OIDF welcomes NIST SP 1800-42 and announces new eKYC work item
By Juliana Cafik, Independent Identity Standards & Solutions Architect. Juliana is also a contributor to the OIDF NIST NCCoE Project for mDL and Lead Editor of an extension to the OpenID Foundation’s OIDC4IDA Claims Registration. The NIST NCCoE Mobile Driver’s Licenses (mDL) Project (Special Publication 1800-42) marks a watershed moment for financial sector security, replacing […]
OIDF responds to NIST on AI agent security
The OpenID Foundation has submitted its response to a US government call for input on how to secure AI agent systems. In March 2026, the Threat Modeling Subgroup of the OpenID Foundation’s AI Identity Management (AIIM) Community Group, filed a response to NIST’s Request for Information on securing AI agent systems (NIST-2025-0035). The RFI asked industry, […]
Verifiable credentials: a valuable tool in the fight against rising ID fraud?
US Financial institutions face a critical challenge. Suspicious account records are on the rise despite innovations in identity and verification (ID&V) technologies. Can widespread adoption of High Assurance Identity Verification by financial institutions be the answer? Banks need to establish a reasonable belief of a customer’s identity during account opening, while minimizing risk. Cryptographically verifiable […]