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Transmit Security vs TransUnion

Transmit Security states that customer facing applications are no longer accessed by just people, and that AI agents now discover, compare, automate, purchase, support customers and attack businesses. TransUnion offers secure, on-demand access to TransUnion data and analytics. CISO Tribune files both under Fraud prevention and Identity verification. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Transmit Security
  • TransUnion
Transmit Security vs TransUnion: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Transmit SecurityTransmit Security states that customer facing applications are no longer accessed by just people, and that AI agents now discover, compare, automate, purchase, support customers and attack businesses.transmitsecurity.comTransUnionTransUnion offers secure, on-demand access to TransUnion data and analytics.transunion.com
What it sells
  • Authentication[4][7]Mosaic supports multifactor authentication options including OTP, passkeys and mobile biometrics.
  • Identity Verification[1][3][4][5][6][7]Mosaic scans and validates government-issued IDs and confirms document ownership.
  • Agent Intelligence[1][3]Agent Intelligence handles a new class of traffic in three moves: see it, understand it and control it.
  • TruValidate[1][7][8]Orchestrates identity, device and behavioral insights to help organizations interact with legitimate consumers while mitigating fraud risk.
  • TruValidate Device Risk[8]Determines the reputation of a device from device history and confirmed fraud reports, in real time.
  • TruAudience[10][11][12]Marketing and measurement built on identity resolution, data enrichment, audience targeting and analytics.
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Headquarters
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Founded
2014[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesPublic (NYSE: TRU)[2][4][5][9]
Named customers
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Recent news
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  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[5]
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Who it fits
Mosaic is designed for both B2C and B2B use cases. Mosaic is tailored to high-security industries such as finance, healthcare and government. Mosaic for B2C Identity is designed to deliver secure access for consumers. Deployment can be in Transmit Security's cloud or self-hosted at the customer's cloud provider.TruValidate is aimed at organizations that interact with consumers over call center and digital channels. The fraud solutions address organizations protecting new account creation and account access. TruAudience is aimed at organizations running data-driven marketing and measurement programs. For individual consumers, TransUnion offers a free fraud alert, a credit freeze and credit dispute tools.
Last verified
November 8, 2026October 14, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Transmit Security and TransUnion are both filed under Fraud prevention and Identity verification.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Transmit Security's primary category is Customer identity and access management; TransUnion's is Fraud prevention.
  • Transmit Security is also filed under Identity threat detection and response.
  • Transmit Security lists Authentication, Identity Verification and Agent Intelligence. TransUnion lists TruValidate, TruValidate Device Risk and TruAudience.
  • Transmit Security was founded in 2014.
  • TransUnion is a public company listed on NYSE as TRU.

What it sells: Transmit Security

What Authentication does[4][7]
Mosaic supports multifactor authentication options including OTP, passkeys, mobile biometrics, magic links and social login. Mosaic adjusts MFA challenges based on user behavior and risk signals. Mosaic supports passwordless authentication with passkeys.
What Identity Verification does[1][3][4][5][6][7]
Mosaic includes identity verification built to detect account opening and onboarding fraud. In identity verification, AI and ML analyze 150+ features like biometrics, NFC, MRZ and barcodes. A guided process allows users to snap a selfie and ID photos. Identity verification covers digital KYC, in-person identity verification and deepfake detection.

What it sells: TransUnion

What TruValidate does[1][7][8]
TruValidate verifies consumer identities against global datasets to expose fraud risks. TruValidate includes custom, purpose-built models that target unique or industry-specific fraud. TruValidate applies to call center and digital channels. TruValidate assesses the risk of fraud in anonymous digital interactions.
What TruValidate Device Risk does[8]
TruValidate Device Risk determines the reputation of a device from device history and confirmed fraud reports from a global network of fraud analysts, in real time. Device Risk covers customer touchpoints where fraud risk is a concern, including account creation, application, login, change of details, payment and check out.
What TruAudience does[10][11][12]
TruAudience powers data-driven marketing and measurement with identity resolution, data enrichment, audience targeting and advanced analytics solutions. TruAudience connects data, teams and marketing platforms with a single identity graph. TruAudience lets users search, buy and activate more than 130K off-the-shelf audiences to reach consumers across media types.

Questions about Transmit Security and TransUnion

What do Transmit Security and TransUnion sell?
Transmit Security sells Authentication, Identity Verification and Agent Intelligence. TransUnion sells TruValidate, TruValidate Device Risk and TruAudience.
Are Transmit Security and TransUnion in the same category?
They share Fraud prevention and Identity verification. Transmit Security's primary category is Customer identity and access management and TransUnion's is Fraud prevention.
When were Transmit Security and TransUnion founded?
Transmit Security was founded in 2014.
Who owns Transmit Security and TransUnion?
TransUnion is a public company listed on NYSE as TRU.
Who are Transmit Security and TransUnion sold to?
Mosaic is designed for both B2C and B2B use cases. TruValidate is aimed at organizations that interact with consumers over call center and digital channels.

About Transmit Security

Transmit Security states that customer facing applications are no longer accessed by just people, and that AI agents now discover, compare, automate, purchase, support customers and attack businesses. Agent Intelligence handles a new class of traffic in three moves: see it, understand it and control it.[3]

Mosaic is a microservices-based CIAM platform designed for both B2C and B2B use cases. Mosaic is built from the ground up for orchestration and AI. Mosaic supports multifactor authentication options including OTP, passkeys, mobile biometrics, magic links and social login. Mosaic covers customer onboarding, lifecycle journeys, progressive profiling, consent and self-service experiences. Customer journeys such as registration, login or payments are designed with drag-and-drop tools and natural language prompts, while AI handles security, integrations, deployment and testing. A policy engine correlates data across services and delivers real-time, context-aware risk and trust decisions. Hundreds of templates cover customer journeys for account opening, login, omnichannel, payments and more.[4][5][7]

Mosaic includes identity verification built to detect account opening and onboarding fraud, and it scans and validates government-issued IDs and confirms document ownership. In identity verification, AI and ML analyze 150+ features like biometrics, NFC, MRZ and barcodes. A guided process allows users to snap a selfie and ID photos. Identity verification covers digital KYC, in-person identity verification and deepfake detection, with document scanning, biometric validation and real-time fraud detection.[4][5][6][7]

Mosaic covers account takeover by detecting and preventing unauthorized access to user accounts with behavioral analysis and anomaly detection. Mosaic addresses new account fraud by blocking fraudulent accounts before they enter an ecosystem, using real-time identity verification and fraud signals. Mosaic identifies and blocks malicious bot activity using behavior analysis and device fingerprinting. Mosaic mitigates scam attempts by detecting unusual user behaviors and suspicious transactions, and gives users real-time education and protection during interactions. Mosaic centralizes fraud prevention with configurable workflows tailored to specific threats, and orchestrates detection, escalation and response strategies.[6]

Mosaic for B2C Identity is designed to deliver secure access for consumers. Mosaic supports SSO and federation to give users a unified login experience across services and platforms. Mosaic adjusts MFA challenges based on user behavior and risk signals. Mosaic unifies fragmented identity systems into a single CIAM platform and provides real-time directory synchronization. Mosaic supports transaction signing with cryptographically signed approvals for high-value transactions. Mosaic verifies devices and enables secure access for anonymous users. Mosaic is tailored to high-security industries such as finance, healthcare and government.[7]

Transmit Security's platform is powered by GenAI experiences for data analytics, user journey creation, fraud investigation and platform administration. Transmit Security's platform provides business workflow automation for identity and fraud operations, powered by an integration hub. Transmit Security's platform offers a variety of deployment options for identity infrastructure and architecture, and for security considerations and policies. Transmit Security's platform runs active-active across multiple clouds, simultaneously in GCP, AWS and Azure, and can be operated in Transmit Security's cloud or self-hosted at a customer's cloud provider. Identity Fusion provides a unified development and operational environment for all stakeholders.[3][4][6][8]

Transmit Security on the record

Sources

Transmit Security full record

  1. [1]transmitsecurity.comTransmit Security · transmitsecurity.com · undated page, accessed November 8, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]AboutTransmit Security · transmitsecurity.com · undated page, accessed November 8, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Transmit Security - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) and fraud prevention Leader.Transmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Platform | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Core services | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Fraud Prevention | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Transform Consumer Experiences with Secure, Seamless Access | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]This Month in Cyber & Identity Security | Transmit SecurityTransmit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

TransUnion full record

  1. [1]TruValidate | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed October 14, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Transunion announces earnings release date for second quarter 2026 resultsTransUnion · newsroom.transunion.com · published June 30, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]About usTransUnion · transunion.com · undated page, accessed October 14, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Solutions | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 2, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Signal Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed November 2, 2026 · Tier C
  6. [6]Credit Solutions | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Fraud Solutions | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Digital Insights | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]TruVision | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]TruAudience | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Marketing Audiences | TruAudience | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Consumer and Marketing Insights | TruAudience | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Branded Communications | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Free Credit Score, Report, Monitoring & Alerts | TransUnionTransUnion · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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