April 2025 Product Updates

Dear Cerebrum Community,

I'm thrilled to share our April product updates with you. This month, we've made significant strides in enhancing our platform's capabilities, improving user experience, and expanding our integration ecosystem. Here's what we've been working on:

🚀 Major Product Enhancements

Enhanced Identity Verification Experience

We've completely revolutionized our ID verification flow with several key improvements:

• ID Flow Segmentation is now live, providing a more streamlined and intuitive verification process
• Improved scanning capabilities with automatic PNG to JPG conversion for better compatibility
• International support expanded with better handling of non-US addresses and international IDs
• Light theme UI implemented for better visibility during selfie capture

Smarter Processing with Manual Verification Tools

Our Cortex platform received significant updates to empower processors:

• New manual verification checkoff system with PDF generation capabilities
• Enhanced visibility into scan match failures and formatting issues
• Improved context for fraud check results and processing decisions
• Support for viewing detailed information when manual verification is required

🔗 Integration Ecosystem Growth

New Partnership Integrations

We're excited to announce progress on several key integrations:

• Our Argyle integration is 70% complete, bringing enhanced employment verification capabilities
• Our FBI Fingerprinting service integration has begun development
• Wisconsin search automation in final negotiation stages
• Registration portal iFrame support now available for seamless partner implementations

Webhook and API Improvements

• Enhanced webhook reliability with Svix webhook creation in batch operations
• Improved API error handling for invalid keys
• Dynamic biometric report inclusion based on package configuration

🤖 AI-Powered Innovation: Synapse

Our AI platform Synapse continues to evolve with game-changing capabilities:

• 100% TypeScript backend refactoring for improved performance and maintainability
• Customizable workflow processing for search results
• Cost-saving focus - helping organizations reduce operational expenses through intelligent automation
• Enhanced workflow builder interface for easier configuration

🔒 Security & Infrastructure

Compliance and Security Enhancements

• Wazuh security monitoring configured and ready for deployment
• Multiple vulnerability patches applied across all systems
• New internal overlay networking solution for enhanced security control
• Kubernetes clusters upgraded to v1.32 for improved stability

Performance Improvements

• Parallel image upload processing for faster verification times
• Infrastructure dependency upgrades across the board
• Email configuration improvements to prevent spoofing

📊 Quality of Life Updates

User Experience Improvements

• Organization logos now displayed on registration pages
• Improved state selection interface for better usability
• MRZ pre-scan checks for passport verification
• Enhanced name matching algorithm using Levenshtein distance for better accuracy

Processor Tools

• New role management with dedicated team roles
• Ability to skip name checks for specific verification scenarios
• Multiple order alert email notifications support
• Better handling of edge cases in the verification flow

🔮 Looking Ahead

As we move into May, we're focused on:

• Completing our Argyle integration
• Launching our enhanced AI-powered case formation capabilities
• Expanding our conference presence to showcase these innovations
• Further improvements to our Synapse AI platform

Thank You

These achievements wouldn't be possible without the dedication of our team and the valuable feedback from our customers. We're committed to continuing our mission of making identity verification faster, more accurate, and more accessible for organizations of all sizes.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates in May, including announcements from our upcoming conference appearances!

Best regards,

Sebastian Mellen
CEO, Cerebrum

Have questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Contact our team at support@cerebrum.com