Traditional signature management
Focuses on templates, branding, disclaimers and consistent deployment across employee mailboxes.
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Email signature verification vs traditional signature management
Signature management standardizes how employees appear in email. CardIQ adds a company-controlled identity layer that helps recipients evaluate whether the professional identity behind that presentation is still current.
Different primary jobs
CardIQ identity verification
Connects approved signature presentation to a company-managed employee identity, public status and current authorization signals.
They can complement each other
Organizations may still use traditional signature-management controls while using CardIQ for outward-facing professional identity governance.
Why identity status matters
Role changes
Approved professional details can be updated under company control as titles, departments or contact details change.
Offboarding
When an employee identity is deactivated, its public status no longer appears active. Previously copied signature HTML cannot be remotely erased.
Verification context
Recipients should evaluate the sending address, trusted company domain and linked employee identity together; a visual signature alone is not proof of authorization.
CardIQ does not authenticate every email message and does not replace secure email gateways, SPF, DKIM, DMARC or dedicated email-signature management platforms.
Control how employees represent your company externally
Explore the CardIQ platform or review the workflow from verification through identity deactivation.
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