We are dedicated to providing our customers with a well-thought-out, capable, and reliable server for single sign-on, identity provisioning, and API security. Our solution incorporates the latest standards, including OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and JWT.
What do we value and believe in?
Deep, meaningful work: It leads to exceptional and fulfilling results for both our team and our customers.
Building strong relationships: Early on, we recognised that cultivating customer and community relationships isn’t just good for business—it inspires innovative product development, bringing even greater satisfaction to everyone involved.
Curiosity and innovation: We stay ahead by exploring new developments that truly matter, for both us and our customers.
A calm engineering culture: It not only fosters a dependable, stress-free work environment, but also results in a product that reflects those same qualities—dependable and stress-free.
Connect2id is an independent, privately owned technology company that has grown organically, serving clients across Europe, America, and Asia.
Founded in 2010 as Nimbus Directory Services (NimbusDS.com), the company initially offered software and consulting to SaaS providers for user onboarding from enterprise directories. In 2011, the focus shifted to OpenID Connect, a new identity protocol that became an industry standard in February 2014. That same month, Connect2id Server 1.0 was launched, marking the company’s rebranding under its current name.
Today, Connect2id delivers identity software to customers across a range of industries, including fintech, media, advertising, retail, gaming, healthcare, government, as well as identity scheme providers and developers of web and mobile applications.
Connect2id is headquartered in Bulgaria, a growing technology hub within the EU and the home country of Connect2id’s identity architect and managing director, Vladimir Dzhuvinov.
Released Json2Ldap, the world's first JSON-RPC web gateway for LDAP / Active Directory servers.
The API-driven Connect2id server debuts in the same month when OpenID Connect becomes an official identity standard.
First large scale global Connect2id server deployment servicing more than 1 million identities.
First deployments providing identity services in health care and government applications.
Launched the hosted and fully managed Connect2id server, available in 16 regions around the world.
Connect2id server deployments for fintech applications based on PSD2 / Open Banking.
Release of the multi-tenant Connect2id server edition.
First provider implementation of the new OpenID Connect profile for Identity Assurance / eKYC.
First enterprise server capable of participating in OpenID Federation 1.0 topologies.
eID deployments to serve national schemes in Europe
There are no significant identity or security protocols outside the realm of open standards — and it’s not just about ensuring interoperability. The collective expertise, scrutiny, and dedication of a committed and diverse community are hard to surpass, even for large IT companies with abundant resources.
The same principle applies to core security software, such as the Nimbus JOSE+JWT toolkit, which Connect2id maintains with invaluable developer and researcher contributions.
Connect2id is a corporate member of the OpenID Foundation (OIDF), where we initially joined to contribute to the development of OpenID Connect. Today, we continue to participate in the development of various extensions as well as brand new standards, such as OpenID Federation due to its outsize potential as a paradigm for establishing trust at Internet scale.
Groups at the OIDF and the IETF where Connect2id is participating:
AB/Connect
OpenID Federation (part of AB/Connect)
eKYC and Identity Assurance
Financial API
OAuth
Security Events
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