Public Review Period for “Financial API – Part 1: Read Only API Security Profile” Started
OpenID Foundation’s Financial API (FAPI) Working Group has advised the foundation to start the public review period for consideration as an Implementer’s Draft for the specification: Financial API – Part 1: Read Only API Security Profile, draft 01 It is a specification that documents the security profiles of OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect to be used […]
Initial OpenID Connect Enhanced Authentication Profile (EAP) Specifications
The OpenID Enhanced Authentication Profile (EAP) working group charter states that: The purpose of this working group is to develop a security and privacy profile of the OpenID Connect specifications that enable users to authenticate to OpenID Providers using strong authentication specifications. The resulting profile will enable use of IETF Token Binding specifications with OpenID […]
Announcing the Financial API (FAPI) Working Group
In many cases, Fintech services such as aggregation services uses screen scraping and stores user passwords. This model is both brittle and insecure. To cope with the brittleness, the new OpenID Foundation Work Group invites developers, architects and technologists to contribute to an open standard approach using an API model with structured data and to […]
HEART Implementer’s Drafts Approved
The OpenID Foundation members have approved of the following specifications as OpenID Implementer’s Drafts: Health Relationship Trust Profile for OAuth 2.0 Health Relationship Trust Profile for OpenID Connect 1.0 Health Relationship Trust Profile for User Managed Access 1.0 An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of […]
Registration Now Open for OpenID Foundation Workshop on Monday, April 25, 2016
OpenID Foundation Workshops provide insight and influence on important internet identity standards. The workshop provides updates on the adoption of OpenID Connect across industry sectors. We’ll review progress on OpenID Connect Certification and gather feedback for planned Relying Party certification. Work Group Leaders will overview the MODRNA (Mobile Profile of OpenID Connect) as well as […]
Leaders Lead
The inaugural meeting of the iGov Working Group took place on Wednesday, January 14th where three co-chairs were elected by acclamation. John Bradley of Ping Identity, Paul Grassi of the US NIST and Adam Cooper of the UK Cabinet Office Identity Assurance Program are the elected co-chairs. Acclamation may be a bit strong describing an […]
Announcing The OpenID Foundation Individual Community Board Member 2016 Election
The OpenID Foundation plays an important role in the interoperability of Internet identity. This is to announce the OpenID Foundation Individual community board member 2016 election schedule. Those elected will help determine the role the Foundation plays in facilitating the adoption of open identity standards. Per our bylaws, Individual community Members elect three (3) board […]