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Decentralized Identity Explained

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804617632
Length 392 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rohan Pinto Rohan Pinto
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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 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

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