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The Pan Canadian Trust Framework This framework is the next major step after the 2016 publication of the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework Overview by the Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) "The Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada (TBS) and Shared Services Canada (SSC) are seeking a standardized method to issue and rapidly verify portable digital credentials across many different contexts, thereby reducing human judgement error, increasing efficiency and ensuring digital credential veracity using cryptography." /government/canada/pctf/ https://decentralized-id.com/government/canada/pctf/
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The Framework

  • Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (“PCTF”)
    • Trust Registries 2023-03-28 Draft Recommendation V1.0 - Defines criteria, requirements, and guidelines regarding Trust Registries.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria, requirements, and guidelines regarding Trust Registries governance, operations, and registration and certification management.

    • Digital Wallet 2023-04-25 Final Recommendation V1.0 - Defines criteria, requirements, and guidelines regarding digital wallets.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria that will be used to create well-designed, privacy enhancing digital wallets.

    • Assurance Maturity Model 2021-06-28 Draft Recommendation V1.0 - Provides guidance regarding how to use PCTF conformance criteria in order to properly classify Levels of Assurance.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for an Assurance Maturity Model to provide guidance regarding the use of PCTF conformance criteria in order to classify, compare, and align different Levels of Assurance schemes.

    • Glossary 2020-03-10 Final Recommendation V1.0 - A list of terms identified in the PCTF.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a common set of definitions to be used to communicate with regard to identity and access management.

    • Infrastructure 2023-04-25 Final Recommendation V1.2 - Defines criteria, requirements, and guidelines regarding the trustworthiness of IT infrastructure.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria, requirements, and guidelines regarding the trustworthiness of IT infrastructure.

    • Credentials 2020-06-01 Final Recommendation V1.0 - Defines criteria related to the creation, issuance, and management of credentials existing in digital form.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria related to the creation, issuance, and management of credentials existing in digital form.

    • Verified Organization 2020-02-17 Final Recommendation V1.0 - Defines criteria that allow organizations to exchange trustworthy information about themselves or others (individuals or organizations) with external parties.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria that allow organizations to exchange trustworthy information about themselves or others (individuals or organizations) with external parties.

    • Verified Person 2022-03-31 Final Recommendation V1.2 - Defines criteria used to establish that a natural person is real, unique and identifiable.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria that will be used to establish that a natural person is real, unique and identifiable.

    • Privacy 2022-03-31 Final Recommendation V1.2 - Defines criteria concerned with the handling of personal data for digital identity purposes.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria concerned with the handling of personal data for digital identity purposes.

    • Authentication 2019-05-15 Final Recommendation V1.0 - Defines criteria used to enable access to digital systems.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria that will be used to enable access to digital systems.

    • Notice Comment 2019-04-03 Final Recommendation V1.0 - Defines criteria used to formulate a statement about the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, and to obtain a consent decision on that statement from a person authorized to do so.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a set of criteria used to formulate a statement about the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, and to obtain a consent decision on that statement from a person authorized to do so.

    • Model 2019-02-13 Final Recommendation V1.0 - A high-level model of PCTF related contextual information, goals, and objectives.

      Stakeholders have identified the need for a high-level model to organize the Canadian Digital Identity Ecosystem.

    • Overview 2016-08-01 Final - Sets out the vision and value proposition for the PCTF.

      Canadian citizens and consumers, i.e. end users, are the beneficiaries of trust that will be achieved through service standardization and accountability to the PCTF.

Background

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  • PCTF overview 2016-08

    Toronto, August 11, 2016 Today the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) releases the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF) Overview, (English/French) a collaborative approach to developing a Pan-Canadian Trust Framework. The PCTF enableS Canadas full and secure participation in the global digital economy through economic sector innovation and the enablement of modernized digital service delivery. The PCTF supports open government principles.