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Farewells, new beginnings and the constant that is change
Kia ora,
A Farewell Message
This is the final DINZ newsletter under my watch, but if the writing style seems familiar in April’s newsletter you’ll know that AI has been deployed or my successor hasn’t been fully onboarded 🙂.
It’s been a blast, it really has! I’m satisfied with DINZ’s development under my tenure. No regrets. DINZ has punched way above its weight with minimal resources – only made possible by larger organisations whose support enabled volunteer members and supporters from organisations of all sizes to dedicate time and expertise to deliver our mahi on its mission. You know who you are, so thank you! 😀
Thanks also to the DINZ Executive Councils I have served over the years. It’s a largely unheralded gig, but governance in emerging ecosystems is crucial.
DINZ Updates
- The DINZ Biometrics Special Interest Group submitted again on the Biometrics Code of Practice this month. Neither DINZ or NZTech are supportive of the code at this time, instead advocating for expert prepared Guidance to improve biometrics implementation best practice for all stakeholders, including privacy specialists who may not necessarily be biometric experts.
- By the time you read this, our webinar ‘Meet the DISTF Evaluators’ will be underway with over 100 registrations – the first educational session on this aspect of the regime as DINZ members enter the final week of free access to InformDI’s 7 Chapters DISTF online education suite.
- DINZ members please complete the DISTF survey emailed to you by 14 April.
- The Next Gen Payments Consultation from DINZ member PaymentsNZ is due this Friday, so get yours in today!
Industry Insights
There are some ‘green shoots’ appearing in Aotearoa New Zealand’s digital identity space, but we have years of catch-up ahead to regain our global leadership. We have to be more nimble, smart and collegial in all dimensions (detailed examples too much for the newsletter’s word count), but suffice to say that it’s Kiwi companies like MATTR, Authsignal, JNCTN, APLYiD, MyMahi and others that keep us on the map globally.
While taking more leisure time, I’m open to some advisory work leveraging my decades of knowledge, experience and contact networks in both local and international settings not often possible in this role.
What’s Happening Around the Globe
As always, I’m sharing links to global news that resonated with me.
- Passkey adoption is growing globally – no surprise to Authsignal who have secured business on nearly all continents in the past few weeks.
- This article argues the case for local biometrics software testing and resonates exactly with DINZ’s Kiwi faces dataset project that requires stakeholder support before it can proceed.
- DINZ member NEC takes top score in the offshore tests that are available.
- I found recent pundit Jamie Smith’s post on the fraud market quite thought provoking, although I don’t fully agree with him that Organisational Identity has been under a shadow. In NZ it’s not helped by agency responsibilities being split between MBIE and DIA.
- OI forms a major plank of Get Verified in the payments world but there are other worlds of course.
- That brings me to another Jamie Smith post on Edeleman’s Trust Barometer (in the comments) where Aotearoa’s own Āhau gets a mention.
- And for those technical and following mDL this link and this link show just how quickly this space is evolving and maturing.
Final Thoughts
That’s it! Make sure you do something ‘identiful’ in April or attend the regional virtual catch ups on Identity Management Day and I’ll see you all soon out there in cyber.
Ngā mihi,
Colin Wallis
Executive Director, Digital Identity NZ
Farewells, new beginnings and the constant that is change
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