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Secure Identity Alliance SIA the global identity and secure digital services advisory body today announces the OSIA Qualification Program at the ID4Africa 2022 General Meeting.Developed in response to the growing number of government bodies looking to ensure compliance with OSIA specification as a pre-requisite in their tendering processes this program allows ID vendors to certify their solutions as OSIA-Qualified.The OSIA Qualification will be adjudicated by an independent body GlobalPlatform who will issue the OSIA-qualified mark to the vendors after the successful assessment of their productssolutions against the OSIA test plan developed by FIME.Matthew Cole Chairman at Secure Identity Alliance said The importance of openness and interoperability within the identity ecosystem cannot be underestimated. Not only does this drive product and solution innovation it enables governments to confidently invest in the future-proofed national identity schemes that underpin social and economic development. OSIAs role in ensuring seamless connectivity between all components of the identity management ecosystem is well established and this Qualification Program provides an important marker of compliance.Creating trusted digital identities has become a critical priority to support a broad range of use cases enabled by the growing number of connected devices. GlobalPlatform is proud to bring its 15 years of experience in qualification to support SIA with this important initiative to bring interoperability and ensure digital IDs can be accepted with confidence commented Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere Executive Director at GlobalPlatform. As a standards body working for the mass market GlobalPlatform recognizes the value of compliance and qualification in making standards a success and were pleased to support the OSIA Qualification Program.Alongside the launch of the OSIA Qualification SIA will be represented at the Digital Public InfrastructureDigital Stacks workshop by Debora Comparin Chair of the OSIA Initiative. Debora will be discussing the role of open standards such as OSIA in helping to build Digital Public InfrastructureDigital Stacks create a level playing field within the vendor space and how these nurture the development of local services markets.
