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Cyber Verification

Vantulo blocks cybersecurity work by default. Verify a government ID and a live face, and it opens up for defensive work, CTFs, vulnerability research, exploit development, penetration testing, and red-team work.

Checking your account…

One moment.

How it works

A few minutes, once. Verification attaches to your account and stays there.

Sign in Verification is tied to your Vantulo account, so we know which account to open up.
Prove it’s you Scan a government ID, then complete a live face check to show the ID is yours.
Get to work Approval lands on your account right away, in chat and on any API key you own.

What verification changes

It widens what Vantulo will help with. It does not remove the floor.

Unlocked once verified

  • Defensive and blue-team work
  • Capture-the-flag competitions
  • Vulnerability research
  • Exploit development
  • Penetration testing
  • Red-team work
  • Detection, hardening, incident response, and log analysis

Without verification, all of the above is blocked — including the defensive and educational side.

Blocked for everyone

  • Ransomware
  • Spyware and stealers
  • Trojans, viruses, and worms
  • Keyloggers and rootkits
  • Botnets and other malicious payloads
  • Biological and chemical harm

These limits are fixed. Verification does not move them for any account.

What we keep

The identity check runs through a verification provider. What comes back to Vantulo is a decision, not your documents.

Stored Whether you passed, when it happened, and the id of the verification session.
Not stored No copy of your ID document, and no copy of your face scan, ever reaches Vantulo.
Tied to you Verified access is an identity on the account, not a switch that turns the safeguards off.

Questions

How long does verification take?

Usually a few minutes. You scan your ID and complete a short face check in the window, and the result comes back straight away. Occasionally a check goes to manual review, and this page will show that status until it clears.

Does this apply to my API keys too?

Yes. Keys inherit the verification status of the account that created them, so an application you build on Vantulo gets the same access you do. The safety guard still screens every API request and reply.

What happens if I’m declined?

You can try again from this page. Declines are usually down to a blurry document scan or poor lighting on the face check rather than anything about you.

Why is defensive security blocked by default?

Because a request alone doesn’t tell us who is asking. The knowledge that hardens a system is the knowledge that attacks one, and the wording of a question is easy to change. Verification replaces that guesswork with an account attached to a real person.

Does verification turn off the safety checks?

No. Every request and reply still runs through the guard. Verification changes what counts as allowed for cybersecurity; it doesn’t disable screening, and it doesn’t touch the biological and chemical limits.

Do I need to verify to use Vantulo at all?

No. Vantulo is open for everything else — writing, coding, research, analysis. Verification only matters if your work runs into the cybersecurity safeguards.

Ready to verify?

A government ID and a live face check. A few minutes, once.