Pinto Decentralized Identity Explained

Embrace decentralization for a more secure and empowering digital experience
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80461-454-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

Looking forward to mastering digital identity? This book will help you get to grips with complete frameworks, tools, and strategies for safeguarding personal data, securing online transactions, and ensuring trust in digital interactions in today's cybersecurity landscape.
Decentralized Identity Explained delves into the evolution of digital identities, from their historical roots to the present landscape and future trajectories, exploring crucial concepts such as IAM, the significance of trust anchors and sources of truth, and emerging trends such as SSI and DIDs. Additionally, you'll gain insights into the intricate relationships between trust and risk, the importance of informed consent, and the evolving role of biometrics in enhancing security within distributed identity management systems. Through detailed discussions on protocols, standards, and authentication mechanisms, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of digital identity management in both current and future cybersecurity landscapes.
By the end of this book, you'll have a detailed understanding of digital identity management and best practices to implement secure and efficient digital identity frameworks, enhancing both organizational security and user experiences in the digital realm.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pinto, Rohan

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit Kryptographie, Datenverschlüsselung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit Datensicherheit, Datenschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents - The History of Digital Identity
- Identity Management Versus Access Management
- IAM Best Practices
- Trust Anchors/Sources of Truth and Their Importance
- Historical Source of Authority
- Relationships between Trust and Risk
- Informed Consent and Why It Matters
- IAM – the Security Perspective
- Self-Sovereign Identity
- Privacy by Design in the SSI Space
- Relationship between DIDs and SSI
- Protocols and Standards – DID Standards
- DID Authentication
- Identity Verification
- Biometrics Security in Distributed Identity Management

Über Autor(innen)

Pinto Rohan :

Rohan Pinto, a cryptography geek with three decades of experience in security and identity management, has founded multiple businesses leveraging blockchain and identity management advancements. He specializes as a senior identity and access management architect, focusing on large-scale infrastructures for identity management, authentication, and authorization (RBAC, ABAC, RiskBAC, and TrustBAC). Rohan was the lead architect for the Government of Ontario's security infrastructure and British Columbia's Health Information Access Layer (HIAL), and he is currently developing the US Department of Defense's Security Access Layer using Common Access Cards (CACs). He mentors emerging talent through Techstars and Founder Institute and is a member of the Forbes Technology Council, Decentralized Identity Foundation, and FIDO Alliance. Rohan combines strategic vision with technical expertise to drive tech-based growth, enhancing security and compliance throughout project life cycles.