Veridian: A Next-Generation Digital Identity Platform

Veridian represents the future of digital identity management for individuals and enterprises

The Cardano Foundation eagerly announces the launch of Veridian, an open-source digital identity platform for individuals and organizations. Introduced alongside its first product, Veridian Wallet, the platform puts users in complete control of their digital presence, delivering verifiable credentials and robust data security.

From healthcare and financial services to supply chains and academics, identity verification serves as the cornerstone of trust. Despite this, existing solutions often fail to provide adequate security and credential control, resulting in frequent data breaches. Last year alone, 1.7 billion records were compromised in the United States.

The need for advanced identity solutions

A core issue lies in the centralized nature of traditional platforms, where both individuals and enterprises alike relinquish control of their credentials and sensitive information. As the capabilities of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) expand, existing solution shortcomings become amplified. This evolution reinforces the need for robust identity verification that leverages zero-trust network infrastructure to prevent unauthorized access.

The Veridian platform is designed to meet the challenge by empowering users with secure, decentralized identity management. In contrast to alternative identity solutions, Veridian leverages open protocols, including Key Event Receipt Infrastructure (KERI) decentralized identifiers, and Authentic Chained Data Container (ACDC) credentials to ensure authentic communications and verifiable identity protocols are easily accessible to all. The Veridian platform also includes an optional trust layer on the Cardano blockchain.

When combined with this platform, the Veridian Wallet further enables users to manage their private keys, identifiers, and credentials safely, seamlessly, and from anywhere.

Key advantages of Veridian Wallet

As a mobile, user-friendly app, Veridian Wallet is accessible to individuals and white-label partners seeking a cutting-edge, end-to-end solution tailored to their industry or business needs. The initial release supports the features below, with further enhancements planned over the coming months.

• •Comprehensive Control: Decentralized identifiers enable digital identity sovereignty, eliminating third-party dependencies.
• •Post-Quantum Security: Combined key management and cryptography secure systems against evolving threats.
• •Verifiable Authenticity: Tailored credentials enable delegated authority, privacy preservation, and permissions management.
• •Global Interoperability: Deliver verifiable data across industries, frameworks, and environments without rebuilding production systems.
• •Full Transparency: Public, permissionless infrastructure and open-source protocols provide verifiable, auditable trust.
• •Cost-Efficient Scalability: Secure, enterprise-grade encoding and encryption processes deliver cost-effective, scalable infrastructure.

Getting started with Veridian

Veridian offers the flexibility of independent deployment, enabling users to implement infrastructure for their specific needs. This architecture delivers reliable and scalable identity services, prioritizing data privacy. These features ensure individuals can maintain complete control over their identity from their mobile devices. Additionally, secure peer-to-peer communication channels strengthened with public-key authenticated encryption provide unparalleled data security and authenticity.

Veridian Sandboxes also provide a secure, containerized testing environment, hosted on-premises in Switzerland. Developers and enterprise teams can leverage these sandboxes to experiment with Veridian Wallet, infrastructure, and services, encompassing cloud agents, credential management, and verification tooling. This facilitates verifiable identity integration into business workflows, demonstrating a clear development-to-production pathway. To get started, download Veridian Wallet from the App Store or Google Play and explore our documentation, GitHub repositories, and FAQs.

Interested in piloting Veridian? Contact our team at info@veridian.id for access to our secure testing environment and integration support.