Digital identity and credentials are critical tools to address growing fraud and privacy risks, and to improve convenience and productivity for people and businesses. However, getting started with digital credentials can feel daunting at the best of times.
Whether your organization is embarking on a digital credential journey, or you’re new to a digital credential or digital trust team and need to accelerate your learning curve, we have you covered.
DTLab has two courses:
- Digital Credentials 101: Fundamentals
- Digital Credentials 102: Introduction to Implementation
These courses are designed to cater to varying levels of expertise and interest in digital credentials. They can be pursued individually or combined for a comprehensive learning experience, providing foundational knowledge and implementation insights into the digital credentials domain.
From executives who need high-level knowledge, to lead implementers who must stay up-to-date with the latest best practices, these courses aim to level-set the understanding and to expedite participants’ learning trajectory for digital identity and digital credentials.
Why take these courses?
- Understand digital identity and credentials at an introductory level
- Adopt a common language and terminology as with fellow participants
- Be able to think critically about digital identity and credential programs and solutions
Digital Credentials 101 – Fundamentals |
Digital Credentials 102 – Introduction to Implementation |
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Half-Day 1: Units 1 to 3 See Course Outlines and Recommended Participants for more details. |
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4 Half-Days: Units 6 to 9 See Course Outlines and Recommended Participants for more details. |
Who should take these courses?
- Digital Credentials 101 – Organizations, smaller teams or individuals looking for a high-level introduction to digital credentials should start with 101.
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- Private training sessions are available for teams.
- Digital Credentials 102 – Organizations, smaller teams or individuals that have preexisting knowledge of digital credentials and are looking to deepen their knowledge of implementation practices can jump straight to 102.
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- Private training sessions are available for teams.
- Please note, we require participants to complete a screening questionnaire to ensure this jump is right for you.
- Full Package – Teams of up to 15 can purchase a package combining both Digital Credentials 101 and 102. When teams purchase these courses together, they receive additional content in units 3, 4 & 5. Furthermore, an in-depth version of Next Steps is covered in Digital Credentials 102 – Unit 6.
Additional topics covered in Units 3 to 5 include:
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- The 4 lifecycle stages of an identity or credential
- The roles of the public, private and non-profit sectors in the digital credential ecosystem
- The importance of good digital identity and credentials (ethics and principles)
- The way different identity models enable or limit the privacy of individuals.
- Understand how to achieve different levels of assurance
- Recognize appropriate scenarios for levels of assurance application.
Contact us to book your team training
All courses are available in French and English. We offer at least two cohorts per year in both official languages.
Pair with a use-case roadmap or gap assessment!
Digital Credentials 101 and a Use-Case Roadmap
We help you identify one credential that you can start issuing or verifying and will work with you to outline a roadmap on how to get started.
Use-case roadmaps include:
- A short questionnaire
- One 90-minute workshop
- A roadmap report detailing the credential use case, how it supports your business and precise next steps to begin issuing or verifying that credential.
- Add the use-case roadmap when you register for Digital Credentials 101.
Add a Use-Case and Roadmap when you register for Digital Credentials 101
Digital Credential Full Package (101 and 102) and a Gap Assessment
An extensive questionnaire
- Two (2) 90-minute workshops
- A detailed assessment of your organization’s capabilities, gaps and recommended next steps across the following areas:
- Your vision, business drivers, and key stakeholders involved in your digital credential journey
- Technology readiness
- Existing processes for issuance and/or verification of important documents (would be credentials)
- Team composition and capacity
- Support infrastructure
- Privacy and Consent
- Governance, oversight and legal frameworks
- Infrastructure and security
