Digital Iceland newsletter August 2025

September was an eventful month. The highlight was the Ísland.is community's harvest festival at the Connecting the State conference on September 18. Seven institutions received recognition for their digital steps at the event: The Labour Inspectorate, the Centre for Educational and School Services, the Directorate of Health, the Directorate of Immigration, the Icelandic Police, the University of Iceland, and Registers Iceland. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to them on their success!

We also thank our other colleagues at Digital Iceland from various public entities who have now taken over 370 digital steps by implementing the core solutions of Ísland.is: Digital Mailbox, Login Service, Ísland.is Application System, My Pages, a website on Ísland.is, the chatbot Askur, Service Desk, the Ísland.is app, and Straumurinn.

Great attendance at Connecting the State 2025

The theme of the conference was security and digital leadership in uncertain times. The Minister for Foreign Affairs gave the opening speech to a full house, with over 400 people participating this year.

Read about the conference.

Successful visit to Singapore

Birna Íris Jónsdóttir, CEO of Digital Iceland, recently participated in the Digital Gov Exchange (DGX) in Singapore.

Read the news.

Changes to Authentication System to increase security

Institutions that have implemented the Ísland.is Login Service must now specifically choose to enable single sign-on (SSO) if they wish to do so. This change is being made to ensure increased user security.

Read about the change.

Releases

Read about the main changes and new features related to core services and specific projects.

Read release notes.