Small Business Awards 2023 | 9 keeps going to make trust real and measurable. More than just a distinctive feature, this shows that the way the company thinks about trust is fundamentally different. Moreover, given that it is a licensed Consumer Reporting Agency and a PBSA-accredited company, it is clear that compliance is something Yardstik takes very seriously. These certifications demonstrate that the compliance underpinning its platform is real, regulated, and built to last, which is not something others can replicate overnight. But what really makes Yardstik different is that, once its clients make the switch to its platform for all of their background screening, they realise that they were previously trying to solve the wrong problem. One background check was never enough, and no matter how much they invested in getting it right, it was always going to fall short compared to the ongoing protection Yardstik offers through its organisation-protecting solutions. Diving deeper into the motivation behind this platform, Andrew commented that Yardstik’s foundational belief is that the best teams need the best people. Getting the best people to make up the best teams is something they play an integral role in, keeping bad actors out of schools, hospitals, homes, and workplaces and protecting credible workers from being undercut by dishonest people harbouring bad intentions. “There’s a real human story on the other side of that data**,”** Andrew shared. “That’s what keeps us motivated.” Recently, this motivation has been channelled by the team into solving one of the most pressing issues their clients continue to face across their organisations: AI-driven identity fraud. When Liveops, a leading business process outsourcing provider, came to Yardstik seeking a solution for this challenge (it had become a target for sophisticated fraud applications using falsified identities as a result of being a company that attracts a high volume of remote workers), the team were happy to help. The crafty individuals partaking in this AI-driven identity fraud were not random people trying to sneak through the gate**;** they had been trained on how to game the vetting process. With there even being services out there helping these individuals exploit the system, it was clear from the beginning that this challenge was a very sophisticated one. Liveops did have measures in place to combat this, but since its setup relied solely on disconnected single-point solutions, there were plenty of gaps. Following extensive research, Yardstik was chosen by Liveops because the company could offer something that no other vendor could – an integrated flow where identity verification feeds directly into the background check, meaning the verified identity is always the one that is screened, as there is no opportunity to swap it out or manipulate it in between. As Tom Glaser, Liveops’ Information Security Officer, reported back, the results were immediate, with fewer fraud attempts made and candidate conversion improving. It was on the back of this successful partnership with Liveops that Yardstik made the decision to officially announce its Human Trust Platform in February just gone, ushering in a new era of workforce technology that brings together its Detect AI™, Identity Verification, and Continuous Criminal Monitoring solutions into one connected system. Given that only 19% of businesses currently use verification solutions beyond that initial point-of-hire screening, they are potentially risking lives, especially with the advent of AI, which has introduced new threats the industry has not yet caught up with. However, given that this team has spent several years building the technology infrastructure to fight back, catching the invisible signals that legacy systems often miss, they are in a position where the industry’s biggest problem is the very problem they actively solve. “Take AI-driven fraud seriously before it becomes your problem. Synthetic identities and AI-generated documents are no longer edge cases. They’re increasingly common, particularly for remote and gig roles. If your current screening process relies entirely on self-reported information with no identity verification layer, you have a gap worth closing now rather than after an incident.” With its Human Trust Platform making real-time monitoring, fraud prevention, enhanced candidate screening, credential verification, and more within reach for its clients, it is clear that Yardstik has carved out a reputation for itself as going beyond background screening to instead serve as a security partner for its clients’ operations and teams. As it continues to build a world where trust is not something that is conducted at a single point in time, but rather a tangible infrastructure that is continuously monitoring and working underneath every workforce, the company’s future plans involve expanding its real-time monitoring capabilities, deepening its AI fraud detection capacity, and ultimately becoming the first platform of its kind to integrate natively with AI agent and agentic onboarding workflows, so that a layer of trust can be added into AI-led onboarding. In the longer term, Andrew detailed: “We believe Yardstik will become the go-to trust infrastructure for the modern economy, not just concerning employment, but also across every platform where humans connect and where the cost of misplaced trust is real. We named this new category we have created ‘Human Trust Platform’ because we believe it describes not just what we are today, but also where the world is going.” Recognised as having the Best Background Screening & Compliance Platform 2026 – USA, Yardstik’s distinction can be seen further through its having been named a Best Place to Work for five consecutive years (2021–2025), as well as a Newsweek America’s Greatest Startup Workplaces 2025 award, placing it in the top 1% of over 20,000 evaluated start-ups nationally. All of this comes from the people building this platform believing in what it does and that they are building toward a future where trust isn’t a moment – it’s a layer beneath every hire, every credential, and every workforce. That infrastructure doesn’t yet exist at scale; they’re building it. Contact Details Email: [email protected] Contact: Andrew Johnson Company: Yardstik Web Address: https://yardstik.com/
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