billion+ transactions across 200+ countries, certified to SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, supporting KYC, AML, and ongoing fraud prevention for enterprises globally.