The Scottish Government is seeking to develop a common approach to digital identity, that will enable individuals to access the public services in Scotland that they need to. This however is a complex and multi-faceted problem. Both individuals and relying parties have a wide range of needs. Finding an approach that works for everyone will be challenging. [...]

The Open Identity Exchange (OIX) applauds the announcements that the Minister for Implementation, Oliver Dowden MP, made at last week’s Identity Week 2019 conference regarding the UK government’s continued commitment to digital identity. The establishment of a dedicated and specialised Digi [...]

Economics of Identity: The Road to 2020 Following Up: Furthe [...]

A new OIX White Paper explores the degree of interoperability and alignment between the Government’s recently updated Digital Identity Standards – Good Practice Guide 45 (GPG45) – and industry’s own guidance regarding the way that banks and other financial institutions should undertake customer due diligence – the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) Guidance. Having come from [...]

OIX engage David Goodman as new Executive Director The Open Identity Exchange is delighted to announce at our Economics of Identity Conference that we’ve engaged David Goodman as our new Executive Director. David is a seasoned identity and access management expert whose experience managing industry organisations like OIX will ensure th [...]

The evolution of the OIX and the search for its new Executive Director of OIX has begun in earnest! With OIX’s “surge strategy” now underway, and GDS’s new leadership in place, a new Executive Director is needed to lead the only UK based technology [...]

Dear Parliamentary Accounts Committee When reviewing GOV.UK Verify the Parliamentary Accounts Committee should consider a wider perspective as set out in the attached OIX report on the ‘Cost of Doing Nothing’ or the more recent McKinsey report – rather than the public sec [...]

The National Audit Office report published yesterday denigrates GOV.UK Verify to ‘yet another government IT failure’ and permits commentators to lament GDS failing to live up to its promise. The report fails to consider the enormity of the digital identity problem that GOV.UK Verify aims to address or the complexity of implementing almost any solution across [...]

In 2012 the Cabinet Office joined the Board of the newly formed Open Identity Exchange. It recognized the two traditional means of delivering government policy – procurement and regulation – would not be effective to GOV.UK Verify’s goal: a market of user centric di [...]

OIX UK | Europe General Member Representative to the Board Announcement Thanks to all who voted to elect a general member and their alternate who will represent you on the Open Identity Exchange UK | Europe Board of Directors. This year at the suggestions of members, we tested the single transferable vote / instant-runoff system to see [...]