Enabling trust in e-commerce identity

Authentication and Verification Services validate that you are dealing with a real company and an authorized representative of that company -- a critical prerequisite when doing business with new and unknown trading partners on the Internet.

D&B uses best-in-class investigation practices to confirm business and employee identity. The thoroughness of this service, the leveraging of the Dun & Bradstreet global database, and the level of detail involved (down to the employee rather than just the company) provides the enhanced trust in identity that you require to grow your business with minimized risk. The process works like this:

• Authentication of the company: The company name, address, phone number and administrative contact information is provided to D&B at the time of registration. This information is matched against data in the Dun & Bradstreet global database of 70 million companies, identifying the appropriate D-U-N-S® Number. When no match can be made, D&B uses best-in-class practices to investigate the company.

• Verification of the individual: The individual's name, title, department, e-mail address and telephone number are provided to D&B. D&B verifies that the person is employed by and an authorized representative of the company by conducting a telephone investigation, using a phone number from the D&B database or third parties to reach an authorized representative.

All investigations are conducted in a secure facility designed to meet military information security standards, and our global infrastructure supports validation of trading members on a worldwide basis.

At the conclusion of our investigation, we can issue an optional Client Certificate.

A&V Services are often used in conjunction with the Information Broker in order to make real-time credit, marketing, and purchasing decisions.