UK digital identity and attributes trust framework

Notifying users of changes to their holder service accounts 

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Holder service providers must have processes in place to get in touch with users if there’s a change to their account or you’ve received a request to close their account. For gamma (0.4) certification, those processes must be multi-channel.

Building trust through independent, accredited conformity assessment

Conformity assessment you can trust

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has granted accreditation to Kantara Initiative; making it the first UKAS-accredited conformity assessment body (CAB) certifying under the UK government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework.  

“Must” and “could” in the trust framework and whether the rules apply to your service

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If a Part or Section in the trust framework applies to your role, then all of the rules in that Part or Section apply to your service. Your service must conform with all of the “must” rules, and service providers can choose whether or not to implement any “could” rules.

Going to gamma: uplifting your existing certification for the new trust framework and supplementary codes

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This blogpost explains how service providers who are already certified against the trust framework can ‘uplift’ to the new version.

Using data to improve inclusion in certified digital identity services

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We recently launched the second year of the inclusion monitoring report survey for certified digital verification services. It is compulsory for services certified against the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework to complete the survey.   The purpose of the …