MOSIP in UN DPI Safeguards: Secure, Inclusive Digital Infrastructure

Published Date : 7/19/2025 

The United Nations’ DPI Safeguards Initiative has released 259 recommendations for secure and inclusive digital public infrastructure (DPI). MOSIP, a modular open-source identity platform, highlights its robust testing and risk management practices to support these recommendations. 

The United Nations’ DPI Safeguards Initiative has released 259 recommendations designed to guide regulators, advocates, donors, technology providers, and governments in building DPI that are secure, inclusive, practical, and adaptable.

As DPI becomes central to everyday interactions, especially through national-scale platforms such as digital identity, foundational systems must perform reliably under complex real-world conditions. The initiative emphasizes that, much like a city’s plumbing, these digital systems derive their strength from stability, resilience, and unobtrusive reliability.

To achieve this, the UN calls for evidence-backed development, rigorous testing protocols, and proactive risk mitigation at every stage of the infrastructure lifecycle. To this end, MOSIP has highlighted how as a model it has been built to meet diverse government needs while prioritizing long-term sustainability, scalability, and security.

Effective quality assurance not only catches bugs early but also drives down costs and enhances user satisfaction by ensuring consistent performance across varied use cases over the long term. By running more than 25,000 test cases, including over 13,000 automated tests each day, MOSIP receives immediate feedback on any issues. Automation complements manual testing for complex scenarios, while security and performance assessments guard against vulnerabilities and ensure the platform can scale without interruption.

The platform’s testing regime extends to dedicated environments that replicate production conditions, configuration-based trials to validate flexibility, and critical “go/no-go” decision points before releases. Continuous analysis of test outcomes informs improvements and supports ongoing optimization.

Recognizing the global reach of DPI, MOSIP also conducts multilingual testing, mobile-device trials across diverse hardware and network settings, and persona-based evaluations that reflect the needs of children, rural residents, people with disabilities, system administrators, and frontline operators. Even “virtual country” simulations are used to ensure the system can adapt to different legal and cultural contexts without failure.

By spotlighting these practices alongside its comprehensive recommendations, the UN’s Safeguards Initiative aims to help DPI implementers worldwide deliver public infrastructure that truly works for people, enabling secure, inclusive, and reliable digital services at a national scale. MOSIP has the full blog post on its testing practices and proactive risk management available for further reading. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS): 

Q: What is the DPI Safeguards Initiative?

A: The DPI Safeguards Initiative is a United Nations program that has released 259 recommendations to guide the development of secure, inclusive, practical, and adaptable digital public infrastructure (DPI).

Q: What is MOSIP?

A: MOSIP is a Modular Open Source Identity Platform designed to meet diverse government needs while prioritizing long-term sustainability, scalability, and security. It is a key player in the DPI Safeguards Initiative.

Q: Why is rigorous testing important for DPI?

A: Rigorous testing is crucial for DPI to ensure reliability, security, and performance. It helps catch bugs early, drives down costs, and enhances user satisfaction by ensuring consistent performance across various use cases.

Q: What are some of MOSIP's testing practices?

A: MOSIP runs over 25,000 test cases daily, including automated tests, multilingual testing, mobile-device trials, and persona-based evaluations. They also use ‘virtual country’ simulations to ensure adaptability to different legal and cultural contexts.

Q: How does the UN’s Safeguards Initiative support DPI implementers?

A: The UN’s Safeguards Initiative provides comprehensive recommendations and best practices to help DPI implementers build secure, inclusive, and reliable digital public infrastructure that works for people at a national scale. 

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