Methods, systems, and apparatus for credential format and protocol management

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
• receive, from a user device associated with a user, a request to access a service associated with a first protocol;
• receive a virtual credential of the user authorized by an authorizing entity, the virtual credential compliant with a second protocol different than the first protocol;
• verify that the virtual credential is authorized by the authorizing entity;
• receive a representation of at least one attribute associated with the user and used by the first protocol but not included in the virtual credential;
• verify that the at least one attribute is valid;
• sign the at least one attribute with a private key to generate at least one signed attribute;
• transform the virtual credential to generate a transformed virtual credential compliant with the first protocol;
• and
• send the transformed virtual credential and the at least one signed attribute to the service.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the instructions comprising code to cause the processor to:

• receive, via a first compute device, a first set of data indicating a context of a second compute device associated with a user;
• receive, via the first compute device, a virtual credential associated with the user and that is compliant with a second protocol different than a first protocol;
• predict, via the first compute device, that the user is going to request access to a secured resource based on the first set of data and a second set of data indicating at least one previous resource access associated with at least one of the user or another user;
• determine, via the first compute device and in response to predicting that the user is going to request access to the secured resource, that access to the secured resource involves verification using the first protocol;
• transform, via the first compute device and in response to predicting that the user is going to request access to the secured resource, the virtual credential to generate a transformed virtual credential compliant with the first protocol;
• and
• receive, via the first compute device, from the second compute device, after transforming the virtual credential to generate the transformed virtual credential, and after predicting that the user is going to request access to the secured resource, a request to access the secured resource.