The Evernym story is increasingly the focus of coverage by technology, privacy, blockchain and identity journalists. Look below for a small sample of the recent reporting on our partnerships, philosophy and progress.
If you’re interested in covering Evernym or self-sovereign identity, please direct all media inquiries to Alex Andrade-Walz at alex.walz@evernym.com.
This whitepaper, by the University of Arkansas’ Blockchain Center of Excellence, discusses Evernym’s work with the UK’s National Health Service and the business value of digital staff passports.
An analysis by Heather Vescent on what Evernym’s acquisition by Avast means for SSI adoption in Europe and beyond.
Avast’s acquisition of Evernym and what the pairing of consumer cybersecurity and decentralized identity leadership means for adoption of verifiable credentials.
GeekWire covers Evernym’s acquisition by Avast and what it means for digital trust.
Evernym’s Jamie Smith was interviewed on what it takes to make digital health passes safe, private, and interoperable.
Rfider and Evernym partner to enable the secure, privacy-preserving exchange of health data.
While the term ‘identity’ carries many connotations, a focus on ‘wallets’ provides a stark contrast between the user control provided by digital credentials and the centralization of traditional identity models. This article examines that shift in language and quotes our own Drummond Reed.
Amazon explores solutions like the IATA Travel Pass (built on Evernym tech) are enabling the safe reopening of global travel.
The New Stack covers the future of decentralized identity and discusses Evernym’s work with IATA Travel Pass.
We’re honored to be named a Technology Pioneer by the WEF. This title is awarded to a select group of companies each year that are pioneering innovations poised to have a significant impact on business and society.
Evernym named as a key supporter in a new global trust registry for COVID-19 credentials.
An expert explanation of the technology behind verifiable vaccine and other health credentials, with quotes from Evernym’s Drummond Reed.
Key takeaways from a recent Evernym panel on privacy and health credentials, featuring Accenture, Lumedic, and Providence Health.
The first in Protocol’s ‘Transforming 2021’ series covers Evernym’s work with IATA Travel Pass and the rise of verifiable health credentials.
Evernym’s Jamie Smith and Drummond Reed sat down with the New York Times to discuss what verifiable health credentials mean for travel and why interoperability and privacy are so critical.
IATA Travel Pass, a digital health and travel solution powered by Evernym, enters trials with four major airlines.
Travel Weekly details the underlying credential technology of IATA’s Travel Pass Initiative, with quotes from Evernym’s Jamie Smith.
COVID-19 has disrupted how we do just about everything—including how we prove our identity. This op-ed explores some of the more permanent shifts and the work we’re doing with partners like CULedger and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
For years, data privacy and GDPR-like regulations have been viewed as a hindrance by marketers and brands. Now, they’re a source of competitive advantage. Our TechCrunch op-ed explores the business benefits of both data privacy and verifiable credentials.
CoinDesk provides a glimpse into the future with predictions for how self-sovereign identity can improve our digital relationships and data privacy over the next ten years. The article includes insights from several industry leaders, including our own Drummond Reed.
TechTarget interviewed Evernym’s Drummond Reed on his upcoming book, Self-Sovereign Identity, and the business benefits of verifiable credentials.
This Evernym op-ed, published in Security Magazine, explores how verifiable credentials and SSI can be used to eliminate usernames and passwords once and for all.
Biometric Update covers what’s new in Evernym’s ‘Verity 2.0’ release that makes credential issuance and verification easier than ever.
This article covers Evernym’s recent integration of iProov’s Genuine Presence Assurance technology to enable organizations to better ensure that verifiable credentials are matched with their rightful owner.
Evernym, Onfido, and Deloitte announce the successful completion of their verifiable credential trials through the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Ledger Insights covers a new partnership between Evernym and LG CNS, the IT arm of LG, to establish a business base for global identity authentication.
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) and Evernym announce the successful pilot of the world’s first ‘organizational wallet.’
CoinDesk interviewed Evernym’s Drummond Reed for an analysis of what the newly launched Trust over IP Foundation means for digital identity and trust.
Forbes covers the launch of the Trust over IP Foundation, of which Evernym is a proud founding member, and quotes our chief trust officer, Drummond Reed.
Ledger Insights explores how Evernym and 60+ organizations around the world are coming together in exploration of how portable credentials can aid the COVID-19 response and enable an increasingly digital world.
CoinDesk interviewed Evernym on SSI’s response to “immunity passports” and our work within the COVID-19 Credentials Initiative.
In this contributed post, Evernym’s Drummond Reed explains guardianship’s role in making identity work for all, through the context of our customer Secours.io’s work in dementia care solutions.
We teamed up with NCR to demonstrate a new point-of-sale SSI experience. Here’s what it means for retailers everywhere.
We’re pleased to announce a new partnership with Northern Block, a Canada-based company joining our Early Access Plan to help accelerate SSI adoption.
Computerworld lays out their top blockchain predictions for the new year and mentions Evernym as a company “well positioned” to lead the KYC and blockchain identity markets.
A new collaboration between online credentialing platform, Digitary, and self-sovereign identity and blockchain experts, Evernym, is set to increase students’ ownership of their digital credentials and identity data.
Evernym Chief Architect Daniel Hardman sat down with Biometric Update to discuss how biometrics and SSI can work together.
Ledger Insights covered our latest funding round and how investors Barclays and Overstock see self-sovereign identity solving many of today’s issues around security, privacy, and trust.
Forbes examines how consumers can take a greater cut of the value provided by customer data, what it means for both consumers and businesses, and how companies like Evernym and Sovrin are making this possible through self-sovereign identity.
In an exploration on the impact of self-sovereign identity, Metro.co.uk interviewed our own James Monaghan on how he sees decentralization changing the state of state-issued money and state-issued identity.
Onfido discusses its work with Evernym and Deloitte as part of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s sandbox.
Evernym’s own Andy Tobin was featured in an article on the future of digital identity, citing a few predictions for the decentralization of the Internet of Things… or as he calls, it the Identity of Things.
SecureIDNews showcases the International Federation of Red Cross’ involvement with the Evernym Accelerator to accelerate innovation for self-sovereign identity.
Women In Identity interviews Evernym’s Elizabeth Renieris, who discusses the challenges and future of decentralized digital identity — and the unique role women play in shaping the industry.
Decentralized identity is finding more and more real-world use cases as organizations like Sovrin and Evernym develop the technology to take it from concept to production.
GM discusses what the government is working on to harness new technologies, innovations and powerful tools to improve the citizen experience now and into the future.
Not since the late ’90s when dotcom mania prevailed has there been such blue-sky potential, frantic excitement, and widespread misconception as currently surrounds blockchain technology…
We may have never before been in an era of such rapid technological change. Of course, much more is coming. Last fall, Gartner research predicted some of the big tech trends of 2018…
Veridium is now, in the parlance of Sovrin, a ‘founding Steward’ of the network, joining other major backers including Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, and IBM. Sovrin Stewards commit to offering network, hardware, and security resources to support the Sovrin Network’s operation.
“We believe that the combination of Corda, the blockchain for business, and HL Indy, for decentralized identity is a powerful platform for addressing real world, enterprise requirements…”
A little more than a week after the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) went into effect, the world is adjusting to the new comprehensive regulatory regime with global reach…
Fintech firms, software makers, telecom providers and other businesses have joined forces develop a blockchain-based network that will enable anyone to exchange digital credentials online and without the risk of unintentionally exposing any private data.
One of the largest and most valuable corporations in the world, IBM, announced Wednesday it’s going all-in with the Utah-based Sovrin Foundation, a private sector nonprofit working to create a decentralized digital identity network.
CULedger, a builder of blockchain-based products for credit unions backed by the Credit Union National Association and Mountain West Credit Union League, has partnered with Evernym to launch MyCUID, a product intended to help credit union members prevent fraud and identity theft.
Banking fintech consortium R3 has partnered with Evernym, a blockchain identity solution running on the Sovrin distributed ledger platform.
Blockchain has the potential to greatly affect the legal profession. I think it interesting that Baker & Hostetler LLP and Perkins Coie LLP in the U.S. announced in November that they are ‘founding stewards’…
With the advent of [distributed ledger technology], a decentralized, truly independent, self-sovereign digital identity system becomes possible. Sovrin, for example, is a fully open system which allows any person, organization or thing…
The massive password heists keeping coming, and one thing is certain: the way we prove our identities online is in need of a major upgrade.
On account of high-profile data breaches of personal information and the increased interest and feasibility of blockchain technology, there is a growing movement to create IDs…
If you have spoken to me recently you will know myself and the Outlier team are really very excited to have announced at the beginning of the month becoming…
…The state of Illinois has launched a pilot trial on a Blockchain-based birth registry/ID system with a goal to individualize and secure identities. The state government is…
Actually getting self-sovereign identity to work is what we like to call a wicked hard problem – and in reality, it’s several wicked hard problems rolled into one…
Actually getting self-sovereign identity to work is what we like to call a wicked hard problem – and in reality, it’s several wicked hard problems rolled into one…
The verifiable claims project probably best represented by Evernym’s Sovrin solution is an example of what self-sovereign identity for a global, public Internet…