Sentinel documentation

Sentinel is Aurora Edge's identity verification engine. It confirms that a person is real, present, and who they claim to be, then screens them against global watchlists. This documentation covers how to integrate Sentinel across hosted verification links, the operations dashboard, and server-side webhooks.

New to Sentinel?

Start with Core concepts to learn the model, then Authentication to prepare your credentials.

What Sentinel does

A single verification combines presence, document, and screening checks into one outcome your systems can act on.

Liveness

Confirms a live person is present and captures a reference face.

Document verification

Reads and validates Emirates ID and passports.

Face matching

Compares the live face against the document portrait.

Screening

Checks the customer against sanctions and PEP sources.

Lifecycle

Tracks each customer through a clear status, with re-checks on expiry.

How integration works

A typical integration has four moments, from issuing a session to receiving the result.

Your backend

Requests a session

Hosted journey

Liveness and documents

Sentinel engine

Verifies and screens

Your systems

Webhook and dashboard

See Integration overview for the surfaces and how they fit together.

Where to go next

Core concepts: the model behind clients, customers, sessions, and the verification lifecycle.
Authentication: how your backend authenticates with Sentinel.
Integration overview: choose the right surfaces and see how they fit together.
Dynamic link verification: issue your first verification.