Gov.uk Verify, one of the UK government’s flagship digital programmes, set out with the best of intentions. It aimed to establish an identity assurance framework that could work across private and ...

The government’s flagship digital identity service is “failing its users”, has not delivered value for money, and its leaders have not accepted “proper accountability” for the troubled programme, say ...

Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is working to make the government's identify authentication platform secure enough for the NHS to use. Verify, developed by the Government Digital Service ...

For many, the news that the government is ending investment in its Gov.uk Verify digital identity system didn’t come as a surprise. The signals have been there for a while: increasing private sector ...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has decided against the idea of using the Government Digital Service (GDS) developed Gov.uk Verify identity assurance platform and will instead only use its own identity ...

The government’s flagship digital identity programme Gov.uk Verify continues to present a major risk to the Cabinet Office, according to its annual report and accounts. The troubled identity scheme ...

The UK government’s major projects watchdog has recommended that the Gov.uk Verify identity assurance programme should be terminated. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) conducted a review ...

Two-factor authentication (2FA) should be the cornerstone of today’s online security and yet the vast majority of users continue to rely on old-fashioned usernames and passwords despite ample evidence ...

With the end of April go-live date for the government’s identity assurance service, Gov.uk Verify programme director Janet Hughes is keeping busy. Verify is intended to be the standard way for people ...

As many as 50 digital government services could be using the new Gov.uk Verify identity verification system within months, if current plans proceed successfully. Verify has been in public use as a ...