IDEMIA Public Security North America has been selected by NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to take part in its Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) Project.

IDEMIA is one of 15 technology providers and industry experts selected by the NCCoE to work on the first use case of the Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) project, which has a focus on implementing mDLs in financial services to meet customer identification program requirements.

IDEMIA, and their fellow collaborators, will work with the NCCoE to accelerate the adoption of digital identity standards and best practices by producing reference architectures, representative workflows and implementation guides to address real-world challenges faced by the adoption of mDL in the financial sector.

“Whether boarding a plane, creating a bank account, or making an online purchase, mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) and other digital credentials have the potential to improve the way we conduct transactions, both in person and online,” said Bill Fisher, co-lead of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) mDL project, NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. “To help realise this potential, the NCCoE is collaborating with more than a dozen partners from across the mDL ecosystem to build out reference implementations and to accelerate the adoption of mDL standards and best practices.”

“With our commitment to expanding the use of mobile ID as a trusted, government-issued digital ID, we are thrilled to be part of this collaboration to develop digital identity standards and best practices surrounding mobile ID,” said Donnie Scott, CEO of IDEMIA Public Security North America. “Our team is looking forward to contributing our expertise, insights, and resources and seeing what this unique collaboration among our fellow technology providers will bring to the future of mobile ID and the digital credential market.”

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