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The centralized PKI is not a suitable solution to provide identities in large-scale IoT systems. The main problem is the high cost of managing X.509 certificates throughout their lifecycle, from installation to regular updates and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Leonardo Perugini , Andrea Vesco

Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) is an emerging identity system that facilitates secure credential issuance and verification without placing trust in any centralised authority. To bypass central trust, most SSI implementations place blockchain…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Rahma Mukta , Rue C. Teh , Hye-young Paik , Qinghua Lu , Salil S. Kanhere

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) aspires to create a standardised identity layer for the Internet by placing citizens at the centre of their data, thereby weakening the grip of big tech on current digital identities. However, as millions of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Rowdy Chotkan , Jérémie Decouchant , Johan Pouwelse

The Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a decentralized paradigm enabling full control over the data used to build and prove the identity. In Internet of Things networks with security requirements, the Self-Sovereign Identity can play a key…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Alessandro Pino , Davide Margaria , Andrea Vesco

Digital Identities are playing an essential role in our digital lives. Today, used Digital Identities are based on central architectures. Central Digital Identity providers control and know our data and, thereby, our Identity. Self…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-24 Andreas Freitag

Traditional identity management systems, often centralized, face challenges around privacy, data security, and user control, leaving users vulnerable to data breaches and misuse. This paper explores the potential of using the Arweave…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Andreea Elena Dragnoiu , Ruxandra F. Olimid

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is an emerging paradigm for authentication and credential presentation that aims to give users control over their data and prevent any kind of tracking by (even trusted) third parties. In the European Union,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-31 Francesco Buccafurri , Carmen Licciardi

This article presents the potential use of the Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI), combining with Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT), to improve the privacy and control of health data. The paper presents the SSI technology, lists the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Alexandre Siqueira , Arlindo Flavio da Conceição , Vladimir Rocha

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a paradigm for digital identity management that offers unique privacy advantages. A key technology in SSI is Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and their associated metadata, DID Documents (DDOs). DDOs contain…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Carlo Segat , Sandro Rodriguez Garzo , Axel Küpper

Self-Sovereign Identity is a transformative paradigm in digital identity management, empowering individuals with full control over their credentials. However, the coexistence of diverse SSI ecosystems, such as the European Digital Identity…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Hakan Yildiz , Axel Küpper

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) offers significant potential for managing identities in the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling decentralized authentication and credential management without reliance on centralized entities. However, existing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Guntur Dharma Putra , Bagus Rakadyanto Oktavianto Putra

Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is considered to be a "killer application" of blockchain. However, there is a lack of systematic architecture designs for blockchain-based SSI systems to support methodical development. An aspect of such gap is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Yue Liu , Qinghua Lu , Hye-Young Paik , Xiwei Xu , Shiping Chen , Liming Zhu

Know your customer (KYC) processes place a great burden on banks, because they are costly, inefficient, and inconvenient for customers. While blockchain technology is often mentioned as a potential solution, it is not clear how to use the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Vincent Schlatt , Johannes Sedlmeir , Simon Feulner , Nils Urbach

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), as a new and promising identity management paradigm, needs mechanisms that can ease a gradual transition of existing services and developers towards it. Systems that bridge the gap between SSI and established…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-19 Felix Hoops , Florian Matthes

Modern distributed applications in healthcare, supply chain, and the Internet of Things handle a large amount of data in a diverse application setting with multiple stakeholders. Such applications leverage advanced artificial intelligence…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Rodrigo Dutra Garcia , Gowri Ramachandran , Kealan Dunnett , Raja Jurdak , Caetano Ranieri , Bhaskar Krishnamachari , Jo Ueyama

The passing of the eIDAS amendment marks an important milestone for EU countries and changes how they must manage digital credentials for both public services and businesses. Italy has led in adopting eIDAS, first with CIE and SPID identity…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Nacereddine Sitouah , Francesco Bruschi , Stefano De Cillis

Current architectures to validate, certify, and manage identity are based on centralised, top-down approaches that rely on trusted authorities and third-party operators. We approach the problem of digital identity starting from a human…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Geoff Goodell , Tomaso Aste

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a novel identity model that empowers individuals with full control over their data, enabling them to choose what information to disclose, with whom, and when. This paradigm is rapidly gaining traction…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Alessandro Buldini , Carlo Mazzocca , Rebecca Montanari , Selcuk Uluagac

Authentication and authorization of a user's identity are generally done by the service providers or identity providers. However, these centralized systems limit the user's control of their own identity and are prone to massive data leaks…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-07-06 Shlok Gilda , Tanvi Jain , Aashish Dhalla

Digital identity has always been considered the keystone for implementing secure and trustworthy communications among parties. The ever-evolving digital landscape has gone through many technological transformations that have also affected…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-17 Carlo Mazzocca , Abbas Acar , Selcuk Uluagac , Rebecca Montanari , Paolo Bellavista , Mauro Conti