Tag: GovPass

Digital ID too fragmented, RBA says

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian digital identity ecosystem is “fragmented and siloed”, leading to security and privacy concerns, according to Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe. At an address to the 2019 Australian...

Three factor is key to digital ID

Posted on   |  by Michael Steinmann
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently confirmed the first version of a framework for a new federated identity credential known as ‘TrustID’ has been completed. It will be...

DTA defends digital ID roll-out

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s troubled digital identity program will not be a repeat of the doomed Australia Card and will actually be “privacy-enhancing”, according to the Digital Transformation Agency. The...

Big banks get in on digital ID

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s two taxpayer-funded digital identity offerings are set to get some major competitors, with the big banks finalising their own digital identity framework. The Payment Systems Board...

Govt opens digital ID private sector

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has begun the process of opening up its digital identity project to the private sector, with hopes the big banks will buy into the controversial scheme....

Govt’s digital ID is in trouble

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government needs to conduct a full-scale review to get its digital identity project back under control in the wake of spiralling costs, delays and a lack of transparency,...

Is GovPass right for digital ID?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For several years, the DTA has been working on getting its version of digital identity right. When it goes into public beta later this year, the Trusted Digital Identity...

AusPost and the Digital ID push

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Australia Post will start offering a biometric, face-recognition component to its Digital iD service in the next couple of weeks, before ramping up marketing of the service from February....

Law is falling far behind the tech

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Legislation addressing the deployment of emerging technologies in Australia is “so far behind we don’t even know how far behind we are” according to Law Council president Fiona McLeod....