Online Public Services in the UK — 23 years of federated identity

Here’s my paper providing an overview of Federated Identity for Access to UK Public Services: 1997-2020 (PDF): As its catchy title suggests, it provides an

21st century identity

My opinion piece for Computer Weekly – implementing a 21st century approach to digital identity – has been published this morning. It sets out a

tortoise banks and uneven playing fields

Perhaps we had a lucky escape when banks declined to become online ‘identity providers’. After all, their track record in online security has some peculiar

the elusive pursuit of outsourced digital identity

Remember when UK banks were innovative, leading the world and always at the top of the polls for brilliant customer service? No, me neither. Actually,

the rise and fall – and rise? – of the performance platform

Open data and open standards were given a welcome and practical revival in the early days of the Government Digital Service (GDS). This included the

Improving identity assurance and trust

We may live in a digital age, but paper documents – notably passports – are still the most trusted evidence to help prove who we