Posts explaining aspects of GOV.UK Verify and how it works
GOV.UK Verify allows people to choose from a list of certified companies. Before certified companies can join the GOV.UK Verify public beta, they must demonstrate that they can deliver services that are secure, trustworthy and meet users’ needs. The first …
Here's a short film demonstrating how GOV.UK Verify works.
GOV.UK Verify uses a range of certified companies which users choose from to verify their identity for services on GOV.UK. People sometimes ask why these companies ask users to specify their gender. We thought it would be useful to give …
Are you interested in our approach to acceptance criteria and setting the boundaries for user stories on GOV.UK Verify? Read about this - and the effect it has had on the team - in Kit Carrau’s post on the GDS …
From today we have started to publish performance data about GOV.UK Verify on the GOV.UK performance platform as required by Point 17 of the Digital by Default Service Standard which says: Report performance data on the Performance Platform The data is retrospective …
This is a short post to let you know what support will be available for people using GOV.UK Verify over the festive period. The GOV.UK Verify customer support desk is available Monday to Friday 8am - 5pm to answer your questions. …
This post is about how certified companies are assured as being safe for people to use as part of GOV.UK Verify. When you use GOV.UK Verify for the first time to access a government service, you'll choose a certified company …
The National Audit Office (the body that scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament) has published a briefing paper on identity assurance today. The paper gives an overview of how the identity assurance programme and GOV.UK Verify work, how GOV.UK …
GOV.UK Verify will protect you from someone else pretending to be you and fraudulently accessing sensitive records and services. This is increasingly important as it becomes possible for people to do more things entirely digitally (such as changing your personal details with a …
We've had some questions and comments this week about how mobile phones are used as part of GOV.UK Verify so thought it might be useful to write a short post about it. In summary, you won't have to use a mobile …
