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Explore our latest insights, expert perspectives, and industry updates on digital identity, security, and trust — sharing knowledge to inform, inspire, and advance the global identity ecosystem.

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Digital Travel Credentials (DTC) – the story so far

While domestic and international restrictions imposed to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus have a tremendous impact on cross-border passenger volumes, and the longer-term picture remains unclear, it is no less important to continue to leverage the latest technologies to both str...

09 July 2020
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Digital Identity – learning from a crisis

An immediate analysis of the coronavirus crisis highlights, among other things, the significant and growing role of technology in general, and digital identity in particular, in helping citizens, businesses and government agencies adapt and respond. With citizens in many countries for...

23 June 2020
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Digital Identity and the Rise of Mobile ID

How to address the challenge of enabling the delivery of trusted mobile ID that’s secure, convenient, and easy for citizens to use Digital identity sits at the heart of economic and social transformation. Around the globe, governments are busy fast-tracking the delivery of streamlined...

18 November 2019
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Open Source API for National ID Ecosystems: Assuring Interoperability and Harmonization for Sovereign ID Programs

The SIA’s pioneering new Open Source API will bring interoperability among civil registration and civil identification registries – independent of technology, solution architecture or vendor. Citizens around the world depend on government issued identities to prove they are who they s...

18 June 2018
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Identity in Healthcare – A key Enabler to Integrated Care

Efficient and reliable patient identify management will be an essential element in making the benefits of integrated care a reality. This was the core message at the launch of a joint new publication from COCIR and the SIA entitled ‘Identity in Healthcare’ at the HIMSS Europe and Heal...

18 June 2018
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Points de repère pour l’identité numérique en Afrique

Ouverte par le Premier ministre de Namibie, la troisième conférence bilingue (français-anglais) du mouvement ID4Africa (1) a réuni près de 1000 des acteurs de l’identité numérique à Windhoek en Namibie, de plus de 30 pays. Le thème retenu « Chemins vers l’identité numérique » a fait l...

07 May 2017
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Digital Channels and the Evolution of ID

While the concept of identity (ID) remains unchanged, the rapid evolution of digital technology has dramatically extended both its application and form factor. In today’s increasingly connected world, proof of identity has gone mobile, with digital driving licences and mobile Identity...

05 May 2017
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Ten Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development

Today, the Secure Identity Alliance has joined the global partnership network on identification and endorsed the ‘Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development: Toward the Digital Age’ which aims to provide a set of guidance in establishing and utilizing legal identificatio...

13 February 2017
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Public-private cooperation to build digital identity systems

Today, the World Bank, Secure Identity Alliance, and GSMA have launched a joint white paper, “Digital Identity: Towards Shared Principles for Public and Private Sector Cooperation”. Building on an existing body of research on digital identity for sustainable development, this paper ta...

26 July 2016
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Disponible en français! ‘Civil Registry Consolidation through Digital Identity Management’ report in support of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Ce rapport devrait être d’ un intérêt particulier pour les organisations internationales et les organismes gouvernementaux qui sont impliqués dans la création ou la réorganisation de l’état civil et des systèmes d’identité Selon les Nations Unis, la population mondia...

24 March 2016
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