United Kingdom
GOV.UK One Login has regained certification to the UK’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework after completing an assessment by the Kantara Initiative.
With recertification, One Login re-enters the trust register operated by the Office for Digital Identity and Attributes. The certification covers the identity role at medium assurance (profiles M1A and M1B) and is valid until 30 October this year. GDS figures from mid-January put One Login at 13 million registered users, supporting access to around 120 public services as groundwork continues for a government-provided digital wallet and a mobile driving licence later this year.
Sudan
Sudan’s Minister of Digital Transformation and Communications has announced the launch of 28 digital services under the Baldna platform project.
Officials also provided an update on national digital government initiatives, including the government performance platform and the digital identity platform SudaPass, positioned as supporting digital transactions across ministries and agencies.
Türkiye
Türkiye’s e-Government Gateway has surpassed 68.19 million registered users.
Launched in 2008, the platform now supports thousands of services spanning areas such as justice, social security, healthcare, transport and education. Authentication methods include SMS passwords, password envelopes, internet banking, electronic signatures, mobile signatures and national identity cards, reflecting a multi-channel approach to secure access.
Europe
No-code orchestration platform Zenoo has added Signicat’s NFC-based identity verification technology, ReadID, to its Marketplace, enabling businesses to verify passports and identity documents by reading the chip embedded in the document.
The integration is positioned as a way to meet rising regulatory pressure ahead of stricter anti-money laundering identity requirements, while reducing customer friction. ReadID uses NFC to cryptographically validate document authenticity, helping organisations defend against forged or tampered documents, including fraud enabled by generative AI tools.
Global
One Identity has appointed Gihan Munasinghe as chief technology officer, tasking him with leading engineering and setting technology strategy as the company evolves its product platforms and delivery model.
The company says Munasinghe brings experience modernising legacy platforms and scaling global engineering teams, with a focus on delivering reliable, secure and customer-centric identity security products as deployment needs shift.
United States
Socure has launched Socure for Government (SocureGov) RiskOS, positioned as a unified platform for digital identity verification, fraud detection and programme integrity.
Now FedRAMP Moderate authorised, RiskOS is designed to support the full constituent lifecycle, from onboarding and progressive verification through to authentication, payments and account recovery. Socure says the platform helps agencies reduce fraud earlier while lowering friction for legitimate users, with explainable outcomes intended to support audits, reviews and appeals.
United Kingdom
Polling suggests confidence remains weak around the security of government-held digital identity data, amid renewed political attention on a potential national digital ID scheme.
A survey commissioned by civil liberties group Big Brother Watch found that 63 percent of Brits do not trust the government to keep their digital identity data secure, citing fears of cyberattack and misuse. Separately, Ipsos polling indicates opposition to national identity cards now exceeds support, with opposition rising sharply compared with recent measurements.
United Kingdom
Meanwhile, the UK Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee has opened a formal inquiry into “new forms of digital ID”, examining both potential public benefits and the safeguards needed to manage risks.
The inquiry will take written submissions and oral evidence, and is expected to focus on practical deployment questions such as assurance levels, privacy protections, inclusion, accountability and the rules governing data sharing across public and private sector contexts.
United States
New bipartisan legislation introduced in the US Congress aims to strengthen digital identity infrastructure and counter rising identity fraud, including threats linked to generative AI and deepfakes.
The bill would establish an identity fraud prevention innovation grant programme for states, with Treasury Department support intended to help fund digital transformation initiatives such as secure digital credentials, including mobile driving licences, alongside defences against evolving fraud techniques.
Lithuania
Procivis has been awarded a contract to provide Lithuania’s European Digital Identity Wallet sandbox following a public procurement process.
Working with the State Digital Solutions Agency, Procivis will build a 12-month national testbed to support wallet readiness ahead of the EU-wide launch. The sandbox is intended to enable real-world testing of wallet use cases for citizens and organisations, including cross-border verification scenarios such as access to public services, travel and car rental, aligned with eIDAS 2.0 requirements.
United States
1Kosmos has partnered with Fischer Identity to bring higher-assurance identity verification and passwordless authentication into university and college identity and access management environments.
The companies are targeting identity fraud in higher education, including “ghost students”, synthetic identities and financial aid fraud. The joint approach is positioned as enabling institutions to verify individuals once and reuse that assurance across enrolment, financial aid and ongoing access, integrating with existing IAM workflows across legacy and modern systems.
Estonia
Estonia’s e-Residency programme recorded a strong 2025, with e-residents establishing 5,556 companies, a 15 percent increase on 2024.
The programme generated nearly €125 million in direct revenue for the state, up 87 percent year on year, driven by labour taxes, dividend-related income tax and state fees. Estonia also recorded 13,828 new e-residents in 2025, its best result in six years, with Germany, France and Ukraine among the top source countries for applications.
Programme leaders say the next major growth lever is moving away from reliance on a physical e-Residency card. Plans include developing a mobile application capable of biometric capture and pursuing legislative changes to enable remote biometric identity verification based on travel documents, with the goal of making e-Residency fully mobile and increasing company formation further.
United Kingdom
BSI has published what it describes as the first global framework for trustworthy age assurance, as governments consider tougher rules on children’s access to online services.
The standard, BS ISO/IEC 27566-1, sets out core characteristics for age assurance systems, including privacy and security safeguards, transparency and practical controls. It does not mandate a single method for age assurance and is framed as enabling age-related eligibility decisions without necessarily requiring full identity verification in all cases.
