A Trust Framework is a specification that describes a set of identity proofing, security, and privacy policies. The framework is authored by subject matter experts, and is written with the intent that compliance can be assessed. The framework also lists the qualifications that an assessor must have in order to judge compliance. A Framework Listing […]
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Ecosystems and Systems Models
19 September 2013 by
When ecosystems in nature are working smoothly, things just flow – it seems simple, but there is much underlying complexity. Our mission is to catalyze a functioning ecosystem with many parties participating, using a diversity of business models based on open standards, with a core underlying tenet being that people have control over their data. […]
The Sole Source
13 September 2013 by
This article is part of the PDEC Field Guide to Internet Trust Models. A Sole Source is an organization that acts as identity provider (IdP) and relying party (RP) for itself. This organization issues all identities that it recognizes, and only trusts identities that it has issued. An organization like this does not federate identities at all. […]
Internet Trust, Identity, and Making Sausage
30 August 2013 by
One of the projects that Kaliya and I are working on is an update to our paper, “A Field Guide to Internet Trust Models“. The original was well received (we even won an award), and readers offered good feedback. In keeping with that spirit of community, we decided to publish the updates here as we […]