NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, September 16, 2025 – Edge, the nation’s leading member-owned nonprofit technology consortium, today announced the addition of Voyatek’s Application Fraud Firewall solution to its comprehensive EdgeMarket procurement platform. This agreement brings cutting-edge fraud prevention capabilities to Edge’s extensive membership network of colleges, universities, K-12 school districts, government entities, and nonprofit organizations nationwide.
Voyatek’s Application Fraud Firewall is an adaptive-AI, cloud-based solution that leverages sophisticated artificial intelligence and identity verification models to analyze admissions, financial aid, and enrollment data with precision and accuracy. The addition of the solution to EdgeMarket comes at a critical time when application fraud has reached epidemic proportions across higher education. Recent estimates suggest that up to 25% of applications at some institutions may be fraudulent, with scammers posing as “ghost students” using stolen or fabricated identities to enroll, disappear with financial aid funds, and create administrative burdens for resource-strapped schools.
“EdgeMarket has always been committed to providing our members with innovative solutions that address their most pressing challenges. The nationwide surge in application fraud represents a significant threat to the integrity and financial stability of our higher education members. By adding Voyatek’s Application Fraud Firewall to our platform, we’re empowering institutions across the country with the tools they need to protect their students, resources, and reputation while maintaining accessibility for genuine applicants.”
— Dan Miller
AVP EdgeMarket and Solution Strategy, Edge
“EdgeMarket has always been committed to providing our members with innovative solutions that address their most pressing challenges,” said Dan Miller, AVP of EdgeMarket and Solution Strategy at Edge. “The nationwide surge in application fraud represents a significant threat to the integrity and financial stability of our higher education members. By adding Voyatek’s Application Fraud Firewall to our platform, we’re empowering institutions across the country with the tools they need to protect their students, resources, and reputation while maintaining accessibility for genuine applicants.”
“We’re thrilled to partner with Edge and bring our fraud prevention capabilities to their extensive network of educational institutions and public sector organizations,” said John Van Weeren, VP of Higher Education at Voyatek. “Edge’s commitment to empowering digital transformation aligns perfectly with our mission to help institutions implement intelligent solutions that verify student identities without creating barriers for legitimate applicants. Through EdgeMarket, we can help more schools gain control over the management and monitoring of suspicious applications.”
About Edge
Edge serves as a member-owned, nonprofit provider of high-performance optical fiber networking and internetworking, Internet2, and a vast array of best-in-class technology solutions for cybersecurity, educational technologies, cloud computing, and professional managed services. Edge provides these solutions to colleges and universities, K-12 school districts, government entities, hospital networks, and nonprofit business entities as part of a membership-based consortium spanning across the nation. For more information, visit njedge.net.
