IDEMIA Public Security North America, the provider of convenient and trusted biometric-based solutions, has been selected by NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to take part in its Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) Project.
IDEMIA is one of fifteen technology providers and industry experts selected by the NCCoE to work on the first use case of the Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) project, which has a focus on implementing mDLs in financial services to meet customer identification program requirements.
Digital identity standards
IDEMIA, and their fellow collaborators, will work with the NCCoE to accelerate the adoption of digital identity standards and best practices by producing reference architectures, representative workflows, and implementation guides to address real-world challenges faced by the adoption of mDL in the financial sector.
IDEMIA is uniquely positioned to contribute their knowledge and expertise to the project
As a pioneer in the biometric and identity space, IDEMIA is uniquely positioned to contribute their knowledge and expertise to the project. IDEMIA has demonstrated its leadership in the digital credential market and has rolled out its next generation of mobile ID technology to New York, Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, and Mississippi, with more states to launch later this year. With a customer-first and privacy by design approach at the forefront of their technology, IDEMIA’s mobile ID app is designed to provide individuals with an easy and contactless way to verify their identity while protecting their privacy and ensuring security.
Developing digital identity standards
“Whether boarding a plane, creating a bank account, or making an online purchase, mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) and other digital credentials have the potential to improve the way we conduct transactions, both in person and online. To help realise this potential, the NCCoE is collaborating with more than a dozen partners from across the mDL ecosystem to build out reference implementations and to accelerate the adoption of mDL standards and best practices,” said Bill Fisher, co-lead of the NIST mDL project, NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.
“With our commitment to expanding the use of mobile ID as a trusted, government-issued digital ID, we are thrilled to be part of this collaboration to develop digital identity standards and best practices surrounding mobile ID. Our team is looking forward to contributing our expertise, insights, and resources and seeing what this unique collaboration among our fellow technology providers will bring to the future of mobile ID and the digital credential market,” said Donnie Scott, CEO of IDEMIA Public Security North America.