Welcome to the IoTSF Device Identity Forum Working Group landing page
What is this group?
This is the Device Identity Forum. It was formed on May 15, 2025. This WG deals with device trust. Every device must reliably declare, “I am who I say I am,” and “I’m safe to connect.” Device identities—unique, hardware-rooted identifiers—provide this foundation, enabling a “chain of trust” that spans from silicon to cloud.
This WG exists to provide technical and marketing guidance to make device identities and and ubiquitous. The Forum meets approximately once a month online, and will produce a number of white papers (see below), as well as various other market guidance.
Key Information
Chair: Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works / email: [email protected]
Vice-Chair: Richard Seward, Device Authority
- The inaugural meeting of the group was held on May 15th, 2025 – see the press release
- The inaugural white paper can be found here: Building a System of Trust
Public Slides from previous meetings
- May 15 introduction: May15IntroductionDIF
Meeting Schedule
- Thursday 21st August: 0900 EDT, 1300 UTC, 1400 BST, 1500 CEST, 1830 IST
- Thursday 11th September: 0900 EDT, 1300 UTC, 1400 BST, 1500 CEST, 1830 IST
- Thursday 9th October: 0900 EDT, 1300 UTC, 1400 BST, 1500 CEST, 1830 IST
- Thursday 30th October: IoTSF annual conference
- Thursday 20th November: 0800 ET, 1300 UTC, 1300 GMT, 1400 CET, 1830 IST
There is a calendar you can subscribe to at: https://www.sandelman.ca/deviceidentityforum/dif.ics with your calendar program. Add the above to Google calendar
Status
The fourth meeting of the IoTSF Device Identity Forum will occur on Thursday 21st August (0900 EDT, 1300 UTC, 1400 BST, 1500 CEST, 1830 IST). Agenda to follow.
The zoom link is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82140066297?pwd=rqHBZatIRDSLVOPUkICasJ5N4mngeT.1
There is now a mailing list, you can subscribe by visiting: https://iotsfmm.org/postorius/lists/deviceid-wg.iotsfmm.org/