Certification Program

Entities can demonstrate their ecosystem leadership by becoming PCTF certified and can leverage the DIACC PCTF conformity assessment program designed around ISO/IEC 17065 based on third-party audits to validate the conformity of PCTF criteria and independent review of the audit findings.

By offering a third-party, impartial, and competent assessment, DIACC’s certification adds value to the Canadian community and digital economy by enhancing confidence and trust in services and solutions.

If you are interested in getting certified, please contact us at voila@diacc.ca. Our team will contact you to organize a pre-engagement meeting to walk you through the next steps, timeframe, costs, and how to submit a formal application.

 

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DIACC Certification Builds Trust

DIACC’s certification provides certainty to the market, facilitating trusted digital interactions and transactions. It signals market leadership by recognizing secure, accessible, interoperable services that meet international standards and regulations, ensuring that digital identity checks are consistent, standardized, and inclusive.

For Relying Parties, Consumers & Users

  • Provides more confidence that the service will perform as expected.

  • Improves the user experience. 

  • Assures the implementation of PCTF specified requirements. 

  • More control over personal data.

  • More protection from fraud. 

  • Contributes to the safety and soundness of financial transactions.

For Service Operators

  • Brand Differentiation; More Visibility and Market Leadership.

  • More business opportunities and new revenue streams. 

  • Reduces costs, time, and effort.

  • Mitigates risks of data breaches, identity fraud, and misuse.

  • Shows that the operator is committed to creating trustworthy services that protect people’s data. 

  • Expand the scope of the service by allowing to share digital identities and attributes with other organizations from various countries, industries, and sectors.

  • Provides formal recognition of compliance while enabling organizations to leverage the benefits of participating in the secure and interoperable digital identity ecosystem.

The Certification Journey

Core documents

If you are interested in getting certified, please contact us at voila@diacc.ca. Our team will contact you to organize a pre-engagement meeting to walk you through the next steps, timeframe, costs, and how to submit a formal application.

The DIACC handling of complaints process related to certification activities is available here

DIACC Auditors

The DIACC Auditors have been accredited following a rigorous selection process based on ISO/IEC 17020 requirements, ensuring they meet the required skills, experience competencies, and qualifications to conduct audits against the PCTF.

The accredited auditors include:

Recognized Readiness Advisors

An interested party can contract with a Recognized Readiness Advisor to prepare for certification. Due to a conflict of interest, an applicant cannot use the same entity to perform readiness and certification audits.

Independent Review Committee 

The Independent Review Committee (IRC) comprises volunteer industry professionals with international identity, auditing, compliance, and information security expertise. 

Subject to impartiality, confidentiality, and conflict of interest policies, the IRC conducts a quality review of the audit findings reported by the DIACC accredited auditor.  The IRC Charter is available here