The Identity Corner

Microsoft acquires Credentica’s U-prove technology

I am thrilled to announce that Microsoft has acquired Credentica’s U-Prove™ technology, together with all of the underlying patents. Read more »

March 6, 2008 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | 21 Comments

WIRED on Credentica

An article about Credentica in Wired: Read more »

February 8, 2008 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

New Credentica video online

My colleagues and I have just published a video about our U-Prove™ technology. Read more »

November 15, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner reviews U-Prove toolkit

Earlier this year, Dr. Ann Cavoukian (Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner) gave a terrific presentation on identity, security, and privacy at Waterloo University. Read more »

October 11, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

The problem(s) with OpenID

On occasion, my colleagues and I are asked whether Credentica is working to ensure that our innovative technology for user-centric identity management will work with OpenID. Read more »

August 22, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | 67 Comments

Interview on minimal disclosure tokens

A little while ago, Dave Birch conducted an audio interview with me on the topic of minimal disclosure. Read more »

August 9, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

Preserving unlinkability of accounts

Inspired by Kim Cameron’s most recent educational post on unlinkability, I am contributing another entry on the same topic. Read more »

June 27, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

Minimal disclosure tokens: the case of SSO

As mentioned in my previous post, minimal disclosure tokens are about ensuring that identity claims convey no identity-related information whatsoever beyond any attribute statements they may contain. Read more »

June 25, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

More on minimal disclosure tokens

Kim Cameron is continuing his excellent educational series on unlinkability; see here, here, here, here, and here. Read more »

June 25, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

Anonymous Credentials? No, Minimal Disclosure Certificates!

Kim Cameron is in the midst of blogging an excellent series of posts on the important topic of unlinkability; see here and here, for instance. Read more »

June 19, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | 3 Comments

On Identity Claims, Unlinkability, and Selective Disclosure (part 3)

In my first post in this series, I discussed the notions of unlinkability and untraceability. Read more »

June 4, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

On Identity Claims, Unlinkability, and Selective Disclosure (part 2)

In my previous post, I clarified the notions of unlinkability and untraceability. Read more »

June 4, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

On Identity Claims, Unlinkability, and Selective Disclosure (part 1)

Following up on Ben Laurie’s excellent introduction to selective disclosure, Kim Cameron and Ben have been blogging on the properties of unlinkability and selective disclosure. Read more »

June 4, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | 1 Comment

New Credentica PowerPoint online

We recently uploaded a new animated presentation on Government Online to our Credentica Web site. Read more »

May 4, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

Secure User Identification Without Privacy Erosion

May 4, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | 1 Comment

Long-standing problem in digital identity solved

I’m pleased to announce that a 25-year old problem in digital identity has at long last been solved. Read more »

April 30, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

New Credentica white paper and other materials

April 18, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments

Credentica releases product for user-centric identity

I am tremendously pleased to announce that our first product for user-centric identity is now available. Read more »

February 13, 2007 Posted by Stefan Brands | General | | No Comments