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New industry resource announced by DSA: Best practice guidelines for ID documents
A document is only as secure as its weakest process. In the age of digital IDs, new security standards for ID documents still matter, which the Document Security Alliance, INTERGRAF, and the Secure Identity Alliance have collaborated on to issue modern best practice...
Support for extending voluntary rules
MEPs have voted in favour of extending an exemption to privacy legislation, allowing companies to voluntarily detect and report child sexual abuse material on their platforms. The ePrivacy Directive is due to expire on 3 April; however, MEPs say the voluntary measures...
Unauthorised access reported in Ministry of Finance systems
Hackers have targeted “primary processes” at the Dutch Ministry of Finance, creating uncertainty over how much employee personal data may have been compromised. The affected systems support a number of ministry functions. Since the unauthorised access was detected, an...
Our Start-Up Pitching Competition is now open!
Applications are now open for our 2026 Start-Up Pitching Competition at Identity Week Europe, taking place mid-summer in Amsterdam. You could follow in the footsteps of previous winners such as Charisma Check and Andromeda Security, who impressed the ecosystem and our...
Why a new identity category won’t save you
Guest Post by Abhay Kulkarni, Widefield.ai Here's a scenario that will be familiar to any CISO who has sat through a vendor briefing in the last three years: a salesperson opens with a slide full of overlapping acronyms: ITDR, ISPM, PAM, NHI, IVIP. Each represents a...
50% offer extended, join the Start-up City today!
The response to our January Start-up offer was incredible. To keep the momentum going, we’ve made the decision to extend our 50% discount until the end of February! As the European landscape for digital ID and biometrics evolves, there is no better place to be than...
The Deepfake Summit: Resilient trust™ in the era of AI-driven draud
Confronting AI-Driven Impersonation in the Identity Ecosystem As generative AI advances at unprecedented speed, deepfakes and synthetic identities are fundamentally altering the nature of fraud risk across financial services, fintech, government, payments, and digital...
Football legend fronts Mastercard’s seamless pay campaign
Peter Schmeichel, the former Manchester United and Denmark goalkeeper is fronting a campaign encouraging shoppers to adopt Click to Pay, a payment method that replaces passwords and long card numbers with passkeys, biometrics, and trusted devices. The campaign comes...
Michelle Wilson on building Blue Cavalry Solutions and advancing interoperable digital ID
https://youtu.be/W_aJbZ8QwyY Having mostly served federal government in her career, Michelle Wilson made the jump in May 2025 to set up Blue Cavalry Solutions. Based in Virginia, she now leads an elite consulting firm with lots of international experience in identity...
15 new speakers revealed, your Free All Access Pass is inside…
Identity Week Europe 2026, the future of seamless travel identity takes centre stage and this is one session you can’t afford to miss. Join a standout panel exploring how biometrics are enabling touchless journeys, how Digital Travel Credentials (DTCs) are evolving,...
Fintech-bank partnerships drive cyber-secure, digital era
As the financial services sector faces the twin pressures of digital transformation and heightened security risks, collaboration between fintechs and traditional banks has become increasingly critical. Industry leaders say these partnerships are helping institutions...
“We are looking at how to make biometrics quicker”: Hannes Lember discusses Estonia’s contactless biometric pilot and border innovation
https://youtu.be/MRrzcsXSBB8 The Police and Border Guard Board is joining an innovative pilot programme to gather contactless face and fingerprint biometrics within the e-residency programme in Estonia. Hannes Lember, a Development Expert, tells us all about...
UIDAI launches Aadhaar app, enables digital ID storage in Google Wallet
On Tuesday, the Unique Identification Authority of India launched the new Aadhaar App which users will be able to add to their preferred wallet, including the Google Wallet, sharing their Aadhaar Verifiable Credentials. Using it for identity verification with greater...
De La Rue’s strategic Canadian deal to finally win British passports tender
A strategic partnership has been struck between De La Rue and a Canadian partner to migrate manufacturing of the British passport back to the UK. De La Rue is a British company that produces secure digital and physical protections for identities, selling their...
Meet with Goldman Sachs, Huawei, the European Commission, The World Bank and more!
Join Goldman Sachs, Huawei, European Commission, Delivery Hero, Monzo, Banca Sella, UK Home Office, Netherland's Royal Marechaussee, KVK, Evri, Hilton, Expedia, World Bank, Allica Bank, Starling Bank, Deutsche Telekom, E.ON, Airbnb, Metro Bank, Swisscom, Turkish...
ID Centre opens in Angers uniting digital ID stakeholders
A research centre to further digital ID aims has been opened in Angers, joining start-ups, researchers, industry leaders, and academics together to explore competitive use cases. With strong regulatory requirements surrounding digital ID, these main players will be...
New driving licence restrictions in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is introducing driving licence reforms for the first time in 70 years which will affect younger drivers. The rules, to be introduced in October, will adapt the laws imposed in countries including Australia, the US, and the Republic of Ireland, holding...
New features for Identity Week America 2026!
We are excited to announce for Identity Week America 2026 we’re introducing brand new features that will make the event even more engaging and valuable. These new features are designed to help exhibitors stand out, spark meaningful buyer conversations, and give...
Hopae appoints former Mastercard SVP of Digital Identity Sarah Clark as CPO & GM North America
Strategic appointment to accelerate Hopae’s global digital identity infrastructure and expand its presence in North America. Hopae, the global digital identity infrastructure company, today announced the appointment of Sarah Clark as Chief Product Officer and General...
SPRIND calls for citizen input to improve German administration
A digital citizen initiative is calling for input on how bureaucracy issues can be reduced regarding Germany’s public digital services. The public administration has asked citizens to vent their top frustrations as the project seeks to identify and untangle the...
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