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DAISi Device API for ID Solutions

Background

This Task Force emerged from GDC Council deliberations in early 2026, which revealed recognition of the need for standardized device-level security and interoperability in digital identity solutions. Its mission is to foster collaborative development of a unified Device API for digital wallet solutions, eliminating technical fragmentation across device manufacturers and jurisdictions while ensuring seamless, secure digital identity experiences that bridge physical and digital environments.

The Task Force is intended as a light, multistakeholder, time-bound, non-binding, and non-regulatory mechanism for cooperation. It will not replace the work of regulators, national authorities, or standards development organizations.

Co-Leads

The Task Force is co-chaired by representatives from the public and private sectors: GlobalPlatform and the German BSI (Federal Office for Information Security).

Scope and Objectives

The Task Force aims to establish hardware requirements and define a unified Device API for digital wallet solutions, enabling standardized access to secure functionalities across mobile trust anchors and addressing the current fragmentation in hardware capabilities on mobile devices.

Its work will focus on:

  • Standardized Device API & Interoperability: Develop a functional specification for a universal Device API across different platforms, defining security requirements spanning cryptography, secure services, and core wallet functions, while providing a standardized interface for accessing security components, including trusted hardware and secure applications.

  • Establishing Common Architecture: Create common architectural approaches for Wallet Instance, Trusted Hardware, and Secure Application implementations across diverse device types and manufacturers.

  • Defining Certification Standards: Establish and align with international certification requirements for wallet solutions to achieve a high Level of Assurance (LoA), ensuring trust, security, and compliance for cross-border digital identity deployments.

  • Ensuring Sovereignty: Define principles that safeguard users' freedom to choose hardware and ecosystems independently while ensuring secure, reliable, and interoperable access to critical public services across devices, and actively align stakeholders across the public sector, private sector, Member States, Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), and industry.

  • Enabling Biometric Authentication: Leverage secure hardware available across diverse device types and manufacturers, while addressing biometric fragmentation across modalities and improving the accuracy of on-device biometric solutions.

Participation

For more information or to submit an expression of interest, contact secretariat@globaldigitalcollaboration.org.

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