2026-09-22
Per Henrikson
Identity-centric security solutions provider Entrust has earned Frost & Sullivan's 2026 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Recognition in the digital ID industry for its outstanding achievements in identity assurance, cryptographic trust infrastructure, ecosystem-wide enablement, and forward-looking innovation.
Shufti has been named winner of Best Know Your Customer/Business (KYC/KYB) Innovation, and received silver Medal for Best Financial Crime Regulatory Technology (RegTech).
Based on real user reviews, Shufti holds Leader status in nine categories, including anti-money laundering, address verification, biometric authentication, fraud detection, and digital customer onboarding.
2027-08-20
Ian Fleming
The country’s chip-based national identity card, first piloted in Cluj county, is now issued nationally, with more than EUR 150 million in European funds financing the first batches in 2026.
Vietnam plans to connect its national digital identification application VNeID with the electronic identification systems of Singapore and Laos, with a view to expanding the connection to other ASEAN countries.
2026-09-24
Ian Fleming
Cyera Raises $400 Million From Goldman Sachs to build a unified platform governing access for every human, machine, and AI agent across the enterprise (IAM). The company frames the raise around bringing data and identity together so enterprises can trust what agents can see and do. The funding will support its AI security roadmap and expansion into federal, EMEA, and APAC markets.
Microsoft will retire the Calendar, People, and Files Microsoft 365 companion apps on December 16 and has asked admins to remove them from managed devices.
MojeID adds post-quantum protections to its digital identity service and mobile authentication app as it prepares for a broader quantum-safe security roadmap.
2026-09-22
Per Henrikson
US Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act has left existing customer identification, anti-money laundering, sanctions, and suspicious activity reporting requirements unchanged for covered U.S. crypto businesses.
The Canadian government introduced the Safe Social Media Act, that contains an under-sixteen social-media limit, but also grants exemption any company able to prove its products are safe for children. In doing so, Canada is taking a new approach that shifts the question from whether to keep children off social media to whether social media can be built to deserve them.
