[Dainippon Printing (DNP)] Launches a platform to build the issuance and verification of digital certificates based on decentralized ID *Dainippon Printing (DNP)*
Press release: August 28, 2024
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Launch of a platform to build the issuance and verification of digital certificates based on decentralized IDs
*Consistent support from acquiring knowledge about distributed ID to business launch*
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Yoshinari Kitajima)
DNP) is a digital certificate (VC: Verifiable
The DNP Distributed ID Management Platform, which issues and verifies Credentials*2, will be launched on August 28th (Wednesday).
Through this platform, consumers can independently manage their own identity information and disclose their personal information to companies, organizations, etc. while protecting their privacy. Companies and organizations will also be able to distribute data safely and securely by preventing damage caused by fake information and reducing the burden of verifying presented information.
Through this platform, DNP will provide companies and organizations promoting VC-related businesses with a VC issuance and verification system, as well as a digital identity wallet (a system for showing one’s identity on a smartphone, etc.) that allows consumers to use and manage VC. We provide the necessary functions depending on the purpose and the environment to be built.
*DNP distributed ID management platform →
https://www.dnp.co.jp/biz/products/detail/20175481_4986.html
DNP’s idea of how to utilize digital certificates (VC)
[Background of the development of “DNP Distributed ID Management Platform”] In recent years, as privacy risks such as data falsification, leakage, and spoofing have become a social issue due to rapid advances in technologies such as generative AI and the activation of international exchange, safer and more secure data has become a major issue. Distribution is required. For this reason, demonstration experiments using VC are being conducted in countries around the world, and the Japanese government is also promoting “Trusted” as a new framework for trust on the Internet.
Web”*3.
In response to these trends, DNP has developed the “DNP Distributed ID Management Platform” and will begin providing services to support the construction of safer and more secure data distribution.
[Features of “DNP Distributed ID Management Platform”]
1. Compliant with international technical specifications and can be linked with domestic and international services
This platform complies with technical specifications that are being considered globally to achieve more reliable global data distribution, so VC can be used both domestically and internationally.
In developing this platform, DNP received technology through a partnership with Meeco, an Australian company that has a track record, knowledge, and network in the development of digital identity wallets and VC issuance and verification systems. We are also working with Meeco on demonstration experiments*4 and network construction internationally, including in Australia.
2. Supporting the launch of related businesses in terms of both rule creation and technology development
DNP has received “Trusted” from the Digital Agency.
In addition to being selected for the second consecutive year from 2022 as part of the “Use Case Demonstration Project for the
Realization of the Web” *5, we are also working with domestic companies on demonstration experiments such as the development of VC-related applications. These initiatives support the definition of requirements for VC issuance and verification and the formulation of rules for organizational operation systems, etc., and are accumulating technology and know-how for the social implementation of decentralized IDs.
3. We provide a program where you can learn the knowledge of distributed ID required for each job type.
DNP will also provide educational programs related to decentralized IDs to companies and organizations that use this platform. In collaboration with Indicio, an American company with knowledge of decentralized ID, we will provide basic knowledge about decentralized ID and the “Indicio Academy” educational program for managers, new business development personnel, and system developers. .
[Future development]
DNP will provide the “DNP Distributed ID Management Platform” mainly to industries that expect to utilize distributed IDs, such as finance, communications, travel, automobiles, and education. We aim for sales of 3.5 billion yen.
*1 Distributed ID →
Rather than centralized management where IDs are aggregated on a small number of servers, this is a system in which individuals (or corporations, or devices) can take the initiative in controlling their own identity information and safely share it with others as necessary. *2 Verifiable Credentials (VC): International technology
standardization organization IETF (The Internet Engineering Task) A verifiable digital certificate and data model proposed by Force. *3 Trusted Web → “Trusted Web” by the Cabinet Secretariat (Digital Market Competition Headquarters)
A concept proposed by the Web Promotion Council regarding “a system that guarantees the reliability of data distributed on the Web through verifiable data, without relying on specific platforms or services.” *4 About connection demonstration of distributed ID →
https://www.dnp.co.jp/news/detail/20175196_1587.html
*5 About the Digital Agency’s demonstration project →
https://www.dnp.co.jp/news/detail/20173680_1587.html
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