White House Urged to Lead Fraud Fight With Digital Identity Push

Advocates of digital identity solutions are urging the White House to ramp up efforts toward adopting virtual forms of paper- and plastic-based credentials like driver’s licenses as a way to combat cybercrime.

Digitized driver’s licenses “may be the single best way” to equip Americans with a tool to protect themselves from identity thieves who rely on stolen personal information, groups including the American Bankers Association, TechNet, and the Better Identity Coalition wrote in a Monday letter to two Biden administration officials focused on cyber policy.

The letter calls for a new White House task force focused on digital credentials. White ...