Secure Identity Alliance unveils new OSIA digital ID compliance program at ID4Africa
The Secure Identity Alliance (SIA) unveiled a new digital infrastructure initiative at the ID4Africa 2022 Augmented General Meeting to help…
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Secure Identity Alliance partners with Norwegian tech university on Privacy by Design
The Secure Identity Alliance (SIA), the identity advisory group which provides the OSIA digital identity framework, has partnered with the Norwegian…
Monaco digital ID launch puts it in ‘global top 5’
The Principality of Monaco launches an OSIA-based biometric identity system in the form of an electronic physical card and digital…
Local digital ID ecosystems begin developing around OSIA open standards
OSIA, the modular digital ID system with interchangeable components, is now operational in multiple countries, allowing governments to save money…
Guinea selects Idemia for OSIA digital identity system to drive inclusion
Guinea’s National Agency for Economic and Social Inclusion (ANIES) plans to use a digital identity and biometrics management system based…
Innovatrics brings transparent, open biometrics approach to OSIA
Innovatrics has joined the Open Standards Identity API (OSIA) initiative, an open set of interfaces (APIs) which work as a…
Nigeria reiterates crucial role of biometric national ID, updates SIM registration policy
The National Communications Commission – the federal government agency that regulates Nigeria’s telecommunications industry — has again underlined the importance…
Will Open APIs break digital ID vendor lock-in, usher in new opportunity? ID4Africa community debates
The great potential for national ID systems with Open APIs to improve digital economies while enhancing equality and security was…
Coming wave of open source digital ID projects detailed in ID4Africa webinar
Several open-source approaches to digital public goods that can help countries establish or build on digital ID systems without falling…
Distributed enrollment of ID data demonstrated in OSIA Advisory Committee meeting
Members of the open standards identity initiative demonstrated the live simultaneous collection of sensitive ID data like biometrics from multiple…
