 What is the single most powerful change you can make as a polygraph examiner that will have the greatest impact on you and your customers? The answer? Adopt at least one new, scientifically validated technology that allows you to be more efficient and precise in your work. This one change will allow you to test more consistently, obtain consistent accuracy, conduct up to 10 or more screening tests a day, test examinees unsuitable for polygraph, train a test proctor in a few hours to assist in running even more tests. Change is constant. Technology evolves. Remember 1991? That's when Dr. John Kircher and Dr. David Raskin invented the computerized polygraph and first scoring algorithm. In 2002, John and Dr. Doug Hacker conceived of a completely new concept in credibility assessment, accurately detecting lies from the eyes. It took them and their science team more than a decade to conduct research, test and retest their concept, develop a protocol, and refine the computer algorithms to make what was once a concept a reality. Their work supported beyond a reasonable doubt that deception could be accurately detected from a person's involuntary eye behavior. This new lie detection solution, IDetect, was eventually released in 2014. However, IDetect wasn't intended to replace polygraph. Researchers adopted it as an additional tool to enhance their work. They realized IDetect could be used in conjunction with polygraph to get a more consistent and higher confidence in the outcome of test results. In fact, the outcome confidence in test results can be as high as 97 to 99 percent when a person passes both tests. Today, over 1,400 examiners and test proctors around the world use IDetect. For examiners who rely solely on polygraph but want a scalable, automated, and faster instrument, there's IDetect Plus, the world's first automated polygraph. IDetect Plus measures and records the same physiological activity as a traditional polygraph but adds ocular motor measures. This combination improves diagnostic data and provides higher rates of validity and reliability. IDetect Plus also improves the examinee's experience by replacing the blood pressure cuff with a small ECG pad attached to each wrist. This automation increases the objectivity and speed of the testing process, which assures an impartial test score, and you retain control over the process. IDetect Plus also makes your job as an examiner easier by automating and eliminating the blood pressure cuff, reducing the time needed for testing. By using the IDetect Plus manager software during the test, examiners can monitor activity and annotate the charts while test questions are presented by the computer, unless you want to control this aspect. After the test, a computer algorithm automatically scores the test. Examiners can also manually score the charts by exporting the data and then using the polygraph instrument software of choice. IDetect Plus uses similar questioning protocols as the polygraph, so it's an easy transition. Examiners quickly adapt to the software used to develop test questions. Dr. Kertcher calls IDetect Plus a major advancement in the evolution of psychophysiological detection of deception techniques and instrumentation. If the need arises for a remote, mobile solution, Verify provides another option. It's the world's first cell phone app to quickly verify truth. These three innovative technologies can help you consistently and accurately assess credibility. Use IDetect where it makes sense, such as to quickly screen more people. Use IDetect Plus to automate the polygraph testing process. Or use Verify when a fast pre-screening test is needed. In any scenario, a polygraph exam can be used as a follow-up or to increase confidence in the outcome of the test results. If you choose to add any of these advanced technologies to your credibility assessment tool chest, you'll become an even more valuable trusted polygraph examiner. For more information, email info at converis.com.