The case for BBFA's creation is based on the following:
- Business is becoming more collaborative and international
- Legal, regulatory and commercial requirements for accountability and information protection in regulated industries are increasing
- Information protection requires access control
- Access control requires identity, authentication and authorisation, which are the basis of trust
- Trust across multiple organisations requires federationBBFA, with a Steering Group of major companies, will provide:
- Organisations have to be considered trustworthy to trust each other
- Organisations need a common language of business to understand each other
- Federation requires collaborative governance and agreed Common Policy
- US and European federation bodies are pressing ahead and setting federation standards, leveraging national ID activities
- UK needs a governance body for federated trust for UK industry. BBFA is that body.
- Leadership for federation in UK for supply chains in regulated industries
- A single voice to Government
- UK industry representation internationally
BBFA has business cases for each sector, including shared benefits that result from collaboration, and internal benefits to become more competitive and efficient.
- Aerospace, defence and police
- Pharmaceuticals and health
- Telecommunications and IT
- Finance
- Legal
- Energy
