Join us

We welcome Members and Affiliated Members – providing you meet the conditions for (Affiliated) Membership – willing to bring value to the work we do and to contribute to achieve the goals of the Secure Identity Alliance

For Industry

Full Members

Access to: Open Standards Working Groups, Industry Working Groups

Requirements:

  • has an extensive position on the value-chain of the identity life cycle management – both physical and digital (registration/enrolment, validation, biometrics, credentialing, authorization, authentication, federation and decentralization); and
  • has international operations; and
  • holds information technology security certification(s), recognized by the Member States of the European Union, in a form and quantity to be specified in the Internal Rules.

Annual fees:

  • Turnover below € 200 Million Turnover € 25,000
  • Above € 200 Million Turnover € 35,000

Associated Members

Access to: Industry Working Groups, Open Standards Working Groups

Requirements:

  • is active on the value-chain of the identity life cycle management; and/or
  • is active in the ID ecosystem and adjacent industries (e.g. public services/civil ID, public security, Government ID, or ID regulated/based on Government ID used by the private/commercial sector).

Annual fees:

  • Turnover below € 10 Million € 5,000
  • Between € 10 Million and € 200 Million € 10,000
  • Above € 200 Million € 15,000

Affiliated members

Access to: Open Standards Working Groups

Requirements:

  • is active on the value-chain of the identity life cycle management
  • is active in the ID ecosystem and adjacent industries (e.g. public services/civil ID, public security, Government ID, or ID regulated/based on Government ID used by the private/commercial sector)

Annual fees:

  • Turnover below € 10 Million € 2,500
  • Between € 10 Million and € 200 Million € 5,000
  • Above € 200 Million € 10,000

For Governments & Academics

Affiliated Members

Access to: Industry Working Groups, Open Standards Working Groups

Requirements:

  • Is a government or academic entity; and alternatively
  • Is active in the ID ecosystem and adjacent industries (e.g. public services/civil ID, public security, Government ID, or ID regulated/based on Government ID used by the private/commercial sector); and/or
  • Wants to advance positive ID policy to protect people while tackling today’s biggest societal challenges such as digital inclusion, climate change and sustainability; and/or
  • Promotes innovation, open standards and technical frameworks to guarantee a level playing field for all market players (owner, open source, large companies, SMEs, start-ups, local and international etc.) and allow digital sovereignty, security and sustainability; and/or
  • Contributes to/ develops open standards and technical frameworks to meet the above objective.

Annual fees:

  • FREE

For Foundations, Think Tanks, Associations, Consultancies

Associated Members

Access to: Industry Working Groups, Open Standards Working Groups

Requirements:

  • is incorporated as a non-profit foundation (or has a comparable status), as a think-tank, an association, a consultancy; and alternatively
  • wants to advance positive ID policy to protect people while tackling today’s biggest societal challenges such as digital inclusion, climate change and sustainability;
  • promotes innovation, open standards and technical frameworks to guarantee a level playing field for all market players (owner, open source, large companies, SMEs, start-ups, local and international etc.) and allow digital sovereignty, security and sustainability; and/or
  • contributes to/ develops open standards and technical frameworks to meet the above objectives.

Annual fees:

  • Turnover Below € 500,000 € 1,000
  • Between € 500,000 and € 10 Million € 5,000
  • Between € 10 Million and € 50 Million: € 10,000
  • Between € 50 Million and € 200 Million € 15,000
  • Above € 200 Million: € 20,000

Affiliated Members

Access to: Industry Working Groups, Open Standards Working Groups

Requirements:

  • is incorporated as a non-profit foundation (or has a comparable status), as a think-tank, an association, a consultancy; and alternatively
  • wants to advance positive ID policy to protect people while tackling today’s biggest societal challenges such as digital inclusion, climate change and sustainability;
  • promotes innovation, open standards and technical frameworks to guarantee a level playing field for all market players (owner, open source, large companies, SMEs, start-ups, local and international etc.) and allow digital sovereignty, security and sustainability; and/or
  • contributes to/ develops open standards and technical frameworks to meet the above objectives.

Annual fees:

  • Turnover Below € 500,000 € 500
  • Between € 500,000 and € 10 Million € 2500
  • Between € 10 Million and € 50 Million € 5000
  • Between € 50 Million and € 200 Million € 7,500
  • Above € 200 Million € 10,000

Due diligence for Membership

The Secure Identity Alliance welcomes any company willing to contribute to achieve the goal of the Alliance, providing it meets the conditions for membership

All applications to become a Member or an Observer are subject to a standardized due diligence process overseen by an external consultancy, to ensure that applicants are in good standing with relation to applicable legal and ethical standards and that they are aligned with the Alliance’s guiding principles.

The public reputation and any past or current legal, financial, regulatory, or ESG issues involving the applicant are examined along three pillars: corruption (reference: https://www.transparency.org/), governance/human rights (reference: https://fragilestatesindex.org/) and IP breach (reference: media coverage). They depend on the country of incorporation of the applicant.

Where an issue is pointed in the report, the Secure Identity Alliance may collect additional available information and / or ask further explanations from the applicant, in order to appreciate the candidacy.

The decision to admit, or not to admit, the applicant is taken in the light of all the information obtained, considering the field (notably its link or absence of link with the SIA’s activities), the number, the seriousness and the date of the alleged breach(es), as well as their direct or indirect nature (whether they involved the applicant or only an entity linked with the applicant).