The Verkada — Checkr Trust Story
Verkada is a leader and one of the most innovative players in the physical security technology space. It provides integrated, cloud-based physical security solutions to protect people and places in a privacy-sensitive way. Verkada looked to enhance the security screening capabilities of its visitor management solution while maintaining a seamless check-in experience.
Addressing Visitor Management Challenges
When Verkada launched its visitor management solution, customers loved its ease of use, native camera and access control system integration, and auditing capabilities. Following the launch, Verkada’s customers highlighted the need for screening capabilities that would allow them to comply with their own security requirements. For instance, schools often verify photo IDs and check visitors against sex offender databases to comply with visitor management policies set by local school boards and districts.
Verkada aimed to streamline this manual process by integrating the check-in process with real-time public record database screening. This added layer of risk intelligence would help organizations maintain compliance with their security policies and take a proactive approach to identifying potential security risks.
Speed, quality, accuracy, and completeness were fundamental criteria to meet their customers’ needs. Ultimately, Verkada wanted to ensure that when a customer reviews a visitor at check-in, they could quickly make access control decisions with the best possible data.
Leveraging Checkr Trust for Enhanced Screening
Verkada chose Checkr Trust as their data partner to integrate real-time criminal and public record screening in its visitor management solution. Verkada selected Checkr Trust for their fast and accurate data, customizable integrations, reliable API uptime, and dependable customer service.
Through Checkr Trust, Verkada customers are able to add a layer of security with instant access to over 2,400 government and public records including criminal court data, sex offender records, and global watchlist information. On average, results are returned within half a second, allowing Verkada customers to seamlessly check-in visitors while protecting students from people who those customers determine should not be entering their schools.
“Verkada’s platform enables customers to know who accesses their building and what's happening on premise. Together with Checkr Trust, we're able to extend protection further by preventing undesired guests from even entering buildings."
Real Impact in School Security
In 2024, customers using Verkada’s visitor management solution conducted approximately 3.8M security screens collectively across their buildings. Of these, Checkr Trust identified potential matches for nearly 3,700 offenders, which customers could then verify to determine if the guest matched the record. This highlights Checkr Trust’s efficacy in identifying potential risks and enhancing safety and security.
In November 2024, a real-world case at a high school on the east coast highlighted the impact of effective risk mitigation. During the visitor check-in process, Checkr Trust identified the guest as a registered sex offender who was banned from school properties and raised a flag in Verkada’s system. This enabled school administrators to swiftly remove the individual and notify the police, successfully preventing unauthorized access to the campus.
“Verkada's customers depend on our cloud-based physical security solutions to safeguard their people and places. Through our partnership with Checkr Trust, we deliver actionable criminal data, enabling our customers to quickly identify potential risks during the visitor check-in process."
Strengthening Visitor Safety
The partnership with Checkr Trust aligns with Verkada’s mission to protect people and places in a privacy-sensitive way. The integration fortifies Verkada’s position as a leader in cloud-managed physical security, meeting their customers’ high-stakes security needs and boosting expansion efforts into critical new markets.
About Verkada:
Designed with simplicity in mind, Verkada provides unparalleled building security through an integrated, cloud-based software platform. Over 30,000 organizations across 93 countries worldwide, including 91 of the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments.
