# IDRamp


* [Lessons From the School of Cyber Hard Knocks Podcast](https://idramp.com/school-of-cyber-hard-knocks-podcast-mike-vesey-pink-locker-rooms/) IDRamp

  > Passwords and zero-trust and pink locker rooms, oh my! In this episode, Mike discusses IdRamp, what self-sovereign identity is, why we still have passwords today, zero-trust, what the near future holds, pink locker rooms!, his path to IdRamp, and as always, his toughest lesson learned.
* [IdRamp CEO Mike Vesey: Pink Locker Rooms](https://idramp.com/school-of-cyber-hard-knocks-podcast-mike-vesey-pink-locker-rooms/) School of Cyber Hard Knocks
  > Passwords and zero-trust and pink locker rooms, oh my! In this episode, Mike discusses IdRamp, what self-sovereign identity is, why we still have passwords today, zero-trust, what the near future holds, pink locker rooms!, his path to IdRamp, and as always, his toughest lesson learned.
* [IdRamp partners with the Lifelong Learner Project to win the ACE Blockchain Innovation Challenge](https://idramp.com/idramp-partners-with-the-lifelong-learner-project-to-win-the-ace-blockchain-innovation-challenge/)
  > Lifelong Learner Project is proud to announce its selection as a recipient of the first phase of the Blockchain Innovation Challenge, a competition funded by the U.S. Department of Education to identify ways in which blockchain technology can provide social mobility and equitable access to economic opportunity.
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  > Companies involved include, RANDA Solutions, ETS, Digital Promise, University Instructors, The Utah State BOE, BlockFrame Inc. IdRamp, Evernym, Velocity Career Network, Fluree, Crocus, IMS Global Learning Consortium, Credential Engine.
* [Trust Stamp and IdRamp Team Up for New Identity Platform](https://findbiometrics.com/trust-stamp-idramp-team-up-new-identity-platform-051901/) FindBiometrics
  > a new multi-factor authentication platform that combines Trust Stamp’s [selfie-based Biometric MFA solution](https://mobileidworld.com/trust-stamp-replaces-otps-with-new-biometric-mfa-solution-042906/) with IdRamp’s no-code authentication infrastructure.
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  > The joint offering will make it easier for organizations to provide a more consistent authentication experience across all of their systems.
* [Orchestrate your identity management strategy](https://idramp.com/orchestrate-your-identity-management-strategy/) IDRamp
  > It’s time to stop buying expensive bridges to Failureland. It’s time to shift our perspective on identity management away from what clearly doesn’t work and won’t work and instead, employ technologies that make the systems we have work better. It is time to focus on the technologies that simplify identity management, can be easily integrated, and provide a path to evolution at a pace and cost that meet business and government needs.
* [Zero Trust & Decentralized Identity Podcast](https://idramp.com/zero-trust-decentralized-identity-podcast/) IDRamp
  > They explore low-code/no-code orchestration services, what to consider when making long-term complex identity decisions, and what the US is doing to protect Americans from sophisticated cyber threats after the White House issued Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.
New Companies we aren’t sure about:
* [Press Release](https://idramp.com/trust-stamp-partners-with-idramp-to-transform-multi-factor-biometric-authentication/) IDRamp & IDRamp
  > Trust Stamp (Nasdaq: IDAI, Euronext Growth: AIID ID), the Privacy-First Identity CompanyTM providing AI-powered trust and identity services used globally across multiple sectors, announces a partnership with IdRamp, a leader in decentralized identity orchestration products and services. Together, they will launch an innovative biometric multi-factor authentication (“MFA”) offering that can be augmented with a range of leading access management, social sign-on, and bring-your-own identity services, all through IdRamp’s no-code platform.
* [Passwordless Credential Orchestration Manager is Now Available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace](https://idramp.com/idramp-passwordless-credential-orchestration-manager-is-now-available-in-the-oracle-cloud-marketplace/) idRamp
  > This new service offers password elimination, identity proofing, and orchestration capabilities for any Oracle ecosystem.
* [IdRamp Identity Solutions – Reality 2.0 Podcast](https://idramp.com/idramp-and-identity-solutions-reality-2-0-podcast/)

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Mike Vesey, CEO of IdRamp, about verifiable credentials, decentralization, and real-world identity solutions.
* [IdRamp and QiqoChat Announce Verifiable Credentials for Online Collaboration](https://talkcmo.com/news/idramp-and-qiqochat-announce-verifiable-credentials-for-online-collaboration/)

QiqoChat has really stepped up in this time of need to provide an incredible online event user-experience, enabling a re-creation of the IIW experience throughout our Covid travel restrictions. This week they announced the launch of a Verifiable Credentials integration with the QiqoChat platform.

> The community of professionals working on data privacy & consumer protection has been an early adopter of QiqoChat. During regional and global conferences, they have used the platform to share ideas and deliberate about the future of user-centric identity. Through these conferences, we’ve learned how solutions like IdRamp can be tremendously empowering for Internet users.
* [IdRamp Joins Linux Foundation Public Health Cardea Project Steering Committee](https://idramp.com/idramp-joins-linux-foundation-public-health-cardea-project-steering-committee/)

The Cardea and GCCN projects are both excellent examples of breakthrough innovations that can take shape when companies and projects come together to solve real-world problems, using open source tools available to everyone
* [21 Industry leaders from five continents join Indicio Network consortium to drive global adoption of decentralized identity](https://indicio.tech/blog/21-industry-leaders-from-five-continents-join-indicio-network-consortium-to-drive-global-adoption-of-decentralized-identity/)

* [GlobaliD](https://global.id/), USA; [Uphold](https://uphold.com/), Portugal; [ID Ramp](https://idramp.com/), USA; [Cynjatech](https://www.cynja.com/), USA; [Finclusive](https://finclusive.com/), USA; [Xertify](https://xertify.co/), Colombia; [Snowbridge Inc.](https://www.snowbridge.se/), Taiwan; Entrustient, USA; [Bot Ventures, Inc](https://botventures.io/)., Canada; [BlockSpaces](https://blockspaces.io/), USA; [Blockster Labs](https://blockster.global/), [Anonyome Labs](https://anonyome.com/), Australia; [Selfd.id](https://selfd.id/), Romania; [Liquid Avatar Technologies](https://liquidavatar.com/), Canada; [Snapper Future Tech](https://snapperfuturetech.com/), India; [Lorica Identity](https://loricaidentity.com/), USA; [BizSecure](https://bizsecure.com/), USA; [Networks Synergy](https://www.synergy.kz/), Kazakhstan; Absolutely Zero Cyber, USA; [Cysecure](https://cysecure.us/), USA; [VERSES Labs](https://www.verses.io/), USA
* [Hyperledger Forum Recap – Identity Proofing, and Passwordless User-friendly Digital Identity](https://idramp.com/hyperledger-forum-recap-identity-proofing-and-passwordless-user-friendly-digital-identity/)

IdRamp presented with Oracle at [Hyperledger Global Forum](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/hyperledger-global-forum/) June 2021. The event focused on enterprise use of blockchain technologies using the 15 projects that fall under the Hyperledger “greenhouse”. Keynotes and speakers shared their insights on the current state of enterprise blockchain adoption across several hot topics including central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), non fungible tokens (NFTs), and most importantly– identity.