Posts about government and industry standards and certification for identity assurance
Industry and Engagement lead, Carrie Hartnell-Grundy and Business and Risk Analyst, Aaron Cameron, talk about our joint-project with OIX to investigate how to future-proof the requirements of Element C, focusing on knowledge based verification.
GOV.UK Verify is designed to help fight the growing problem of online identity theft. Identity Advisor Julian White explains what we mean by identity fraud and describes some of the kinds of fraud GOV.UK Verify’s standards are designed to help prevent.
We signed new contracts with 9 certified companies in March 2015. We’re coming to the end of the process in which certified companies work to meet all the standards and complete all the tasks needed to start providing services through …
As Janet explained in her post earlier this week, being a certified company involves meeting a range of standards and requirements. These include being certified by an independent body to confirm the service meets government standards for identity assurance. Under …
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 …
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 wanted to share some of the work that we're doing to help make it possible for people to use GOV.UK Verify to identify themselves when accessing services in other European countries. The eIDAS Regulation European member states want people …
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 …
GOV.UK Verify is the new way for people to prove their identity when accessing government services. It is primarily for people who want to access digital services for individuals - services relating to things like personal tax, passports and driver …
Today we've published a guide on GOV.UK that explains in more detail what checks identity providers must perform to meet the published standards. When you use GOV.UK Verify to access a government service, you will be asked to choose a certified company. The …
