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Namibian govt aims for strong public awareness on digital ID as rollout nears

2025-04-29 Ian Fleming

IDEMIA and Saudi Arabia sign MoU to drive innovation to digital identity, biometrics, and smart cities

2025-04-29 Per Henrikson

Vietnam’s major telcos join GSMA ID verification, fraud prevention initiative

2025-04-28 Per Henrikson

Ethiopia pilots platform to facilitate access to govt services using Fayda digital ID

2025-04-28 Ian Fleming

The federal government of Ethiopia has launched the trial of a platform dubbed “Mesob” that will make access to digital government services more seamless.

Instagram expands teen account protections with new parental notifications and AI technology

2025-04-27 Per Henrikson

Instagram is taking new steps to ensure more teenagers are enrolled in its protective Teen Accounts by working directly with parents and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to detect users' true ages, the company announced on Monday.

VSiD Announces the Launch of its Unique Reverifiable eSignature and ID Validation Certificate

2025-04-27 Ian Fleming

As VSiD conforms to UK ICO-eIDAS standards for eSignatures it has the ability to issue authentication certificates for transactions and we enhanced our existing software to allow third parties to re-verify them.

Korean credit card firms in South Korea exit ID verification services amid dominance of telecom-led authentication

2025-04-27 Ian Fleming

An increasing number of credit card companies are terminating card-based identity verification services due to low utilization rates, industry officials said Friday.

World Chess and the Algorand Foundation conceptualize a blockchain-based system for verifiable credentials for sport

2025-04-27 Per Henrikson

In a whitepaper published, World Chess (LSE: CHSS) and the Algorand Foundation (ALGO) conceptualize a new blockchain-based system that would establish secure, private, and verifiable credentials for global sports organizations, including chess.

New Zealand issues tender for digital ID services accreditation infrastructure

2025-04-25 Ian Fleming

New Zealand’s accredited digital identity services regulator, the Trust Framework Authority (TFA), has published a request for information (RFI) for suppliers that could help it build its infrastructure.

Cyber security company Rubrik launches Identity Resilience: protection beyond data

2025-04-24 Ian Fleming

Rubrik's Identity Resilience aims to protect the most common entry points for attackers – human and non-human identities (NHIs) – to help organizations maintain operations with minimal downtime. With Identity Resilience, it also wants to cover identities in addition to data and intercept them as an attack path.

UK digital identity suppliers concerned that government’s digital wallet will gain a monopoly in the market

2025-04-24 Per Henrikson

The digital identity sector is calling on the government to amend its forthcoming data legislation, and to change policy around use of the Gov.uk Wallet ; which was technology secretary Peter Kyle’s flagship announcement as part of his new digital strategy.

NHS.net Connect roadmap published to outline functionality, Copilot adoption, technical release plan

2025-04-24 Ian Fleming

The NHS.net Connect roadmap has been published, outlining plans for functionality, identity and security, Copilot adoption, Intune enhancements and more for 2025 and beyond.