2025: A Year in Review

January

‘The UK Now Has Digital ID Cards, in All but Name’

The year opened with a characteristically ‘British’ approach to identity: no overt national ID card, but a de facto digital identity system constructed from government platforms, KYC schemes and emerging mobile credentials.

The article argued that GOV.UK services, sectoral eID mechanisms and plans for mobile driving licences together delivered ID-card-like functionality without a single physical token. It set the tone for 2025: identity was moving from standalone documents to ecosystems and platforms, with governance and architecture as important as the physical card.

February

‘Survey Reveals Lack of Clear Regulations and Standards for PQC Adoption’