About Altegrity
Altegrity is a global security solutions and specialized law enforcement training company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. We help our clients
Make Decisions Smarter® by providing them with superior investigative services, specialized training, contextualized data mining, and cutting-edge software solutions.
Altegrity employs nearly 8,000 people worldwide and is a family of companies united by a commitment to enable our clients to reduce risk, maximize opportunities, and make better business decisions by:
- Gathering, processing, and analyzing information
- Sharing our subject matter expertise
- Providing proven training techniques
Altegrity is derived from Altus, Latin for high, suggesting achievement, success, and perspective, and Integrity, the critical foundation of our businesses that revolves around sound judgment and rigorous adherence to the highest principles.
The Altegrity name demonstrates that our companies are not simply information or data providers. Rather, it signals that our people stand ready to also deliver a balanced perspective and sound best practices to help clients make better business decisions with confidence.
Altegrity is led by Mike Cherkasky, CEO.
Customers
As a global security and information technology company, Altegrity conducts the majority of its business with federal government agencies, but we have also earned a strong reputation in commercial markets as well. Altegrity at a glance:
- Largest commercial provider of background investigations for the U.S. government
- Trusted supplier of on-demand employment background screening to more than 25 percent of the Fortune 500
- One of the principal sources of data services to the insurance industry
- On the forefront of Criminal Justice Program Support and Antiterrorism Assistance Program Support efforts in the United States and overseas.
- Provider of high-quality investigative, analytic, consulting, due diligence, and security services to organizations and multinational corporations around the world
Business Units
Altegrity is organized into four broad business areas.
- USIS–With its federal agency contracts and more than 7,000 employees working in all 50 states, U.S. territories, and overseas, USIS is the leading commercial provider of background investigations to the federal government and a major provider of global security and training services. USIS performed more than 2 million investigations for government agencies in 2008.
- HireRight–A leading provider of on-demand employment background screening, drug and health screening, and employment eligibility solutions that help employers automate, manage, and control screening and related programs. Many companies, including more than 25 percent of the Fortune 500, trust HireRight because the company delivers award-winning customer-focused solutions that provide greater efficiency and faster results. HireRight also provides pre-integrated employment screening services through enterprise e-recruiting solutions from top providers.
- Explore–One of the largest providers of data services to the insurance industry, each year Explore monitors the driving records of approximately 30 million drivers in the U.S. for automotive insurance underwriters.
- Altegrity Risk International–leverages cutting-edge technology to help clients identify, analyze, prevent, and remediate the entire range of financial, legal/regulatory, and reputational risks.