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Announcing the IPSIE Working Group

The OpenID Foundation is delighted to announce the formation of the Interoperability Profiling for Secure Identity in the Enterprise (IPSIE) Working Group. This WG aims to tackle key challenges that underlie identity security in today’s enterprise environments.  The Core Challenge Identity and Access Management (IAM) within the enterprise is a multifaceted endeavor, as indicated by […]

OpenID for Verifiable Credentials Wins EIC Award!

The OpenID Foundation is proud to announce that, for the work building the “OpenID for Verifiable Credentials” family of specifications, members of the Digital Credentials Protocol (DCP) Work Group won the “Future Technologies and Standards” award at the European Identity and Cloud Conference. For the last several years, this group has been working tirelessly to […]

Digital Identity at the G20

On June 18, 2024 the OpenID Foundation’s Executive Director, Gail Hodges, spoke about Digital Identity at the G20 during the Digital Government and Inclusion Workshop. The following are her prepared remarks.   Bom dia and hello. I’d first like to applaud the Brazilian Government for your impressive work on Digital Identity here, in Brazil, and […]

AuthZEN Work Group Announces Authorization Interop Results

Conformance with the AuthZEN request/response protocol marks a significant milestone in simplifying and standardizing authorization approaches   The OpenID Foundation led the standardization of authentication protocols with OpenID Connect and now we are proud to host the AuthZEN Working Group as they seek to do the same for authorization.” — Gail Hodges, Executive Director for […]

SIDI Hub Announces Roadmap to Drive Cross-Border Interoperability for Digital Identity

The OpenID Foundation is proud to be a founding member of the Sustainable and Interoperable Digital Identity (SIDI) Hub. Interoperability is crucial for a fair and inclusive digital society. By coordinating the digital identity activities already underway, and defining a governance structure for digital identity credentials, the SIDI Hub is helping accelerate the path to […]

Open for Comment “Human-Centric Identity: a primer for government officials”

Government officials, policymakers, technologists, legal scholars, and human rights advocates are invited to offer feedback on a new white paper “Human-Centric Identity: a primer for government officials”. This follows the publication of “Government-issued Digital Credentials and the Privacy Landscape” (Flanagan, 2023), which delved into challenges of creating a globally viable privacy-preserving Digital Identity landscape. This […]

Aligning the Governance Rules and Technology Tools of Digital Identity: Solving Today’s Burning Business Problems

The OpenID Foundation has launched a new microsite focused on global open banking initiatives and providing resources for fintech developers implementing the Foundation’s Financial-grade API (FAPI). In 2017, the OpenID Foundation’s Financial-grade API (FAPI) Working Group published specifications enabling high-security API access, suitable for accessing financial data and facilitating financial transactions. In 2018, the UK […]

Financial Data and Technology Association and OpenID Foundation in Global Agreement

Not-for-profits to campaign jointly on open finance initiatives The OpenID Foundation (OIDF), the international standardisation organisation which maintains a standard known as the Financial-grade API (FAPI), and the Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA Global), the global trade association for companies working to promote ‘open finance’ and best practise financial data sharing, have signed a […]