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Digital identity is evolving from centralized systems to a decentralized approach known as Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). SSI empowers individuals to control their digital identities, eliminating reliance on third-party data custodians and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-28 Evan Krul , Hye-young Paik , Sushmita Ruj , Salil S. Kanhere

This paper analyses the concept of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), an emerging approach for establishing digital identity, in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). We contrast existing approaches for identity on the Internet, such as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Geovane Fedrecheski , Jan M. Rabaey , Laisa C. P. Costa , Pablo C. Calcina Ccori , William T. Pereira , Marcelo K. Zuffo

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a novel and emerging, decentralized digital identity approach that enables entities to control and manage their digital identifiers and associated identity data fully while enhancing trust, privacy,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Špela Čučko , Šeila Bećirović , Aida Kamišalić , Saša Mrdović , Muhamed Turkanović

The emerging Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) techniques, such as Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs), move control of digital identity from conventional identity providers to individuals and lay down the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Thusitha Dayaratne , Xinxin Fan , Yuhong Liu , Carsten Rudolph

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is projected to become part of every person's life in some form. The ability to verify and authenticate that an individual is the actual person they are purported to be along with securing the personal…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-26 Morgan Reece , Sudip Mittal

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 (SSI) is an identity model centered on the user. The user maintains and controls their data in this model. When a service provider requests data from the user, the user sends it directly to the service provider,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Frederico Schardong , Ricardo Custódio

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a new distributed method for identity management, commonly used to address the problem that users are lack of control over their identities. However, the excessive pursuit of self-sovereignty in the most…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-06-13 Qiuyun Lyu , Shaopeng Cheng , Hao Li , Junliang Liu , Yanzhao Shen , Zhen Wang

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) grants holders full ownership and control of their digital identities, being the ultimate digital identity model. Operating in a decentralized manner, SSI enables the verification of claims, including…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Andreea Elena Drăgnoiu , Andrei Ciobanu , Ruxandra F. Olimid

Existing digital identity management systems fail to deliver the desirable properties of control by the users of their own identity data, credibility of disclosed identity data, and network-level anonymity. The recently proposed…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-29 Quinten Stokkink , Georgy Ishmaev , Dick Epema , Johan Pouwelse

In the current global situation-burdened by, among others, a vast number of people without formal identification, digital leap, the need for health passports and contact tracking applications-providing private and secure digital identity…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Gabriella Laatikainen , Taija Kolehmainen , Mengcheng Li , Markus Hautala , Antti Kettunen , Pekka Abrahamsson

Self-sovereign identity is the latest digital identity paradigm that allows users, organizations, and things to manage identity in a decentralized fashion without any central authority controlling the process of issuing identities and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-08-10 Hakan Yildiz , Axel Küpper , Dirk Thatmann , Sebastian Göndör , Patrick Herbke

Today, digital identity management for individuals is either inconvenient and error-prone or creates undesirable lock-in effects and violates privacy and security expectations. These shortcomings inhibit the digital transformation in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-11-06 Matthias Babel , Johannes Sedlmeir

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

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

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

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

With the advancement in computing power and speed, the Internet is being transformed from screen-based information to immersive and extremely low latency communication environments in web 3.0 and the Metaverse. With the emergence of the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-02 Siem Ghirmai , Daniel Mebrahtom , Moayad Aloqaily , Mohsen Guizani , Merouane Debbah

The popularity of the Internet of Things (IoT) has driven its usage in our homes and industries over the past 10-12 years. However, there have been some major issues related to identity management and ownership transfer involving IoT…

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
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