Each year Secure Technology Alliance members bring their expertise to the industry councils to collaborate to solve industry challenges and provide thought leadership in the payments, identity and access markets.

Driven by critical industry issues, council members collaborated this year to complete 30 projects covering a wide array of identity authentication and payments technologies and new approaches to secure identity and payments ecosystems.  And work hasn’t paused – councils currently have over 20 projects underway for completion in 2020 with a number of activities tackling new markets.

Strong member engagement enables the Alliance councils to create market-leading deliverables that help to move markets forward with implementing secure solutions.  Over 76% of Alliance member organizations participate in at least one council, with many also active in the U.S. Payments Forum.

Making sure that Alliance guidance reaches beyond our members to relying parties in all industries is critical for all of our councils.  This past year has had increased focus on outreach – through public webinars, workshops and events that feature council-developed educational resources and highlight our contributing members.

The Alliance encourages all members to join one or more of the industry councils.  Not only do the councils deliver resources and recommendations that help to grow the industry, they also highlight member expertise and provide opportunities for members to form new partnerships and grow their business.

The conferences and events produced by the Secure Technology Alliance are specifically tailored to cover every vertical market. These meetings also allow our collective industry knowledge and technology expertise to extend beyond the edges of the organization. Our conferences are always infused with fresh new insights from industry leaders. Industry councils also meet in person at these events, allowing for valuable one-on-one interaction and group collaboration.

Alliance events consistently offer an atmosphere of professionalism and congeniality. That freedom allows an open exchange of ideas and thoughts from colleagues on the latest information on new technologies. Broad audiences, eager to learn, share new industry initiatives, applications and technology advances. Many attendees enjoy dual roles, presenting or moderating panels in the morning, to being audience members in the afternoon, absorbing the lively exchange of ideas.