Corporate Vision Reimagining Trust by Creating it at Scale Winning Best Background Screening & Compliance Platform 2026 – USA is the kind of recognition that tells half the story for Yardstik. The other half of their story is everything that happens after the check. In a world where AI-driven fraud and synthetic identities are outpacing the tools built to stop them, a background check is no longer enough - trust has to be built continuously. Yardstik built the infrastructure to do exactly that. We caught up with CEO Andrew Johnson on how their Human Trust Platform is redefining workforce trust for an era where the old way of screening simply doesn’t cut it anymore. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Yardstik exists to build real technological solutions that make trust measurable, accessible, and universal for organizations and their people alike. It does this by offering solutions that go beyond point-in-time screening and instead help clients to detect fraud, continuously monitor their workforces, verify credentials, and fight risk – allowing them to iron out any issues before they become real liabilities. Andrew explained: “With bad actors on the rise and AI actively being used to deceive (synthetic identities, AI-generated credentials, and digital impersonation), we believe technology should be the antidote, not the enabler.” This guiding ethos is reflected through the company’s core values of innovation, courage, integrity, and a genuine commitment to people, with these being the cornerstones of a start-up truly dedicated to challenging outdated screening systems – not merely for disruption’s sake, but simply because the old way no longer works. Setting the scene, Andrew told us how, despite trust being something foundational to the human experience, workforce screening was, for decades, treated like a tick-box exercise. It was very much a case of running a quick background check at hire, filing it away, and then moving on. Yardstik set about bridging the gap between what trust actually necessitates and what the industry was delivering before it came along more than five years ago. The world has moved on considerably since traditional screening was built, and these one-time checks, point-in-time decisions, and abundance of blind spots are hallmarks of a much slower time. Today’s hiring landscape is much more demanding, making this approach not only outdated but downright dangerous. By going beyond background checks to include continuous monitoring both before and after a hire, Yardstik combines key areas such as fraud detection and credential monitoring to make trust ongoing. “Most background check companies give you a photograph – a single snapshot of a person at the moment of hire. We give you a live feed.” As the Human Trust Platform, Yardstik offers its clients a system that covers the full lifecycle of their workforce, detecting identity fraud, screening candidates, verifying credentials, and continuously monitoring their workforces in real time. Thus, whereas most legacy providers carrying out these kinds of services stop at hire, Yardstik
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