Kantara to assess digital ID vendor conformance to OpenID specs as Authorized Auditor
The OpenID Foundation has signed an MoU with the Kantara Initiative for the latter to take the role as an…
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Five organizations join OpenID Foundation’s conformance program
The OpenID Foundation has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bixelab, FIDO Alliance, Fime, Raidiam, and…
CLR Labs wins funding to support biometrics, IAD, digital wallet standardization
Cabinet Louis Reynaud (CLR Labs) has won funding from a French government program to support its standardization efforts in biometrics,…
DCI launches digital identity interoperability standards for social protection
In financial development initiatives, the aim is to ensure benefits reach the right people while reducing duplication and fraud. Authorities…
OFIQ User Group Meeting
OFIQ User Group Meeting Online January 20, 2026 German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and eu-LISA in cooperation with…
Canada’s DGSI seeks feedback on national biometric authentication standard
A new Canadian standard for biometric authentication is up for public review. The national standard sets requirements for necessity and…
Kantara Initiative seeking public comment on update to Identity Assurance Framework
The Kantara Initiative has issued a call for public comment on the draft of its Identity Assurance Framework (KIAF): SP…
Build digital ID systems that address underlying causes of statelessness: Caribou
Digital identity systems that do not concretely address the legal and institutional causes of statelessness only risk reproducing or even…
OpenID Foundation launching self-certification program for 3 specs in Feb 2026
The OpenID Foundation will soon release conformance testing for three final identity specifications, in what a release calls “a defining…
EU deregulation shift undermines digital ID standards influence, says think tank
The EU is inching towards the introduction of its planned pan-European digital identity wallet, designed to give citizens access to…
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