Identity Verification
Helps confirm identities, document authenticity, biometric matching and liveness, including for applicants from outside the Kingdom.
AET Group · Trusted digital infrastructure
The trust infrastructure behind critical digital services.
AET provides a trust layer that strengthens existing government and enterprise services. By connecting identity verification, trusted evidence and risk intelligence across borders, we enable organisations to make informed decisions, while policy and final authority stay with them.
Saudi Arabia·Trust Layer
01Connected verificationIdentity, documents, biometrics and risk checks brought together in one process.
02Cross-border intelligenceRelevant verification sources and checks across international jurisdictions.
03Institutional controlYour policies, decision thresholds and governance remain yours.
04Auditable evidenceStructured, traceable evidence to support accountable decisions.
The challenge
Trust has to work across borders.
Saudi Arabia has established a strong foundation for digital identity. But as international mobility grows and the security landscape becomes more complex, trust cannot stop at national boundaries. Travellers, investors and applicants arrive with identities, documents and credentials issued across different countries and systems. Establishing confidence in that evidence is no longer simply a matter of efficiency. It is essential to secure, resilient digital services.
Who is this person?
Is the evidence genuine?
Are the rules met?
Can the outcome be trusted?
One journey. One trusted evidence package.
AET brings identity verification, biometrics, document authentication and compliance checks into a coordinated process. Evidence from different sources can be assessed, consolidated and made available to authorised decision-makers, supporting consistent, traceable decisions across borders and institutions.
The AET trust layer
Your platform owns the journey. AET establishes trust.
AET integrates with existing government and enterprise services, coordinating the verification and risk checks required by each institution's policies. The result is a structured, traceable evidence package that supports informed decisions, while control over the service, policies and final outcome remains with the institution.
Your digital serviceExisting portals, applications and onboarding processes remain under your control.
AET trust layerCoordinates verification and risk checks according to your policies.
Authorised sourcesRelevant identity, document, financial and risk sources across jurisdictions.
Structured evidenceConsolidated findings, source provenance and review indicators.
Your decisionYour institution retains its policies, review processes and decision authority.
Access, reuse and retention are set by applicable law, permissions and the agreement for each use case.
What AET enables
Six capabilities. One trust layer.
Each capability strengthens the others, so evidence is checked in context rather than in isolation.
Identity VerificationConfirms identities, document authenticity, biometric matching and liveness.
Risk IntelligenceBrings relevant screening, adverse signals and fraud indicators into a risk-aware assessment.
Evidence VerificationChecks supporting and financial documents for authenticity, consistency and their link to the applicant.
Policy-Driven AssessmentApplies your eligibility rules, thresholds, evidence requirements and review routing.
Explainability & AuditabilityReturns a structured evidence package with reasoning, review flags and traceable records.
Integration & governanceAPI-first, designed to fit existing platforms and the governance each deployment requires.
How it works
Five steps. One reviewable outcome.
AET supports verification and decision intelligence. Your government or enterprise organisation keeps formal decision-making authority and human oversight.
- 01ApplicationYour journey collects the evidence and authorisations it needs.
- 02VerificationAET orchestrates the relevant checks with authorised sources.
- 03Policy assessmentThe evidence is assessed against your rules.
- 04Explained recommendationA structured result with findings and review flags.
- 05Your decisionYour organisation decides. Accountability stays with you.
Where trust matters
Built for high-trust journeys.
Four areas where identity, evidence and risk have to come together before a decision can be made with confidence.
01 · GovernmentGovernment & digital public servicesCross-border identity and eVisa application journeys.
02 · TravelTourism, Hajj & UmrahHigh-volume international travel, eligibility and evidence handling.
03 · InvestmentInvestment & real estatePre-onboarding international investors and buyers, with authorised evidence for later formal processes.
04 · RegulatedFinancial services & regulated journeysConnected due diligence, proof and risk assessment.
Why AET
Infrastructure, not another checking tool.
High-trust journeys depend on many providers, documents, jurisdictions and rules. AET brings the orchestration and the evidence structure to use the right check, from the right source, in the right context.
Biometric providers face · liveness
Screening & watchlists per policy
Financial evidence documents · data
Authoritative sources where authorised
Fraud signals device · document
Document intelligence authenticity
Human review your team
Trust layer
Identity verification
Risk intelligence
Evidence verification
Policy-driven assessment
Explainability & audit
Integration & governance
Provider-neutral orchestrationAuthorised source selection with fallback pathsDesigned for markets with uneven document and banking infrastructureWorks behind your existing experienceValidated in a controlled pilot before scaling
Our work is informed by international experience in government, security and regulation, relevant to an evolving cross-border environment. Our strategic advisors
Request a briefing
Let's discuss your trust challenge.
Tell us which journey, sector and markets you need to support. We'll walk you through the trust layer, the governance model and what a controlled pilot could look like.
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Platform & use cases
Your platform owns the journey. AET establishes trust.
An existing government or enterprise service starts the applicant journey. AET coordinates the checks, evidence and risk signals your policy requires and brings them into one structured outcome. The journey, the decision rules and the final approval stay with your organisation.
One orchestration and evidence layer
Not a new government portal.Not a replacement national identity system.Not a stand-alone bank statement reader.Not a visa issuer.Not the decision-maker.
Six capabilities
One journey. One trusted evidence package.
Six capabilities work as one layer. Specialist services support each of them, and every result arrives in the same structured, explainable format.
Evidence Verification
Assesses supporting and financial documents for authenticity, consistency and their connection to the identified applicant. Verify, not merely collect.
MRZ check digitsChip signatureSecurity featuresStatement · 1 anomaly
Risk Intelligence
Brings together relevant screening, adverse signals and fraud indicators, with inputs selected for each market.
ScreeningAbdulrahman Al-Qahtaniعبدالرحمن القحطاني
SanctionsPEPAdverse media
- Abd al-Rahman al-QahtaniSanctions0.91DOB mismatch · discounted
- Abdurrahman QahtaniPEP0.78Different nationality
- A. Rahman Al KahtaniAdverse media0.64Below threshold
No confirmed matchCleared
Policy-Driven Assessment
Applies your eligibility rules, decision thresholds, evidence requirements and review routing.
Your policyVisitor journey
- Identity matches the documentMet
- Biometric match above your thresholdMet
- Financial evidence linked to the applicantMet
- Evidence confidence at least 85%78% · below
Outcome under your policyRefer to reviewer
Integration & governance
API-first, with data handling and deployment defined around the governance each use case requires.
Your platformPortal · app · onboarding flow
API · embedded or hosted
AET trust layerIn-Kingdom deployment option
Only necessary attributes, when authorised
Authorised external checksGoverned under applicable terms
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Explainability & Auditability
Every journey ends in a structured evidence package: the reasoning, the review flags and a traceable record of every check. The strength of the evidence is shown separately from the outcome, so your reviewers can see why, not only what.
Verified profileProvenance per checkEvidence confidenceReview flagsConsent recordAudit trail
Audit trailCase AET-24·07193
Package sealedsha256:…
The operating model
Five steps to an informed, reviewable decision.
01 · Application
Start in your journey.
An individual or company enters your existing digital journey and provides evidence and the necessary lawful authorisations.
02 · Verification
Orchestrate the checks.
AET coordinates the relevant identity, document, biometric, financial and risk checks, using appropriate authorised sources.
03 · Assessment
Assess against your policy.
The evidence is evaluated against your policies and market-specific criteria.
04 · Explained recommendation
Return a reasoned result.
A structured result with supporting findings, evidence confidence and human-review flags returns to your platform.
05 · Organisation decision
You decide.
Your organisation makes the decision. Oversight and formal accountability stay with you. AET never approves or rejects on your behalf.
Visitor applicationCase AET-24·07193
ApplicationVerifyingAssessingRecommendationYour decision
- Identity & passportSource selected by countryProvenance · chip + MRZRequiredVerified
- Biometric match & livenessPolicy: face ↔ documentProvenance · live captureRequiredMatched
- Document authenticityTemplate + tamper checksProvenance · issuer templateRequiredAuthentic
- Sanctions & PEPLists set by your policyProvenance · screened listsRequiredClear
- Financial evidenceStatement + consistencyProvenance · uploaded statementIf applicableConsistentException · review
- Fraud signalsDevice + document signalsProvenance · signal setRequiredNone raised
Evidence and authorisations received through your journey.
Orchestrating the agreed checks
Assessing against your policyRules evaluated
Recommendation: refer. Statement totals need a reviewer.Reason attached
Evidence package sealedDecision: yours
Checks and sources are configured per journey.
Cross-border verification
A consistent trust layer across different source markets.
Jurisdictions differ in document formats, financial infrastructure, authoritative records, privacy rules and the availability of consent-based data. AET combines document-led evidence, authorised source checks and direct data routes where available, and selects what is appropriate for each market.
Market profiles
Route 01Document-led evidence
Identity, supporting and financial documents, checked for authenticity, consistency and ownership.
Route 02Authorised source checks
Permitted checks with authoritative or specialist sources, limited to what the verification needs.
Route 03Direct data routes
Consent-based data connections, where a market supports them.
One consistent evidence standardWhatever the market, the result arrives in the same reviewable format, under your policy.
A genuine document is not, by itself, sufficient.
IdentityDocument authenticityOwnership of the evidenceRiskYour criteria
All five must agree in one reviewable result. External sources contribute limited verification inputs; they do not replace the overall orchestration or your decision framework.
Financial evidence
Verify, not merely collect.
Financial eligibility needs evidence that is identity-backed, authentic and auditable, not only a balance read from a statement. Different markets call for different documentary or consent-based routes.
- AuthenticThe document or data is genuine and unaltered.
- LinkedIt belongs to the identified applicant.
- ConsistentAmounts, dates and sources agree with each other and with the application.
Policy, confidence & oversight
Stronger verification. Your authority stays intact.
You set the rules, acceptable evidence, thresholds, escalation and jurisdictional conditions. Confidence in the evidence, shaped by document quality, consistency and missing information, determines whether a case is cleared, referred or declined according to your policy. Move the threshold and see what changes.
Assessment against policy
Confidence in the evidence
Human review of uncertain cases
A log of every check
Logs record which sources were consulted, which checks ran, what was returned and when.
Your review thresholdExplainer · 60 sample cases
0Clear to proceed
0Your reviewers
0Escalated
Integration & data responsibility
Built into your journey, not bolted on beside it.
Integration options are patterns, agreed per use case. AET can be triggered at a chosen step of an applicant's process, without a separate AET application.
Pattern 01EmbeddedAET runs behind a chosen step of your existing journey.
Pattern 02Hosted verification flowA hosted flow, opened from your service and returning to it.
Pattern 03API onlyYour platform calls AET and receives the structured result.
Pattern 04Your own front endA customer-specific front end, designed around your service.
AET's proposed architecture supports in-Kingdom processing and customer-governed handling. Some authorised verification checks may need a limited exchange with external sources. Roles, access rights, retention, deployment and any cross-border transfers are established for each use case and agreement.
Our trust principles
Use cases
One trust layer. Different journeys.
Every sector has its own population, rules and risks. These examples show where the trust layer can help, each one shaped with the organisation responsible for the journey.
Government & eVisaCapabilities in this journey
Identity
Biometrics
Documents
Screening
Financial evidence
Fraud signals
Policy assessment
Human review
Audit trail
Fully configurable. Capabilities can be added, removed or adjusted to each organisation's requirements.
How an engagement begins
Prove value in one controlled pilot.
Connected checks and country-specific source strategies can be more practical than assembling and operating several isolated products. A controlled pilot shows whether that holds for your journey, before anything scales.
- 01Request a briefingA first conversation about your journey and markets.
- 02Select the use caseAgree the journey and the responsible authority.
- 03Agree governanceData controls, permitted sources and decision rights.
- 04Controlled proof of conceptConnect the agreed checks to a defined population.
- 05EvaluateEvidence quality, integration and operational results.
- 06Decide on phased scaleTogether, and only on the evidence.
Indicative. Timing depends on scope, integration readiness and source access.
See the trust layer in your journey.
About & trust
Accountable by design.
AET brings identity, evidence and risk checks together behind existing digital services, so government and enterprise organisations can make informed decisions with an auditable evidence record. They keep their policies, their journeys and the final say.
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Who we are
One trust layer for cross-border journeys.
Under the AET Group name, we bring the AET trust and verification proposition to government and enterprise organisations. We work behind existing government and enterprise services, bringing identity, biometrics, documentary and financial evidence, risk intelligence, country-specific verification sources and policy-driven assessment together, so organisations can make their own informed decisions.
AET Group is a name of AET Vertis Company, registered in Riyadh. It is not a separate legal entity and has no legal form of its own.
Our leadership
Accountable for direction and delivery.
Patrick Damien O'Brien
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Sets AET's direction and is accountable for its delivery.
Strategic advisors
International perspective. Strategic insight.
As international mobility, security and regulatory environments grow more complex, trusted infrastructure needs an understanding that extends beyond technology. AET benefits from the perspectives of senior international advisors with experience in government leadership, homeland security and international trade.
Titles are former roles, shown for context. Our advisors share their personal perspective and do not act on behalf of any government or institution.
Trust principles
The authority stays with the organisation.
AET supports evidence gathering, verification, screening orchestration and explained assessment. Your organisation sets its policies, thresholds and lawful decision criteria. Formal decisions and responsibility stay with the competent authority or customer, and uncertain cases go to human review through agreed workflows.
In-Kingdom deployment optionsSaudi-focused deployment options for the primary application and evidence environment.
Defined responsibilitiesController and processor roles, access and retention, set out in each agreement.
Data minimisationConsent or another applicable legal basis, agreed security handling and only the data the purpose requires.
Necessary attributes onlyWhen a verification needs an authorised external source, only the necessary attributes are shared, under applicable terms.
Traceable recordsVerification and assessment records that support oversight and review.
Provider independenceSpecialist and authoritative sources connect through one controlled framework, and their inputs are explained in one consistent format.
These principles describe our design and governance approach. Registrations and specific compliance arrangements are confirmed for each engagement.
AET strengthens the decision without ever taking ownership of it.
How we engage
Responsible cooperation, one controlled step at a time.
A controlled pilot is how we work with institutions: agreed boundaries first, evidence before expansion.
Step 1
Agree
Objectives, policy boundaries and permissible evidence sources, agreed together.
Step 2
Validate
Data protection and security arrangements, validated before any case runs.
Step 3
Evaluate
Evidence quality, false referrals, exceptions and operational integration.
Step 4
Decide
Whether and how to expand, decided together on the results.
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