Let's Talk About Digital Identity

We're very excited to kick off #LTADI 2020 with Monique Morrow, multi-hyphen technology innovator and a Forbes Magazine's top 50 women globally in tech.

"2020 is going to be the year for digital identity and, even more so, self-sovereign identity"

In episode 13, Oscar and Monique discuss her route to digital identity, ethics in technology and credentialing, self-sovereign identity (SSI), and the various interesting projects that she is involved with.

Monique is President and Co-Founder of the Humanized Internet, a non-profit organisation focused on addressing the need to control our identities as well as providing digital identity for those individuals most underserved. The belief in the social good of technology with embedded ethics has guided Monique’s extensive work with blockchain, especially its applicability to education and credentialing as well as other industries including healthcare, insurance, and Internet of things.

Find out more about the Humanized Internet at www.thehumanizedinternet.org.

Monique is also President of the VETRI Foundation in Switzerland. The main purpose of the Foundation is to manage a platform presently known as VETRI and the funding, establishment and execution of initiatives that are focused on the management and control of data and privacy. The Foundation abides by the key tenets of "Trust and Transparency". The vision is to enable individuals to self-determine over their data. This alignment translates to assessing possible investments and activities towards secure self-sovereignty and secure e-vault mechanisms for the management and storage of data.

Find out more about the VETRI Foundation at vetri.global/the-vetri-foundation-is-here.

Much of Monique’s work operates at the intersection between blockchain technology, security-privacy issues, questions of legal jurisdiction, and portfolio development. She has had the opportunity to engage with and explore these issues in her capacity as a member of the procivis.ch and VETRI ’Global advisory boards based in Switzerland . Furthermore, she is also an active member of the IEEE Ethics in Action Executive Committee as well as Co-Chair of the IEEE Ethics in Action Extended Reality Committee.

More about Monique can be found on LinkedIn and at www.moniquemorrow.com.

In episode 12, Diane and Oscar explore all manner of digital identity topics - including self-sovereign identity, digital wallets, GDPR, CIAM and, importantly, what organisations should be doing to protect consumer identities. She also fills us in on her work with Women in Identity – a not-for-profit organisation promoting diversity in the identity industry.

"I want to use technology as the enabler to make a safe and frictionless journey – I don't want to put technology in because 'it's fun'."

Diane has provided thought leadership, vision and innovation in the digital transformation of financial institutions. She has worked with blue chip corporations to implement the technology and service architectures required to become certified identity providers as part of the GOV.UK Verify identity scheme. Diane has also worked with government departments setting up a pan government identity community and worked with leading IDAM vendors to address the need for secure and scalable identity federation to enable collaboration between public and private sector organisations. Diane champions technology innovation to provide users with a frictionless and safe digital experience.

Find Diane on Twitter @kiwiIDgal and on LinkedIn.

Find out more about Women in Identity at womeninidentity.org or on social media - Twitter @womeninid, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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As the successful three-year LIGHTest project draws to a close, Oscar talks to two key team members – project lead, Rachelle Sellung, also of the IAT University of Stuttgart, and project partner Atos representative, Alberto Miranda García.

"Are you sure you're doing the transaction with that person? Is that person a trustworthy counterpart in that transaction?"

They discuss the idea behind LIGHTest, what it's all about, specific use cases of the infrastructure, and the project's achievements at its completion.

LIGHT est = Lightweight Infrastructure for Global Heterogeneous Trust management in support of an open Ecosystem of Stakeholders and Trust schemes.

Find out more about the LIGHTest project at lightest.eu or visit the community website at lightest-community.org. LIGHTest are also on Twitter @LIGHTest_trust and on LinkedIn.

Rachelle Sellung is a Senior Scientist in the competence team of Identity Management at the IAT University of Stuttgart. Within this interdisciplinary team with an array of skill sets, she provides the Economic perspective for not only Identity Management, but a variety of IT Security related technologies. She contributed a socio-economic perspective in the large-scale EU FP7 project FutureID, which developed an identity management infrastructure for Europe. Currently, she is the lead for the University of Stuttgart in the EU Horizon2020 project, LIGHTest. Find Rachelle on Twitter @rachellesellung and on LinkedIn.

Alberto Miranda García is Senior Business Consultant at Atos. Coming from the financial industry sector (Barclays Bank UK) he joined Atos in the Financial Services of Consulting Division. Later in 2017 Alberto joined the Financial Services sector of the Atos Research and Innovation unit, committed to business consultancy and exploitation management for European level projects, mainly related to Cybersecurity and Identity. Find Alberto on LinkedIn.

The producer of the Let's Talk About Digital Identity podcast, Ubisecure (among other respected identity players) has been one of the cooperating partners of the LIGHTest project in its capacity as a provider of Customer IAM interactions.

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In episode 10, Oscar talks to Robin about digital signatures - what are they, what challenges do they solve/pose, and why businesses should be taking advantage of their benefits now. They also talk about the issue of trust between organisations and internationally - particularly from Swedish (where Robin is based) and pan-European perspectives.

"Digital identities and digital signatures are one of the basic building blocks of making the transition to pure digital."

Robin has a deep interest and experience in the IT-security domain. He has for the last 20 years been involved in the development and deployment of high assurance encryption systems for European government and defense customers, with the last year's focus on securing national civilian critical infrastructure.

Last year, Robin took on a role at Cybercom Secure as the Head of IAM Solutions, including advanced electronic signature services, directory administration and governance, and other IAM and security related services.

On a private note, he weekly curates a newsletter – 'The von Post' - covering IT-security related events. He supports the Swedish “Säkerhetspodcasten” as a freelance reporter. He is also a private pilot & passionate photographer.

Find Robin on Twitter @rvonpost and on LinkedIn.

Cybercom is an innovative consulting firm that enables leading companies and organisations to benefit from the opportunities of digitalisation. It provides innovative, secure and sustainable solutions in IT and communications technology by combining technical edge and strong business insight. This applies whether the issue is transforming products into services, developing new business models or helping the public sector get closer to citizens.

It is a highly diverse company, with a large age range, 45 nationalities and assignments in 20 countries. Cybercom’s domestic markets are the Nordic region and Poland, and in addition the company offers global delivery capacity for local and international business. Find out more at cybercom.com.

Read about Ubisecure and Cybercom's recent partnership announcement at ubisecure.com/news-events/cybercom-partnership.

In episode 9, Oscar talks to Don about his career so far; his work with the OpenID Foundation (including FAPI and CIBA standards) and the Open Identity Exchange (OIX); and what he calls the 'Holy Trinity' driving the identity industry. Throughout the conversation Don highlights cultural differences in attitudes towards digital identity, and how we should be taking a more global approach.

"We have to work locally, but we have to think globally"

Don is the Executive Director of the OpenID Foundation, a non-profit international standards development organisation of individuals and companies committed to enabling, promoting and protecting OpenID technologies. The Foundation’s membership includes leaders from across industry sectors and governments that collaborate on the development, adoption and deployment of open identity standards. Formed in June 2007, the Foundation serves as a public trust organisation representing the open community of developers, vendors, and users while providing needed infrastructure and leadership in promoting and supporting expanded adoption of OpenID. Find more information at openid.net/foundation/.

Don is also the Co-Chair of the OASIS Electronic Identity Credential Trust Elevation Methods (Trust Elevation) Technical Committee.

He founded and now serves on the board of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) - a non-profit, technology agnostic, collaborative cross sector membership organisation with the purpose of accelerating the adoption of digital identity services based on open standards. As Don mentions in the episode, you can find the OIX's extensive whitepaper library at openidentityexchange.org.

Find him on Twitter @4thibeau, on LinkedIn, or email don(at)oidf.org.

Don also refers to previous episode of Let's Talk About Digital Identity with DIACC President, Joni Brennan. Listen to that episode here - ubisecure.com/podcast/joni-brennan-diacc.

It's a crossover episode! Host of One World Identity's State of Identity podcast, Cameron D'Ambrosi, joins Oscar on the Let's Talk About Digital Identity podcast, to talk about the benefits of collaboration in the industry, how identity trends and behaviours are changing (particularly with Gen Z, aka 'zoomers') and global identity challenges.

"Digital identity has ceased to be a technology problem – it's a people problem."

Make sure you check out the State of Identity podcast with Ubisecure CEO, Simon Wood! Listen here - oneworldidentity.com/podcast/ubisecure.

Cameron D’Ambrosi is a Principal at One World Identity, and host of the State of Identity podcast. In his role, Cameron is responsible for supporting OWI’s advisory services platform by offering clients key insights into the companies and technologies shaping digital identity today. Prior to joining OWI Cameron was a Manager with Deloitte, focused on helping financial services clients complete digital transformations of their AML and KYC programs. Cameron is a graduate of Fordham University, with a degree in History. A long-time resident of New York City, in his spare time Cameron can be found in the somewhere in the five boros hunting down something delicious, or in his apartment tinkering with gadgets.

Follow Cameron on Twitter @dambrosi.

One World Identity (‘OWI’) is a market intelligence and strategy firm focused on identity, trust, and the data economy. It helps business leaders, governments, and investors stay ahead of market trends so they can build sustainable, forward-looking products. Follow OWI on Twitter @1worldidentity.

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In episode 7, Oscar talks to Julian Hayes about data privacy in the days of Brexit chaos and why a penalty fine shouldn't be your biggest concern when it comes to GDPR.

“GDPR is 40% security and 60% privacy"

Julian is a highly experienced Data Privacy and Security consultant with more than 18 years working in the telecommunications and IT industry. As Managing Director of Veneto Privacy Services, Julian and his team provide in-depth data protection consultancy services to clients in diverse industries, from telecommunications, consumer goods and educational providers throughout Europe and the United States. Find Julian on LinkedIn or email [email protected].

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In episode 6, Oscar talks to Joni about Canada's strategic collaboration for securing identity that builds economic 'good growth'. They also discuss Joni's journey to joining the identity space, challenges for digital identity from a Canadian point of view, and DIACC's vision for the future.

Find out more about DIACC at diacc.ca or follow it on Twitter @mydiacc.

Joni Brennan is President of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC).  Building on over 15 years of hands on experience in Identity Access Management innovation, adoption, and industry standards development, Joni helps the DIACC to fulfill its vision delivering the resources needed to establish a digital identity ecosystem that accelerates the digital economy, grows Canada's GDP and benefits all Canadians.  Joni builds diplomatic and impactful collaborative relationships and formalizes strategic partnerships. She has participated in international committees from organizations including: OECD ITAC, ISOC, IEEE, OASIS, ISO, and ITU-T.

Before joining DIACC Joni was Kantara Initiative's Executive Director driving programs for business, legal, and technology interoperability to connect entities and individuals in a more trustworthy environment. Joni lead Kantara Initiative as the United States premiere trust framework provider delivering value to multiple industry sectors. Joni helped to ensure that Kantara Initiative program is aligned with multiple eGovernment strategies from economic regions including: Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Joni Brennan previously served as the first-ever IEEE-SA Technology Evangelist for Internet Identity and Trust focusing on issues of governance, policy, and technology development that touch digital Identity, personally identifiable information, and trust services.

When not connecting the digital identity world for the better Joni can be found skiing in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. She can also be found playing flute or synthesizers in future thinking musical collaborations.

Follow Joni on Twitter @jonibrennan.

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In episode 5, Oscar talks to Emma Lindley about her background in digital identity, the challenges for digital identity (both for society and for the identity industry) and the Women in Identity community, which she co-founded.

"Digital identity solutions built for everyone are built by everyone.“

Emma has over 16 years of experience in the identity industry, most recently as Head of Identity and Risk for Visa, and has a passion for diversity and inclusion. She has a strong track record of helping banks, fintechs, airlines, retailers and online gambling companies weave digital identity, security and privacy into their customer journeys, and works on creating compelling user experiences at the intersection of identity, security and privacy. Find Emma on Twitter @EmLindley or on LinkedIn.

Emma is also co-founder of Women in Identity, a not-for-profit bringing the topic of diversity and inclusion to the identity space. Anyone can, and is encouraged to, become a member for free and benefit from networking events and forums, conference discount codes, newsletter updates, mentor programmes and internships (coming soon). Sign up at www.womeninidentity.org. Women in Identity is funded by sponsorship and run by volunteers from the identity industry. If you're interested in those opportunities, email [email protected]. Women in Identity also on Twitter @womeninid, Instagram @womeninid, and LinkedIn.

If you're following Emma's top tip at the end of the episode for keeping your data safe online, check out haveibeenpwned.com.

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In episode 4, Oscar talks to Lauri and Joni about why the Telia Identification Broker Service (TIBS) came about and the challenges of creating an award-winning cross-border service.

The TIBS offers several strong authentication methods with just one service agreement and integration. It relays strong identification events and data between identification service providers and customer services used by end users. The strong authentication methods offered today are TUPAS and Mobile ID. Additional authentication methods will be added and they will be immediately available to all TIBS customers – including methods from multiple countries, to enable a global solution.

Read this case study to find out more about the Telia Identification Broker Service, including how and why it was built, plus the benefits for all parties - https://www.ubisecure.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Telia-Identification-Broker-Service-Ubisecure-Case-Study.pdf

Lauri Immonen has held various positions within Telia Company for the last 17 years and now leads the Commercial Security & Digital Identity portfolio on a group level. He is an experienced speaker on Digital Identity, Privacy and Cyber Security. 

Joni Rapanen is the Global Product Manager for Identity Services at Telia Company. He has 15 years of experience in the identity & digital signing area - from national ID cards to private b2b identity - and drives strong authentication, attributes and identity federation to support more secure overall digitalisation of thousands of different services.

Telia Company is a telecommunications service provider offering mobile, broadband, television, and fixed-line services to both individuals and organisations. It also provides business services from the Internet of Things (IoT) to system integration services and financing solutions. Headquartered in Stockholm, a hub for innovation and technology, Telia Company serves millions of customers every day throughout the Nordics and Baltics - one of the world’s most connected regions.

You can find information about Telia Company's B2B identity services here - www.telia.fi/yrityksille/infrapalvelut/tietoturva/tunnistuspalvelu - and about their B2C mobile ID here - www.telia.fi/kauppa/palvelut/mobiilivarmenne (both links in Finnish).

Read more about the European Identity and Cloud award for the Telia Identification Broker Service at ubisecure.com/telia-award.

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