Oct 14, 2026, 3:44 PM

The Verifiable Credentials Working Group published a series of W3C Working Group Note Drafts for threat models. All identify and analyze security and privacy threats specific to their recommendation-track documents:
Recognized Entities Threat Model v1.0
Data Integrity Threat Model v1.1
Verifiable Credential Barcodes Threat Model v1.0
Verifiable Credentials Render Method Threat Model v1.0
VCALM Threat Model v1.0

See more at:
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/first-draft-notes-verifiable-credential-threat-models/
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a data flow diagram illustrating the key elements and data flows introduced by the Render Method specification. It shows within the Issuer System, the issuer runs the Publish Render Template and Update Render Template processes, which write to Render Template Storage. Within the Holder System and the Verifier System, the Render process retrieves a render template and produces a rendering that the holder or verifier observes.