The Future of Digital Identity in the Era of Digital Transformation

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Zulfikar Ramzan, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, RSA Security

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Digital transformation is a priority for enterprises, but it leads to unique risks and security challenges. This spurs the evolution of identity management systems where control is gradually moving away from a central authority and towards the user. On this evolutionary path, the latest trend is an emerging model called decentralized (or self-sovereign) ID—or DID. This session presents proof of concept for an emerging identity management model based on the distributed ledger and self-sovereign principles that enable enterprises to securely manage this ecosystem. Understand why it makes it unnecessary to have a central authority such as a certificate authority, employer, Google or Facebook to create (and own) a user’s identity. We will discuss how eliminating the intermediaries means more efficient processes for provisioning of IDs, authentication, etc. Learning Objectives: •Understand the key elements of the decentralized (or self-sovereign) ID (DID) model through a new proof of concept, based on a user creating and managing/owning their own identity following defined standards. •Hear additional advantages for this type of identity model through a comparison of DID against other models and learn of its relevant standards. •Understand the challenges facing the adoption of DID and what the industry can do to help overcome them.
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