Lockstep is dedicated to strategic research, analysis and advice in digital identity and privacy. Lockstep Consulting helps organisations come to grips with emerging identity technologies (especially public key infrastructure and smartcards), by developing strategy, policy and best practice. Lockstep Technologies conducts a self-funded R&D program in digital identity and privacy protection, and has made several award-winning breakthroughs applying smart authentication technologies to address Card Not Present fraud, medical records confidentiality, age proofing and e-voting.

Lockstep was founded in 2004 by Stephen Wilson, an international authority on digital identity and authentication. Stephen has helped organisations throughout the Asia Pacific, with advice and management consulting in security strategy, architecture, privacy, risk management, Privacy Impact Assessment, governance, public policy, and technology selection. He is a widely respected writer and commentator on all issues relating to digital identity. His career spans 25 years in IT, software engineering and R&D management, in both Australia and the USA, with 17 years dedicated to digital identity.