Daon

Daon is a digital identity trust company founded in 2000, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, with additional offices in Dublin (Ireland), Canberra (Australia), and Belgrade (Serbia). The company specializes in biometric identity verification and authentication technology, serving customers across financial services, telecommunications, government, and healthcare sectors. Daon's core product portfolio includes: xProof (identity verification/IDV), xAuth (multi-factor authentication), xFace (facial authentication), and xVoice (voice authentication). Additional capabilities include deepfake and synthetic fraud protection, travel document validation, age verification, and contact center authentication. The company's foundational concept is "Identity Continuity," an access management approach that maintains a single identity record per customer, connected across all interaction points and accessible through any channel. This model is designed to reduce identity fraud while preserving user experience. Daon holds over 285 patents covering processes and algorithms used in its platforms. The company reports securing over 2 billion identities across 6 continents. Daon was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification. Daon Labs serves as the internal science and engineering division responsible for ongoing research and development in fraud prevention and identity technology. The company's solutions are aimed at enterprise customers seeking to verify and authenticate end-user identities in digital channels.