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OpenID Foundation
Founded in 2007, the OpenID Foundation (OIDF) is a global open standards body committed to helping people assert their identity wherever they choose. We are global vibrant community where identity peers and thought leaders convene to craft the identity ecosystems of tomorrow.
OpenID Foundation Biometrics News
What happens to your accounts when you die? OpenID calls for digital estate action
When people die, the fate of their digital accounts depends on a series of fragmented policies and legal systems rife…
| Dec 18, 2025 | OpenID Foundation launching self-certification program for 3 specs in Feb 2026The OpenID Foundation will soon release conformance testing for three final identity specifications, in what a release calls “a defining… |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Digital identity takes center stage at G20 TechSprint as OIDF, ID4Africa joins judging panelDigital identity featured prominently for the first time at the G20 TechSprint, with global open identity standards body OpenID Foundation… |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Bloomberg becomes latest OpenID Foundation memberBloomberg is joining the global open identity standards body OpenID Foundation (OIDF) with a plan to support the development of… |
| Nov 7, 2025 | OpenID Foundation publishes papers on standardizing US mDLs as verifiable credentialsThe OpenID Foundation (OIDF) has released two papers on standardizing the use of mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) as verifiable credentials… |
| Nov 3, 2025 | For Utah’s digital ID program, OpenID recommends proven open standardsThe OpenID Foundation has weighed in on Utah’s State-Endorsed Digital Identity (SEDI) program, with a reply to the state’s Request… |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Hopae gets OpenID Connect certified, will lead sessions at IIWHopae has announced that its eID orchestration platform, Hopae Connect, has received OpenID Connect (OIDC) certification, confirming its technical interoperability… |
| Oct 14, 2025 | New FIDO white paper champions Shared Signals in digital identity securityA new white paper is pointing to a transformative approach in digital identity security, advocating for the integration of FIDO-based… |
| Oct 8, 2025 | OpenID to allow accredited labs to offer their conformance testsThe OpenID Foundation (OIDF) will allow accredited laboratories and other organizations to offer its conformance tests with the service scheduled… |
| Oct 7, 2025 | With the US all-in on AI, buzz on AI agents gets louder and need for trust increasesAccording to an article from Fortune, foreign investments in AI stocks now account for about 30 percent of the U.S…. |
| Sep 17, 2025 | OpenID approves 3 standards for sharing real-time digital identity security signalsThree standards for real-time digital identity security event sharing are now Final Specifications, after their approval by the OpenID Foundation…. |
| Jul 25, 2025 | OpenID VC spec shows interoperability between issuers, digital walletsThe OpenID Foundation has successfully completed an interoperability test of its OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance (OpenID4VCI) specification, which allowed… |
| Jul 7, 2025 | OpenID forms group to address silos between AI and identity communitiesThe OpenID Foundation has launched an Artificial Intelligence Identity Management Community Group to tackle emerging gaps between AI platforms and… |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Norway’s national health network adopts banking-grade security standard OpenID FAPI 2.0The Norwegian Health Network (NHN) has become the first national healthcare system to deploy the OpenID Foundation’s FAPI 2.0 security… |
| Jun 2, 2025 | mDL, digital wallet spec interoperability demonstrated at OpenID eventThe OpenID Foundation has announced the results on an interoperability demonstration held in May with various digital identity credentials, like… |
| May 1, 2025 | OpenID community to demo digital ID interoperability, DIF Labs taking proposalsEcosystems supporting interoperable and decentralized models of digital identity are maturing rapidly, and a pair of organizations at different ends… |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Japan trials student enrollment verification and identity verification using My Number cardsJapan’s Digital Agency is working on expanding the use of My Number ID. The 12-digit My Number ID has replaced… |
| Mar 24, 2025 | OpenID’s AuthZEN standard gets star treatment at London showcaseAt this week’s Gartner Identity and Access Management (IAM) Summit in London, non-profit open digital ID standards group OpenID Foundation… |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Digital wallet for farmers developed by Indicio and Anonyome wins SuperNova awardA digital wallet for farmers in New Zealand developed by Anonyome and Indicio has won a Constellation Research SuperNova Award… |
| Dec 17, 2024 | OpenID Foundation calls for collaboration on mDLs between private, public sectorsThe OpenID Foundation is urging public and private sector organizations to get together on privacy-preserving solutions for digital identity to… |
OpenID Foundation Industry Insights
Kim Cameron scholarship commemorates a digital identity legacy still growing
The OpenID Foundation recently announced the Kim Cameron award program in order to support a new generation of user-centric digital…
