Resource Digital Identity

Better Identity at Five Years: An Updated Policy Blueprint and Report Card

In 2018 the Better Identity Coalition released a Policy Blueprint outlining five key initiatives that to solve the majority of America’s challenges in the digital identity space. This report from 2024 grades progress on each of the original Blueprint’s five key initiatives – as well as the 19 items that were contained in the “action…

Published Year: 2024

The Better Identity Coalition’s report reviews U.S. digital identity policy progress and challenges five years after its initial Blueprint.

Despite advancements in strong authentication and Social Security Number (SSN) use, the U.S. still lacks a comprehensive digital identity strategy, leaving it exposed to increasing cybercrime and emerging threats like AI-driven attacks; the Coalition urges coordinated government action to modernize identity infrastructure with a focus on privacy, security, and inclusion.