RESTON, Va., Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —
The outlook d aws o Regula’s tech ical expe tise a d its 2026 global esea ch. Five fo ecasts highlighted below add ess these developme ts a d the ci cumsta ces i which busi esses may eed f esh p oof of ide tity.
The same i teg atio guide that helps a develope co ect a se vice ca help a attacke u de sta d whe e to p obe it. AI could make that a alysis faste . The PHP2Shell esea ch showed how AI ca help tu complex softwa e flaws i to wo ki g exploits; Regula expects elated capabilities to help attacke s study how ide tity systems ha dle failed checks, et ies a d ecove y.
Ve ifyi g a custome does ot establish what thei age t is allowed to do. Repo ts of U.S. ba ks blocki g thi d-pa ty AI age ts show that co t olli g age t access is al eady a p actical issue. Whe a task moves betwee se vices, the challe ge g ows: the ext se vice eeds evide ce of the custome ’s pe missio that it ca check fo itself.
Co side a custome who autho izes a age t to book a flight fo up to $1,000. The booki g platfo m passes payme t to a othe age t. The payme t p ovide eeds to ve ify the custome ’s app oval, the spe di g limit a d whethe that seco d age t is allowed to act. If the fa e ises to $1,200, the o igi al pe missio o lo ge cove s the pu chase. F esh custome app oval is eeded.
Regula p edicts g owi g dema d fo pe missio eco ds that eceivi g platfo ms ca validate, showi g who autho ized the actio , what limits apply a d whethe the app oval emai s valid whe a othe age t takes ove .
Attacke s do ot have to defeat eve y check. They eed o e oute that avoids a equi ed safegua d. I stead of t yi g to defeat a st o g docume t check at o boa di g, they could sea ch fo weake ecove y outes, exceptio s, o steps that ca be skipped.
Regula expects that busi esses will i c easi gly assess the secu ity of the e ti e ve ificatio p ocess a d sc uti ize pote tial gaps. The task is to test the e ti e jou ey withi the busi ess’s system. Regula expects buye s to dema d evide ce that o boa di g, et ies, exceptio s a d ecove y e fo ce the app op iate co t ols o eve y pe mitted oute. St o g compo e ts emai esse tial; testi g must also show that thei i teg atio leaves o u p otected path to the same outcome.
Whe a ide tity decisio is challe ged, a eco d that simply says “ve ified” offe s little expla atio . I vestigato s eed to k ow which checks a , which ules applied a d whethe a employee ove ode a esult.
Regula’s esea ch fou d that 82% of su veyed o ga izatio s had bee asked to explai a ide tity- elated decisio exte ally. I a sepa ate questio , o ly 50% said they could fully eco st uct a ve ificatio decisio . Regula p edicts g eate dema d fo eco ds that co ect the evide ce, checks a d decisio ules, allowi g teams to explai a ea lie esult eve afte the wo kflow has cha ged.
“A custome may pass ve ificatio at o boa di g a d etu mo ths late th ough accou t ecove y, custome suppo t, o a AI age t. At that poi t, the busi ess eeds to u de sta d what the o igi al check established a d whethe that evide ce is still e ough. I 2027, we expect mo e atte tio to how these decisio s co ect: whe f esh p oof is eeded, how exceptio s a e ha dled, a d what evide ce emai s available fo eview,” says Iha Kliashchou, Chief Tech ology Office at Regula.
A custome who passed ve ificatio whe ope i g a accou t may late lose a device o equest a se sitive accou t cha ge. These eve ts ca c eate diffe e t levels of u ce tai ty about who is acti g. Co fi mi g co t ol of a passwo d o secu ity key may be sufficie t i some situatio s; othe s may justify a ew ide tity check.
Regula expects busi esses to defi e those t igge s mo e p ecisely, co ect ew checks to existi g ide tity eco ds a d avoid maki g eve y etu i g custome epeat the full o boa di g p ocess.
Regula’s Ide tity Ve ificatio T e ds a d P edictio s 2027 p ovide te fo ecasts, each suppo ted by available evide ce, a expected time ho izo , a d a co fide ce assessme t. It also explo es what a match i a official database p oves, how age checks will eshape digital p oducts, a d why data ules could dete mi e whe e ide tity ve ificatio u s.
To help busi esses assess thei eadi ess, the epo t co cludes with five p actical questio s to ask a ide tity ve ificatio p ovide . They cove wo kflow secu ity, eve ificatio , auditability, data co t ol, a d the ability to adapt to ew equi eme ts.
Read Ide tity Ve ificatio T e ds a d P edictio s 2027 o the Regula Blog.
Regula is a global develope of ide tity ve ificatio (IDV) solutio s a d fo e sic devices, t usted by ove 2,000 o ga izatio s ac oss egulated i dust ies wo ldwide. Regula IDV solutio s delive e d-to-e d docume t ve ificatio , biomet ic authe ticatio , a d ide tity lifecycle ma ageme t. They e able o ga izatio s to p eve t f aud by e su i g the i teg ity of eve y sig al behi d each decisio . Built o 34 yea s of docume t fo e sics expe tise, fully p op ieta y tech ology, a d a i -house fo e sic labo ato y, Regula mai tai s the wo ld’s la gest template lib a y of 16,000+ ID templates f om 254 cou t ies a d te ito ies. The compa y’s tech ologies a e deployed at 80+ bo de co t ol autho ities wo ldwide. Regula was ecog ized i the 2025 a d 2026 Ga t e ® Magic Quad a t™ fo Ide tity Ve ificatio .
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