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The development of Decentralized Identities (DI) and Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) has seen significant growth in recent years. This is accompanied by a numerous academic and commercial contributions to the development of principles,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Daria Schumm , Katharina O. E. Müller , Burkhard Stiller

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

Data aggregation has been widely implemented as an infrastructure of data-driven systems. However, a centralized data aggregation model requires a set of strong trust assumptions to ensure security and privacy. In recent years,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Yepeng Ding , Hiroyuki Sato , Maro G. Machizawa

"Distributed Identity" refers to the transition from centralized identity systems using Decentralized Identifiers (DID) and Verifiable Credentials (VC) for secure and privacy-preserving authentications. With distributed identity, control of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Sina Ahmadi

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 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

Centralised biometric identity systems expose users to single points of failure, opaque verification processes, and irreversible biometric compromise. Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) offer stronger privacy…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Ankit Kanaiyalal Prajapati , Shahzad Memon , Mohammed Mahir Rahman , Ameer Al-Nemrat

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) enables user-controlled, cryptographically verifiable credentials. As EU regulations mandate EUDI Wallet acceptance by 2027, SSI adoption becomes a compliance necessity. However, each SSI Verifier exposes…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Hakan Yildiz , Axel Küpper

A key challenge for mobile network operators in 6G is to bring together and orchestrate a variety of new emerging players of today's mobile ecosystems in order to provide economically viable and seamless mobile connectivity in form of a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Sandro Rodriguez Garzon , Hakan Yildiz , Axel Küpper

The terms self-sovereign identity (SSI) and decentralised identity are often used interchangeably, which results in increasing ambiguity when solutions are being investigated and compared. This article aims to provide a clear distinction…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Ben Biedermann , Matthew Scerri , Victoria Kozlova , Joshua Ellul

The growth in IoT devices means an ongoing risk of data vulnerability. The transition from centralized ecosystems to decentralized ecosystems is of paramount importance due to security, privacy, and data use concerns. Since the majority of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Sushil Khairnar

This paper provides an overview of the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) concept, focusing on four different components that we identified as essential to the architecture. Self-Sovereign Identity is enabled by the new development of blockchain…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-07-18 Alexander Mühle , Andreas Grüner , Tatiana Gayvoronskaya , Christoph Meinel

Self-sovereign identity is the next evolution of identity management models. This survey takes a journey through the origin of identity, defining digital identity and progressive iterations of digital identity models leading up to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Reza Soltani , Uyen Trang Nguyen , Aijun An

The interconnectedness of people, services and devices is a defining aspect of the digital revolution, and, secure digital identities are an important prerequisite for secure and legally compliant information exchange. Existing approaches…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-12-06 Uwe Der , Stefan Jähnichen , Jan Sürmeli

Anonymous credentials (ACs) are a crucial cryptographic tool for privacy-preserving authentication in decentralized networks, allowing holders to prove eligibility without revealing their identity. However, a major limitation of standard…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Bin Xie , Rui Song , Xuyuan Cai

Centralized identity management systems continuously experience security and privacy challenges, motivating the exploration of Decentralized Identity (DI) and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) as user-focused alternatives. Although prior…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Daria Schumm , Burkhard Stiller

The amount of sensitive information that service providers handle about their users has become a concerning fact in many use cases, where users have no other option but to trust that those companies will not misuse their personal…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-24 Xavier Salleras

In password-based authentication systems, the username fields are essentially unprotected, while the password fields are susceptible to attacks. In this article, we shift our research focus from traditional authentication paradigm to the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Suyun Borjigin

Health data is one of the most sensitive data for people, which attracts the attention of malicious activities. We propose an open-source health data management framework, that follows a patient-centric approach. The proposed framework…

The rapid advancement and widespread adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) pose significant threats to the integrity of personal identity, including digital cloning, sophisticated impersonation, and the unauthorized…