What are Verifiable Credentials?
Verifiable Credentials are digitally signed claims that let an issuer assert something about a person, organisation, or device, and let a verifier confirm it without direct integration to the issuer. They’re designed to be portable, privacy‑preserving, and interoperable across organisations.
Verifiable Credentials are the most common way organisations describe trusted digital credentials. They provide a standards-based way to issue, hold, and verify claims across organisations, platforms, and ecosystems.
Verifiable Credentials also play a growing role in access management — enabling step‑up checks, partner access, and just‑in‑time access without hard‑wired integrations.
Ecosystem model
Verifiable Credentials ecosystems depend on a clean separation of roles. This preserves interoperability and lets organisations move at different speeds without breaking ecosystem coherence.
Adoption patterns that scale
The hardest problems are operational, not cryptographic: lifecycle management, revocation, assurance, and governance.
Standards, privacy, and trust
Open standards enable interoperability, but trust comes from governance and conformance. Selective disclosure and privacy-by-design require deliberate schema and verifier guidance — they don’t happen by default.
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Where UNIFY helps
UNIFY supports Verifiable Credentials adoption through ecosystem architecture, governance design, lifecycle strategy, and implementation support aligned to international standards and local assurance frameworks.
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