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Solving your identity challenges with sound advice and a long-term view.

We provide vendor-agnostic, independent, global services on mDL, identity verification, digital identity, government ID, login, Verifiable Credentials, & biometrics.  Our only bias is toward the effective application of technology & strategy to solve real-world identity problems. 

We can help with...

Application of Mobile Driver's License (mDL) for in-person and over-the-internet

Our team has been involved in Mobile Driver's License standards, pilots, use cases, and production rollouts for more years than any other company or team.  Tap our expertise to find the best solutions, ask for the right requirements, and apply identity to solve your business challenges.  We've written some of the definitive articles on in-person and over-the-internet, privacy-enhancing mobile identity, including testifying to Congress.

Use Case Development

Want to build a complete use case for accepting a Mobile Driver's License for your business?  Determine the ROI and intangible benefits of mDL?  Our people have written three of the top published mDL use cases and lead the Jumpstart mDL Working Subcommittee within the Secure Technology Alliance.  We can walk you through the process using a template that guides all aspects of mDL acceptance to bring your team to a solution that will benefit your customers and speed your business operations.  Federal Agencies, too.

Privacy Assessments

We've performed NIST Privacy Assessments for multiple mobile identity product solutions - online and in-person - to pass national standards for privacy as well as CCPA, Utah Privacy Law, and GDPR compliance.  Our team includes the lead author for the Privacy Annex E for ISO/IEC 18013-5 who has multiple presentations on How to Engineer a Nation-scale Identity Program for Privacy.  If your app needs a privacy statement, or an assessment to improve your handling of data, we can help.

Discover how W3C Verifiable Credentials and ISO mDL/mID can work together

While there has been confusion and a perception that these two very similar technologies "compete with each other", that's bogus.  They are complementary, have different qualities and characteristics, and can even work within the same infrastructure.  Applied correctly, they create infrastructure for a full range of digital credentials.

Market Assessment and Strategy / Advisory

mDL as Government Identity, Identity Verification, and Over-the-Internet privacy-protected identity are evolving market spaces.  There are more technologies available and standards defined than there are solutions to meet market needs.  We're connected to all aspects and can help you sort the identity market.  Consumers want your solution, and being first to the market with a full featured solution is a massive advantage.

Conformity to AAMVA mDL Guidelines

We've evaluated two State mDL solutions against AAMVA's mDL Implementation Guidelines and pushed two solutions through TSA/DHS Requirements for provisioning and usageThis has resulted in the first commercial application accepted at every supported TSA location across the US, including both NFC and QR conformity.

Financial Services, Merger and Acquisition

Policy Development and Legislative Approach

We've contributed to US and Global policy initiatives on Trust Frameworks and the adoption of Digital Identities.  We've tracked legislative actions across the US states and dealt with the reactions from sectors of the public with solid education.  Having your legislature on your side to shape and guide Digital Identity rollouts can be a critical success factor.  Education and accurate information about the privacy-enhancing possibilities and privacy-protecting policies of your solution can address citizen concerns and prevent pushback.

Technical and Product Evaluation and Guidance

We've been devoted to mobile identity, mobile Driver's License (mDL), biometrics, and online identity solutions since before 2013... longer than any individuals at any company.  We carry greater institutional knowledge than most of the changing institutions in our market space.  Our team has participated in mDL rollouts in Delaware, Iowa, Utah, and California as well as online identity solutions for Arizona.  We have built the top-rated mDL application, the top-rated mDL Reader, and the most downloaded mDL application used across multiple states.  Tap our expertise today.

Development of Proposals and Information Requests

Our team has helped our Corporate clients respond to government information requests (RFI) and proposal requests (RFP) for digital and physical identity solutions.  We can help your Government Agency develop a comprehensive, vendor-agnostic, non-prescriptive RFI and RFP that benefits your residents.  And help guide your legislature.

 

 

Decipher Identity

David Kelts


Technologist, Product Strategy, Presenter, Educator
david@decipher.id

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We're based near Boston, Massachusetts, home of some of* the smartest minds in Identity, ideal for scheduling global meeting times, and an easy travel hub for on-site collaboration anywhere - Europe, Africa, Western US, and beyond.

As the DunKings say... "underestimate Boston... at your peril!"


*We consider Salt Lake City, Utah to be a second concentration of identity expertise, particularly related to decentralized architectures and Self-Sovereign Identity.  Don't worry, we're plugged in there, too.