Notice of Vote for Proposed Implementer’s Draft of Shared Signals Framework Specification
The voting period will be between Tuesday, November 28, 2023 and Tuesday, December 5, 2023, once the 45-day review of the specifications has been completed. The Shared Signals working group page is https://openid.net/wg/sharedsignals/. If you’re not already a member, or if your membership has expired, please consider joining to participate in the approval vote. Information […]
What’s New in the Shared Signals Framework?
Authors: Atul Tulshibagwale (SGNL), Apoorva Deshpande (Okta), and Shayne Miel (Cisco Duo). A new draft of the Shared Signals Framework has been released for public review. Here’s how it is different from the previous version. The OpenID Shared Signals Working Group (SSWG) has made important changes to the Shared Signals Framework (SSF) from the first […]
2023 OpenID Foundation Kim Cameron Award Recipients Share Their Experiences
In April 2023, the OpenID Foundation announced the 2023 Kim Cameron Award recipients. Today we’re pleased for the award recipients to share their experiences. The goal of the awards is to increase representation from young people’s who’ve demonstrated an interest in subjects consistent with best practices and identity standards that are secure, interoperable, and privacy […]
Review of Second Proposed Errata Set for OpenID Connect Specifications
The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends the approval of Errata corrections to the following specifications: OpenID Connect Core 1.0 – Defines the core OpenID Connect functionality: authentication built on top of OAuth 2.0 and the use of Claims to communicate information about the End-User OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0 – Defines how Relying Parties dynamically discover information about […]
Announcing the Authorization Exchange (AuthZEN) Working Group
A new working group has been accepted by the OpenID Foundation (OIDF) Specs Council that will focus on increasing interoperability of authorization systems. The new working group, called Authorization Exchange (AuthZEN), resulted from a series of conversations at the two most recent Identiverse conferences. After this year’s event, it was recognized that there was considerable […]
OpenID Foundation Announces New Whitepaper Process
The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce a new Whitepaper Process as approved by the Board of Directors on October 9, 2023. OIDF-led and co-led whitepapers help ecosystem stakeholders understand the wider landscape and the role of OIDF standards within that wider landscape. Such whitepapers make OIDF’s global, technical expertise more accessible to ecosystem stakeholders, technical experts, and laypeople alike. The […]
Public Review Period for Shared Signals Framework Specification
The OpenID Shared Signals Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID Shared Signals Framework Specification This would be the second Implementer’s Draft of this specification. An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. This note starts the 45-day […]
A Major Step Towards Interoperable Identity Assurance
By Mark Haine & Drummond Reed A persistent goal of digital identity technology is to enable relying parties to reach the level of identity assurance they need to proceed with any specific interaction. Although there are many descriptions of “identity assurance levels”, such as the three levels defined in the NIST SP 800-63 series, the goal itself […]
OpenID Foundation Chairman Nat Sakimura Speaks on OECD “Recommendations on the Governance of Digital Identity” Panel
This blog was updated on September 28, 2023 to include an updated link that includes the session recordings. OECD hosted a launch event on September 26, 2023 on the Recommendation on the Governance of Digital Identity, (note the session recordings at the bottom of the page) as adopted by the OECD Council in June 2023. […]
Announcing the “Human-Centric Digital Identity: for Government Officials” Final Whitepaper
Published September 25, 2023, revised October 13, 2023. Version 1.1 of this paper was published October 13, 2023 as we are pleased to confirm MOSIP was added as a co brand partner of the paper. Revision history is available upon request. The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce that the “Human-Centric Digital Identity: for Government […]