{"id":17817,"date":"2026-09-04T11:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paicore.tech\/?p=17817"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:37:37","slug":"gartner-30-of-enterprises-will-stop-trusting-face-biometrics-alone-by-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paicore.tech\/news\/gartner-30-of-enterprises-will-stop-trusting-face-biometrics-alone-by-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner: 30% of Enterprises Will Stop Trusting Face Biometrics Alone by 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17817\" class=\"elementor elementor-17817\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-745e675 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"745e675\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-515aca7\" data-id=\"515aca7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d147b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f8d147b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa0d18 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"8fa0d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f8d7736 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"huge huge-message-01\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/paicore.tech\/?cat=34\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">News<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-706c8cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"706c8cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gartner: 30% of Enterprises Will Stop Trusting Face Biometrics Alone by 2026<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159eff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"159eff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><p style=\"color: #fff !important; text-align: center;\">By PAiCore Technology \u25cf <span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17beabb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"17beabb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9634c7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9634c7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b986b16\" data-id=\"b986b16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1fb0ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b1fb0ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f200e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f200e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"596\">Facial biometrics have become one of the most common ways digital services verify identity \u2014 at onboarding, at password recovery, and at step-up authentication. The system was built to answer one question: does this face match the one on file?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"1023\">Gartner has predicted that by 2026, AI-generated deepfake attacks on face biometrics will lead 30% of enterprises to stop treating that verification method as reliable in isolation. Gartner&#8217;s research also notes that injection attacks \u2014 inserting a fabricated video feed directly into the verification pipeline rather than holding a photo up to a camera \u2014 increased sharply as generative AI tools became cheap and accessible.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"rgfzzg\" data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1065\">From a Face Match to a False Positive<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1110\">A simple workflow shows where the gap sits:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1214\"><strong data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1214\">Synthetic Face Generated \u2192 Injected into Camera Feed \u2192 Liveness Check Passed \u2192 Identity &#8220;Verified&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1358\">The verification step completes successfully. The application has no way to know the face it just matched was never captured by a real camera.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1442\">This affects any workflow built around facial verification as a standalone signal:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1601\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1h8entv\" data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1476\">Remote KYC and account opening<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"gq55wb\" data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1507\">Password and access recovery<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"14s83tq\" data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1559\">Step-up authentication for high-risk transactions<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1u0ofwh\" data-start=\"1560\" data-end=\"1601\">Video-based interview and hiring checks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"17s50by\" data-start=\"1603\" data-end=\"1645\">The Architectural Limit of a Face Match<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1892\">Presentation-attack detection was designed to catch someone holding up a photo or a mask. It was not designed to catch a synthetic video convincing enough to pass as a live person, because the standards it relies on predate that class of attack.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1894\" data-end=\"2025\">This creates a broader identity challenge: <strong data-start=\"1937\" data-end=\"2025\">one verification signal may not be enough when the signal itself can be manipulated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"155kmr8\" data-start=\"2027\" data-end=\"2087\">Anchoring Identity to Something That Can&#8217;t Be Synthesized<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2089\" data-end=\"2261\">Silent Network Authentication asks a different question entirely \u2014 not &#8220;does this face match?&#8221; but &#8220;is the SIM tied to this account currently active on the mobile network?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2263\" data-end=\"2388\"><strong data-start=\"2263\" data-end=\"2388\">Application \u2192 Silent Network Authentication API \u2192 Network API Gateway \u2192 Mobile Network \u2192 Network-Verified Identity Signal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2390\" data-end=\"2586\">That is a network-level, carrier-verified signal rather than an image a generative model can produce. Layered alongside biometrics, it adds another signal that is independent of facial appearance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2733\">The approach therefore becomes less about replacing biometrics and more about <strong data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"2732\">adding another source of verification to the identity decision<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"8x6web\" data-start=\"2735\" data-end=\"2756\">Where PAiCore Fits<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2758\" data-end=\"3138\">PAiCore&#8217;s <strong data-start=\"2768\" data-end=\"2791\">Network API Gateway<\/strong> provides the infrastructure for connecting modern applications with telecom network capabilities. Its event-driven architecture supports <strong data-start=\"2929\" data-end=\"2968\">Silent Network Authentication (SNA)<\/strong> through CAMARA-aligned APIs, enabling applications to access network-based identity verification capabilities without directly handling the underlying telecom signaling.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3140\" data-end=\"3275\">The gateway bridges the application-facing API layer with telecom environments through technologies including <strong data-start=\"3250\" data-end=\"3274\">SS7\/MAP and Diameter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3277\" data-end=\"3406\">This creates a practical architecture for adding network-verified signals alongside existing identity and authentication systems.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1nloj7j\" data-start=\"3408\" data-end=\"3426\">Explore PAiCore<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3428\" data-end=\"3507\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/paicore.tech\/network-gw\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"3428\" data-end=\"3507\"><strong data-start=\"3429\" data-end=\"3472\">Explore the PAiCore Network API Gateway<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3509\" data-end=\"3571\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/paicore.tech\/products\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"3509\" data-end=\"3571\"><strong data-start=\"3510\" data-end=\"3538\">Explore PAiCore Products<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3573\" data-end=\"3657\">Developers and telecom engineers can also explore the PAiCore open-source ecosystem:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3659\" data-end=\"3722\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/paicoretech\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"3659\" data-end=\"3722\"><strong data-start=\"3660\" data-end=\"3689\">Explore PAiCore on GitHub<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1t86an2\" data-start=\"3724\" data-end=\"3738\">References<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"3740\" data-end=\"4263\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1wrnlmx\" data-start=\"3740\" data-end=\"4098\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2024-02-01-gartner-predicts-30-percent-of-enterprises-will-consider-identity-verification-and-authentication-solutions-unreliable-in-isolation-due-to-deepfakes-by-2026\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"3742\" data-end=\"4098\">Gartner \u2014 30% of Enterprises Will Consider Identity Verification and Authentication Solutions Unreliable in Isolation Due to Deepfakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ehj412\" data-start=\"4099\" data-end=\"4179\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/camaraproject.org\/number-verification\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"4101\" data-end=\"4179\">CAMARA \u2014 Number Verification<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"y0nb3w\" data-start=\"4180\" data-end=\"4263\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/gsma-open-gateway\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"4182\" data-end=\"4263\">GSMA Open Gateway<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"4265\" data-end=\"4377\"><em data-start=\"4265\" data-end=\"4377\">Biometrics verify a face. 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