OpenID Foundation

Nominations are now open for the OpenID Foundation Individual Community Board Member Election. Get your vote in! https://bit.ly/2SMDAFy

Find out a bit more about our eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group and how you can become a member. The first meeting will take place on 8th January - make sure you put it in your diaries!

eKYC and Identity Assurance WG | OpenID verified claims, identity verification, eKYC, AML, CFT, eHealth, eGoverment, Customer Due Diligence, CDD

The OpenID Foundation has been recognized in the recently published The Digital Identity Report – The Global Opportunity for Verified Citizen & Consumer ID, as one of the top 10 global digital identity-influencing organizations. https://bit.ly/2LRGgxw

In an era governed by digital transactions and data, our methods for managing digital identities, security, and privacy are proving inadequate. At the same time, consumers are looking to do business with companies that have minimal friction as part of their overall service experience, and which provide assurance that consumer’s identities and transactions are reliable and safe. Digital identity has matured from a first-in, first-out type of workflow to a multiple-input, multiple-output object-oriented entity, making it more difficult than ever for businesses to abide by the conventional wisdom of “If you can’t protect it, don’t collect it.”

Aligning the Governance Rules and Technology Tools of Digital Identity: Solving Today's Burning Business Problems | OpenID In an era governed by digital transactions and data, our methods for managing digital identities, security, and privacy are proving inadequate. At the same time

"Before I welcome our new Vice-Chairman, on behalf of the OpenID Foundation, I would like to thank Adam Dawes of Google who has served on the Board of Directors for years as Vice-Chairman. Adam’s contributions to the board, the community and his leadership of Working Groups, most recently the groundbreaking work of RISC, are much appreciated. We are pleased to welcome Filip Verley, as Google’s new representative to the Board."

Welcoming New OpenID Foundation Vice-Chairman | OpenID Before I welcome our new Vice-Chairman, on behalf of the OpenID Foundation, I would like to thank Adam Dawes of Google who has served on the Board of Directors

The design of this specification builds upon the experiences gained in operating large-scale SAML 2.0 federations, and indeed, is authored by people having practical experience with these federations. A key innovation that differentiates OpenID Connect federations from most SAML 2.0 federations is that OpenID Connect federation employs hierarchal metadata, where participants directly publish statements about themselves, versus the aggregated metadata approach used by many SAML 2.0 federations, where the federation operator publishes a single file concatenating all the metadata for all the federation participants.

OpenID Connect Federation Progress | OpenID The OpenID Connect Federation 1.0 specification is being developed to enable large-scale federations to be deployed using OpenID Connect. It enables trust among