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 […]
OIDF applauds new FIDO and Shared Signals whitepaper
The OpenID Foundation welcomes the publication of a new whitepaper from the FIDO Alliance that examines how FIDO authentication and the Shared Signals Framework (SSF) work together to address enterprise security challenges. We recognize the significant effort by the FIDO Enterprise Deployment Working Group to illustrate how aligned our specifications are, and we welcome the […]
New whitepaper tackles AI agent identity challenges
The OpenID Foundation has today released a critical new whitepaper addressing one of the most pressing challenges facing organizations deploying AI agents – how to securely authenticate and authorize these autonomous systems while maintaining proper governance and accountability. Identity Management for Agentic AI: The new frontier of authorization, authentication, and security for an AI agent […]
OIDF Supports National Strategy on Fraud and Scam Prevention
Today, the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program launched a groundbreaking National Strategy on Fraud and Scam Prevention. The OpenID Foundation was delighted to participate as a task force member, contributing to the effort alongside more than 80 cross-sector partners. This represents the first time such a broad collection of leaders from government, law enforcement, private […]
Australian Digital Trust Community Group responds to Productivity Commission’s Digital Technology Report
Supporting Australia’s Digital Trust Ecosystem The OpenID Foundation’s Australian Digital Trust Community Group (ADT CG) has submitted comments to Australia’s Productivity Commission on its Interim Report covering data and digital technology policy, demonstrating the Foundation’s commitment to supporting policy development in Australia through expert technical guidance and industry collaboration. The ADT CG serves as a […]
OIDF supports Japanese regulator on phishing defence
The OpenID Foundation continues to support government partners, with the OpenID Foundation’s Chairman Nat Sakimura recently leading the organization’s expert guidance to Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) on strengthening cybersecurity defences for securities and trading companies facing sophisticated phishing attacks. Japanese financial firms have been experiencing increasingly sophisticated phishing and unauthorized access attacks, prompting the […]
UN’s DPI Day: Elizabeth Garber on standards as safeguards
The OpenID Foundation’s Strategy and Marketing Director, Elizabeth Garber, attended DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure) Day as a member of the 2025 DPI Safeguards Working Group, which operates within the United Nations Development Programme and the Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies. Her extensive background with multi-stakeholder communities like SIDI Hub, which advances safe, interoperable identity […]