Submitted
2020 Mission Billion Challenge: Global Prize

Irreversibly Transformed Identity Tokens

Team Leader
Lesley-Ann Vaughan
Solution Overview
Solution Name:
Irreversibly Transformed Identity Tokens
One-line solution summary:
Creating privacy enhancing, irreversible identity tokens from data that would otherwise pose significant security and compliance risks.
Pitch your solution.

Biometric systems have gained traction as the future of global identity. 

Biometrics is one of the few feasible options for de-duplicating attempted enrolments in an identity system.  It is most easily accomplished by retaining each registered person’s biometric template and then comparing each new enrolment against the register.  

The privacy penalty and security risks are great: if your biometrics are compromised, they cannot be trusted for the remainder of your life.  Data Protection Authorities have taken an increasingly cautious approach to all Privacy Enhancing Technologies including encryption, hashing, de-identification and pseudonymisation.

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The IT2 is irreversible, and identity is verified using our probabilistic zero knowledge proof AI.  Unlike credit card tokenisation, the IT2 are not de-tokenised for normal usage, the original template need never appear again in plain text.

By rendering it safe to use, store, and share, IT2 unlocks the potential of a biometric powered digital identity without compromising privacy. 

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What specific problem are you solving?

Access to markets & services that are vital to participate in the modern economy require some form of digital verification or identity. However, for 1.1 billion without any form of viable identification, this is a significant barrier.

The problem has been exacerbated by COVID-19 - the need to support the informal sector swiftly and yet not open up systems for fraud creates a demand for inclusive ID systems that can uniquely identify individuals across multiple databases.

Many believe that biometrics are the answer.  And we believe this to be true, but there is a danger.  If your password is stolen, you can always change it. Biometrics are the password that you can never change. 

With over 7 thousand breaches disclosed and over 15b personal records exposed globally in 2019 alone, traditional identity verification tools are no longer secure. These breaches have compromised username and passwords, and knowledge-based questions authentication programs.

Compromised identities not only erode trust between consumers and enterprises, they have a significant financial impact.  In 2019 alone, identity fraud resulted in losses of over $16B. More concerning, 85-95% of synthetic identity fraud goes undetected.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Trust Stamp has a vision of a future where an inclusive privacy enhancing digital identity powered by biometrics unlocks a suite of community services, from health services, to school, to savings, to farming micro-insurance, to loans and micro-entrepreneur support, without the need for phone ownership of the entire population.  

We work with last mile innovators (from NGOs to social enterprises to governments), to deliver identity solutions via touchless biometrics, for anyone, anywhere, online and offline.  

The technology has been deployed in the humanitarian sector alongside Mastercard, where the reality is a lack of mobile phone ownership, a lack of unique identification, an off-grid community who have had minimal education protecting PINs, and the need to manage risk of fraudulent cash disbursement is high.

It has also been deployed with social innovators:  Shujaaz  is East Africa’s biggest youth brand. It engages daily WITH 56% of young Kenyans and 24% of young Tanzanians.  Their mission is to connect young people with the information, skills, and resources they need to take control of their future. Digital identity is at the centre of their vision to support this community to find opportunity and work, which will be the biggest challenge of our post-COVID world.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?
  • How can countries ensure that everyone—especially vulnerable and marginalized groups—are able to apply/register for an ID in a way that protects people’s health, data, and the integrity of the ID system?
Explain how the problem, your solution, and your solution’s target population relate to the Mission Billion Challenge Global Prize and your selected dimension.

Using the IT2 Token is a robust way to create privacy-enhancing inclusive identity verification, deduplication and 1:many matching capabilities for the last mile ecosystem, in a touchless biometrically enabled infrastructure that has a vision to be interoperable, work offline in remote communities, and built ground up to protect biometric data in that environment from abuse.

The IT2 foundationally enables shared devices and community digital ambassadors to simply bring online services back to the local context securely and with integrity - “beyond digital”:  facilitating inclusive service design & community level innovation to create the right impact in these uncertain times. 

Where is your solution team headquartered?
Atlanta, GA, USA
What is your solution’s stage of development?
  • Growth: An individual or organization with an established product, service or model rolled out, which is poised for further growth in multiple locations.
Who is the primary delegate for your solution?
Emma Lindley, Chief Commercial Officer
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About Your Team
Your Business Model & Funding
Partnership & Prize Funding Opportunities
Solution Team:
Lesley-Ann Vaughan
Lesley-Ann Vaughan
Solutions Director
Nisha Naik
Nisha Naik
Communications Director
Emma Lindley
Emma Lindley
CCO Truststamp / MD AiiD