About Passport Alliance

Building the foundation for trustworthy AI agent identity.

Our Mission

The Passport Alliance is dedicated to creating and maintaining open standards for AI agent identity, authorization, and accountability. We believe that as autonomous agents become more prevalent in enterprise and public-sector operations, there must be a standardized framework for establishing trust.

Our work is driven by the recognition that current identity standards were designed for human users. AI agents require a different approach—one that addresses the unique challenges of machine-to-machine interaction, delegation, and automated decision-making.

Stewardship

Passport Alliance was created by Cory Gibson, Founder, CEO, and CTO of AetherPro Technologies.

Cory created Passport as a Keycloak fork and introduced the Legal-Based Access Control (LBAC) framework as part of the broader APIS vision. The project is now open to community contributors and future issuers.

What We Do

Develop Open Standards

Create and maintain the APIS specification—an open, royalty-free standard for agent identity and authorization that anyone can implement.

Provide Reference Implementation

Develop and maintain Passport, an open-source implementation demonstrating how to build systems conforming to APIS.

Build Ecosystem

Foster an ecosystem of issuers, developers, and verifiers working together to establish agent identity as critical infrastructure.

Govern Responsibly

Maintain transparent governance that ensures the standard remains open, secure, and responsive to stakeholder needs.

Positioning

The Passport Alliance operates at the intersection of standards bodies and infrastructure providers. We are:

  • Standards-focused: We develop open specifications, not proprietary products
  • Implementation-agnostic: Any organization can build APIS-compatible systems
  • Community-driven: Our governance includes diverse stakeholder representation
  • Security-conscious: We prioritize security and privacy in every design decision

Roadmap

The Passport Alliance is in early stages. Our current focus:

Phase 1: Foundation

Core specification development and reference implementation

Current

Phase 2: Ecosystem Growth

Issuer onboarding, SDK development, and documentation

Phase 3: Production Ready

Security audits, compliance frameworks, and interoperability testing

Phase 4: Industry Adoption

Broad deployment across enterprise and public-sector use cases