2025-08-11 Proof Release Notes – Proof Help Center

What is a trusted referee? | Proof

Trusted referees, including notaries and other credible professionals, are individuals or organizations that verify and vouch for a person's identity in digital transactions to prevent fraud, with Proof leveraging a network of government-authorized notaries as the gold standard to ensure secure and trustworthy identity verification online.

Proof Puts Itself To The Test For Account Recovery

Proof's IT team identified a critical security flaw in their password reset process via Slack, and addressed it by integrating identity verification through Okta and SMS/email links into account recovery and device enrollment flows, ensuring employees must verify their identity before resets or provisioning, thereby significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized access.

NIST IAL2 Compliant Identity Verification

Proof has announced that its signature NIST IAL2 compliant identity verification transactions are now certified with the Kantara Trust Mark, ensuring rigorous evaluation and approval for secure, seamless remote identity verification across various regulated industries such as automotive, financial services, healthcare, and government, thereby enabling high-security digital transactions and reducing fraud risks.

Proof Business Pro

Proof Business Pro is a comprehensive, pay-per-transaction platform offering online notarization starting at $25 per meeting, identity verification from $4 per person, and eSignature services at $4 per transaction, designed to streamline business operations with automated transaction management, robust security, and flexible workflows that enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and provide seamless, secure customer interactions anytime, anywhere.

What is a Proof transaction?

A Proof transaction is a secure, NIST IAL2-level verified digital signing process that combines automated identity checks—such as SMS authentication, credential analysis, and biometric selfie matching to government IDs—with human referee intervention when needed, ensuring trusted, fraud-resistant eSignatures by validating signer identity before granting document access.

A Word on Our Future: Introducing Proof

The founder of Notarize, inspired by a ski accident, launched the company in 2015 to digitize and secure important transactions traditionally done on paper, and now introduces Proof, the first identity-assured transaction management platform, building on Notarize's pioneering remote online notarization technology that has transformed industries by enabling millions of secure, compliant, and efficient digital transactions worth over $185 billion.