Sehaci Joins the Secure Technology Alliance

We're excited to announce that Sehaci has officially joined the Secure Technology Alliance (STA), the digital security industry's premier association. This strategic partnership positions Sehaci to contribute actively to the rapidly evolving mobile driver's license (mDL) ecosystem while participating in the organization's influential Identity and Access Forum Jumpstart mDL Working Group and Committee.

As mobile identity verification transforms how we prove our identity in digital and physical environments, joining industry-leading organizations like STA becomes essential for companies committed to driving meaningful change in the digital identity landscape.

Why Industry Organizations Like STA Are Essential

The digital identity revolution isn't happening in isolation—it requires unprecedented collaboration across government agencies, technology providers, relying parties, and standards organizations. Industry associations like the Secure Technology Alliance serve as crucial catalysts that make this transformation possible.

Bridging Complex Ecosystems
Mobile driver's licenses operate within intricate ecosystems involving state DMVs, federal agencies like TSA, financial institutions, retailers, transportation services, and countless other relying parties. No single organization can navigate this complexity alone. STA provides the neutral ground where all stakeholders can collaborate on implementation challenges, share best practices, and develop standardized approaches that benefit the entire ecosystem.

Accelerating Standardization
The success of mobile driver's licenses depends heavily on adherence to international standards like ISO/IEC 18013-5 and ISO/IEC 18013-7. Industry organizations drive adoption of these standards by creating educational resources, facilitating testing events, and helping organizations understand implementation requirements. Without this coordinated effort, the mDL ecosystem would fragment into incompatible solutions.

Education and Market Development
STA's mission explicitly includes educating relying parties about mDL technology, security considerations, and implementation guidance. This educational role is crucial because many potential adopters—from retailers to financial institutions—need to understand both the technical capabilities and business benefits before committing to mDL acceptance.

What Makes the Secure Technology Alliance Special

Founded over 30 years ago, STA has established itself as the digital security industry's most trusted association, with a rich history of facilitating secure technology adoption across multiple sectors. The organization's approach to mobile driver's licenses exemplifies why industry collaboration matters.

Comprehensive mDL Initiative
STA launched a dedicated mDL initiative that brings together AAMVA, technology providers, security providers, testing and certification organizations, and relying parties including retailers, financial institutions, and government security agencies. This comprehensive approach ensures that all voices in the ecosystem are heard and all challenges are addressed.

Practical Resources and Tools
Beyond theoretical discussions, STA creates tangible resources that accelerate real-world adoption. The organization recently launched the industry's first mDL use case template, developed by the Identity and Access Forum's Jumpstart Committee. This template helps relying parties build business cases, capture operational requirements, and design customer interactions for mDL acceptance.

Testing and Interoperability Focus
STA coordinates interoperability testing events that are crucial for ensuring mDLs work seamlessly across different states, devices, and verification systems. These collaborative testing initiatives help identify and resolve technical challenges before they impact end users.

Why Participation Matters for mDL Success

For companies like Sehaci operating in the mobile identity verification space, active participation in organizations like STA provides multiple strategic advantages:

Influence Best Practices Development
By participating in working groups like the Jumpstart Committee, member companies help shape the use cases, implementation guidance, and best practices that will define how mDLs are deployed across industries. This influence is particularly valuable as the mDL market is still in its formation stages.

Access to Market Intelligence
STA provides members with market snapshots and insights into emerging trends, regulatory changes, and adoption patterns that are crucial for strategic decision-making. Understanding which use cases are gaining traction helps companies prioritize their development efforts.

Collaborative Problem-Solving
Many implementation challenges are common across the industry. STA's collaborative environment allows companies to share experiences, identify solutions, and avoid duplicating efforts.

Credibility and Trust
Association with respected industry organizations enhances credibility with potential customers and partners. STA was recently recognized by The Prism Project as an "Industry Catalyst" for championing digital identity integrity, highlighting its reputation as a trusted leader in the space.

Sehaci's Contribution to the Jumpstart mDL Working Group

Through active participation in STA's Jumpstart mDL working group, Sehaci will contribute its extensive knowledge and experience in remote verification implementations across various use cases. Our practical experience deploying mDL solutions provides valuable insights for developing industry best practices and use case guidance.

Sehaci will also actively participate in interoperability events, contributing to the collaborative testing initiatives that ensure mDLs work seamlessly across different platforms, devices, and verification systems. This hands-on involvement in testing and validation helps identify and resolve technical challenges that could impact widespread adoption.

The Road Ahead: Collaborative Innovation

The mobile driver's license market is at an inflection point. With more and more U.S. states already offering mDLs, the ecosystem is moving from pilot programs to mainstream adoption.

This transition requires the kind of coordinated industry effort that organizations like STA facilitate. By working together on standards, use cases, technical integration challenges, and market education, the industry can ensure that mDLs deliver on their promise of enhanced security, improved user experience, and streamlined identity verification.

Accelerating Relying Party Adoption
The Jumpstart Committee's focus on developing practical use cases and implementation guidance directly addresses one of the biggest barriers to mDL adoption: helping relying parties understand how to integrate mDL acceptance into their existing workflows.

Building Trust and Interoperability
As deepfakes and synthetic identities become more sophisticated, cryptographically verifiable credentials like mDLs provide a crucial defense against identity fraud. Industry collaboration ensures these security benefits are implemented consistently and effectively.

Creating Network Effects
The value of mDLs increases exponentially as more relying parties accept them and more states issue them. Industry organizations like STA help create the network effects that drive widespread adoption by connecting all ecosystem participants.

Looking Forward

Sehaci's membership in the Secure Technology Alliance represents more than just participation in industry activities—it reflects our commitment to collaborative innovation that benefits the entire digital identity ecosystem. Through active participation in the Jumpstart mDL working group, we look forward to contributing our expertise while learning from other industry leaders.

The future of identity verification is digital, secure, and user-controlled. By working together through organizations like STA, we can ensure that this future arrives more quickly and serves everyone better.

As we embark on this collaborative journey, we're excited to help accelerate the adoption of mobile driver's licenses while building the foundation for the next generation of digital identity solutions. The transformation is already underway—and by working together, we can ensure it succeeds.

Want to learn more about Sehaci's mobile driver's license solutions? Contact us to discuss how our comprehensive mDL platform can help your organization accept digital identity credentials securely and efficiently.

Interested in joining the mobile driver's license ecosystem? Visit mDLConnection.com for resources and information about getting involved in STA's collaborative initiatives.