Topic: Verifiable Credentials
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Low Visibility Ahead: Mobile State IDs May Prevent Fraud in Digital Identity Verification, but Pose Threats to Privacy
This analysis explores the dual nature of mobile state IDs, highlighting their potential to enhance digital identity verification while raising significant privacy and equity concerns.
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What is a (Digital) Identity Wallet? A Systematic Literature Review
The report examines how current remote identity proofing methods can create barriers to Medicaid enrollment and suggests improvements to ensure equitable access for all applicants.
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Digital Identity Verification: Best Practices for Public Agencies
This report offers best practices for public agencies implementing digital identity verification, emphasizing privacy, equity, and security in the delivery of government services.
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Digital Identities and Verifiable Credentials
This article discusses the challenges of today’s centralized identity management and investigates current developments regarding verifiable credentials and digital wallets.
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NIST Digital Identity Guidelines: Special Publication 800-63, Revision 4, Second Public Draft
This resource provides updated draft digital identity guidelines for identity proofing, authentication, and federation, aiming to improve security, privacy, usability, and equity in digital identity systems.
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How Digital IDs Can Transform Government Services
Governments around the world are digitizing how they deliver services to citizens. And yet, without a secure and reliable way for people to prove their identity online, digital transformation efforts face a considerable barrier. This panel discussion, hosted by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), focuses on the potential benefits and concerns surrounding digital ID and identity proofing technology as well as the legal and technical barriers for use.
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Better Identity in America: A Blueprint for State Policymakers
This policy blueprint outlines six actionable steps for state governments to improve digital identity infrastructure, focusing on security, equity, innovation, and privacy.
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Jurisdiction Data Maps: Mobile Driver License Implementation Data Map
This map illustrates which jurisdictions throughout the United States and Canada have implemented one of six stages of mobile driver licenses.
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Digital Identity 101: An Introduction to Digital Identity in Public Benefits Programs (Draft)
This introductory guide explains the core concepts of digital identity and how they apply to public benefits programs. This guide is the first part of a suite of voluntary resources from the BalanceID Project: Enabling Secure Access and Managing Risk in SNAP and Medicaid.
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The Path to Digital Identity in the United States
This report analyzes the current state of digital identity in the United States, outlines challenges such as privacy concerns, fragmented systems, and lack of standards, and proposes policy and technology solutions to build a secure, interoperable, and user-friendly national digital identity framework.