You're reading from Decentralized Identity Explained Embrace decentralization for a more secure and empowering digital experience

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804617632

Length 392 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Blockchain

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Rohan Pinto

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 - Digital Identity Era: Then

2. Chapter 1: The History of Digital Identity FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Identity Management Versus Access Management

4. Part 2 - Digital Identity Era: Now

5. Chapter 3: IAM Best Practices

6. Chapter 4: Trust Anchors/Sources of Truth and Their Importance

7. Chapter 5: Historical Source of Authority

8. Chapter 6: The Relationship between Trust and Risk

9. Chapter 7: Informed Consent and Why It Matters

10. Chapter 8: IAM – the Security Perspective

11. Part 3 - Digital Identity Era: The Near Future

12. Chapter 9: Self-Sovereign Identity

13. Chapter 10: Privacy by Design in the SSI Space

14. Chapter 11: Relationship between DIDs and SSI

15. Chapter 12: Protocols and Standards – DID Standards

16. Chapter 13: DID Authentication

17. Chapter 14: Identity Verification

18. Part 4 - Digital Identity Era: A Probabilistic Future

19. Chapter 15: Biometrics Security in Distributed Identity Management

20. Index

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