Insights and News from the Forefront of Self-Sovereign Identity
A Summary of Internet Identity Workshop #38
(Cover image courtesy of the Decentralized Identity Foundation) Below are my personal highlights from the Internet Identity Workshop #38, which took place between April 16th and April 18th at the...
How Trust Registries Prevent Fraud, Scams, and Abuse
Background In this ICANN79 presentation, Northern Block's CEO, Mathieu Glaude, delves into the critical role of trust registries in combating online fraud, scams, and abuse. He discusses how trust...
Why Trust Registries Will Accelerate the Adoption of Digital Credentials
Trust registries can quickly become a powerful tool for the discovery of services, including digital credential exchange services. There's a common misconception that trust registries are only...
Why Trust Registries Will Accelerate the Adoption of Digital Credentials
Trust registries can quickly become a powerful tool for the discovery of services, including digital credential exchange services. There's a common...
Interoperability Update: Addition of OpenID4VC to Northern Block Products
Northern Block Product Update: Supporting Mote Credential Exchange Protocols and Credential Formats We’re excited to announce that Northern Block...
Bridging Digital Credentials and DNS to Enable Digital Trust
On October 25th 2023, I had a great time presenting at the In Cyber Forum in Montréal. I spoke about solving Security, Privacy, Authenticity and...
The Digital Universal Credential Adaptor
Note 1: Inspiration for this blog post was taken from a conversation I had with Tim Bouma about the role of digital wallets Note 2: I made some...
Unifying mDLs & Verifiable Credentials for Canadians
Northern Block and Canadian Bank Note enthusiastic about delivering a more convenient and intuitive solution for Canadian citizens, by unifying mDLs...
Leveraging DNS in Digital Trust: Credential Exchanges and Trust Registries
At Northern Block, our primary goal is to facilitate the orchestration of trust tasks as seamlessly as possible. We aim to make it easier for our...
Offering Outputs, Not Restrictions
The purpose of this blog post is to argue that, instead of expanding controls and imposing unnecessary restrictions on interactions outside their...
Prioritizing Governance Assertions Over Identity Assertions
Are there cases where focusing on governance instead of identity helps achieve our same digital trust goals, while enhancing privacy preservation?...
Chapter 3 – Digital Trust (from Attaining Sovereignty by Unlocking Digital Trust)
We live in an Internet environment where we lack trust due to the lack of true identities.We lightly define trust in the Preface to these...
Chapter 2 – Digital Identity (from Attaining Sovereignty by Unlocking Digital Trust)
In March 2021, the prime ministers of Estonia, Finland, Denmark and Germany called on the European Union (EU) to speed up "digital sovereignty" and...
Chapter 1 – Digital Sovereignty (from Attaining Sovereignty by Unlocking Digital Trust)
In the world of self-sovereign identity (SSI), there are various opinions about using the word sovereignty for describing the ambitions that we are...
Attaining Sovereignty by Unlocking Digital Trust
We wrote An Introduction to Digital Trust in 2021 so that we could send it as a resource to people looking for a simple explainer. It’s proved...
Trust Over IP Foundation: The First Public Review Draft of the Technology Architecture V1.0 Specification
Spending a few days at the Internet Identity Workshop 35 in San Francisco provided a great opportunity to catch up on some reading. I was especially...
Northern Block Participates in the DIACC Foundational ID Report
Northern Block Solutions leveraged to support the Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC)'s work on Foundational...
Northern Block participe au Sommet international de l’innovation en villes médianes (SiiVim)
English follows Dans le cadre de notre expansion au Québec, nous avons participé au Sommet international de l’innovation en villes médianes...
Northern Block and the Government of British Columbia Demonstrate Interoperability in the Sharing of Sustainability Data
NB Orbit Enterprise Platform used in Energy & Mines Digital Trust (EMDT) initiative to enhance Sustainability Reporting between multiple...
Learnings from Aries, Indy and Various Verifiable Credential Implementations
September 13, 2022 By Mathieu Glaude Introduction My name is Mathieu Glaude. I’m the CEO of Northern Block, a company bringing products to market...
Achieving AIP 2.0: Increased Interoperability
1Â What is Aries Interop Profile (AIP)? Aries agents are all united through the standards and protocols they aim to adhere to, and the underlying...
Why credential issuance should be holder-driven
Notes to readers:Â The thinking for this post came as we prepare for the public launch of our AiP 1.0 mobile wallet app - and as we prepare to...
Are we really committed to protecting the rights of people and democratic societies? (from CIS2022)
This presentation was made at the Cybersecurity & Identity Summit (CIS2022) held from April 26 to 27, 2022. Mathieu Glaude presented 'Are we...
Northern Block Opens Gatineau Office РExpansion into Qu̩bec Market
Gatineau, February 23, 2022 – Toronto-based Northern Block, recognized for its world class leadership in the field of self-sovereign identity (SSI),...
The Future of Work Will Happen Through DAOs – BLOG POST
People are happier when their work has meaning and when they can associate with peers who share similar beliefs and values. But in the face of new...
SSI Interoperability Demo – NB Orbit Mobile Wallet, PwC, Copper Mountain & BC Mines
The Province of British Columbia is committed to increased transparency and trust related to where raw materials come from and how they are...
NB Orbit Mobile Wallet Demonstrates AIP 1.0 Compliance with Digital Identity Laboratory of Canada
As Canadian and European governments prepare to issue digital identities to their citizens (e.g., passports, driver's licences, health cards),...
Northern Block Partners with leading RegTech kompany to Offer Onboarding of Verifiable Legal Entities to Trust Networks
September 15, 2021 Toronto, Canada The partnership between Northern Block and kompany provides organizations and users of the NB Orbit platform...
An Introduction to Digital Trust
I've now used versions of this post in various presentations, including a UN/CEFACT Forum Webinar, the Blockchain Technology Symposium 2021 (BTS’...
Bridging SSI to IAM: Northern Block Partners with esatus AG
As global demand for Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) continues to grow, Northern Block and German-based esatus AG announce a strategic partnership...
Trusted Ecosystem of Digital Sustainability Credentials – Northern Block and AgID Partner
Northern Block, the Canadian leader in enabling organizations to build digital trust, and AgID, the leader in digitally enabling Canadian agri-food,...
The Inevitable Shift towards Data-Centric Architectures
For many, the idea that you may use data you don’t own is a novel concept. Businesses have been traditionally built around the ‘data is the new...
Trust Over IP Resource Page
Section 1: Pre-Launch - Intro by John Jordan, Executive Director of the Trust Over IP Foundation (April 16, 2020) Darrell:Â They certainly can, and...
Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF) – Overview
The purpose of this page is to be a resource about the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework. Overview The Pan-Canadian Trust Framework â„¢ (PCTF) is designed...
How To Build Self-Sovereign Solutions for Mid-Tier Fintechs
Hello everyone, my name is Mathieu Glaude. I'm the founder and CEO of Northern Block, a leading global technology provider of Self-sovereign...
Verifiable Credentials for Fintech Businesses – Ultimate Guide
Self-sovereign identity and the user-centric future Every customer-facing enterprise in 2021 prides itself on its user-centricity — declaratively...
Self-Sovereign Identity for Organizations – Ultimate Guide
Introduction to Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a new field for many organizations and is somewhat threatening given...
