What is a Trust Framework?
A Trust Framework is an agreed set of rules, standards, processes and behaviours that allow participating organisations to trust each other so they can safely share data and services.
The rules cover:
- Who is allowed to participate in the ecosystem
- What data are they allowed to access, and in what circumstances
- What data and API standards apply
The technology provides a means to:
- Proving participant identity
- Discovering the APIs
- Authorising API calls
- Revoking or suspending participation if something goes wrong
In simple terms:
A Trust Framework creates ecosystem rules to ensure data access is straightforward, secure, authorised and appropriate. T…
What is a Trust Framework?
A Trust Framework is an agreed set of rules, standards, processes and behaviours that allow participating organisations to trust each other so they can safely share data and services.
The rules cover:
- Who is allowed to participate in the ecosystem
- What data are they allowed to access, and in what circumstances
- What data and API standards apply
The technology provides a means to:
- Proving participant identity
- Discovering the APIs
- Authorising API calls
- Revoking or suspending participation if something goes wrong
In simple terms:
A Trust Framework creates ecosystem rules to ensure data access is straightforward, secure, authorised and appropriate. Trust Framework Technology implements this and provides technical certainty the rules have been applied.
The Core Components of Trust Framework Technology
1. Governance & Accreditation
Rules, processes and oversight defining who can join and what obligations they must meet.
2. Identity & Registration
A way for each participant to prove who they are, using validated organisational information.
3. Certificates & Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Digital certificates and public keys allow participants to securely authenticate each other and authorise data exchange.
4. Live Directory of Accredited Participants
A searchable centralised directory of participants, their permissions and details of where and how to call their published APIs. This centralised trust enables decentralised sharing of data directly between participants.
5. API Discovery & Metadata
Participants publish the APIs they offer – and discover others – with the conditions for successful connection (role, consent) detailed in the metadata.
6. Monitoring, Revocation & Compliance
Ongoing assurance that participants continue meeting the rules, with real-time ability to remove or temporarily suspend a participant if a risk emerges.
Together, these elements form a digital trust ecosystem capable of supporting data sharing at scale – safely, consistently and transparently.
