Delve into the cutting-edge trends of decentralized identities, blockchains, and other digital identity management technologies and leverage them to craft seamless digital experiences for both your customers and employees Key FeaturesExplore decentralized identities and blockchain technology in depthGain practical insights for leveraging advanced digital identity management tools, frameworks, and solutionsDiscover best practices for integrating decentralized identity solutions into existing systemsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionLooking forward to mastering digital identity? This book will help you get to grips with complete frameworks, tools, and strategies for safeguarding personal data, securing online transactions, and ensuring trust in digital interactions in today's cybersecurity landscape. Decentralized Identity Explained delves into the evolution of digital identities, from their historical roots to the present landscape and future trajectories, exploring crucial concepts such as IAM, the significance of trust anchors and sources of truth, and emerging trends such as SSI and DIDs.

Additionally, you’ll gain insights into the intricate relationships between trust and risk, the importance of informed consent, and the evolving role of biometrics in enhancing security within distributed identity management systems. Through detailed discussions on protocols, standards, and authentication mechanisms, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of digital identity management in both current and future cybersecurity landscapes.

By the end of this book, you’ll have a detailed understanding of digital identity management and best practices to implement secure and efficient digital identity frameworks, enhancing both organizational security and user experiences in the digital realm. What you will learnUnderstand the need for security, privacy, and user-centric methodsGet up to speed with the IAM security frameworkExplore the crucial role of sources of truth in identity data verificationDiscover best practices for implementing access control listsGain insights into the fundamentals of informed consentDelve into SSI and understand why it mattersExplore identity verification methods such as knowledge-based and biometricWho this book is forThis book is for cybersecurity professionals and IAM engineers/architects who want to learn how decentralized identity helps to improve security and privacy and how to leverage it as a trust framework for identity management.

Table of ContentsThe History of Digital IdentityIdentity Management Versus Access ManagementIAM Best PracticesTrust Anchors/Sources of Truth and Their ImportanceHistorical Source of AuthorityRelationships between Trust and RiskInformed Consent and Why It MattersIAM – the Security PerspectiveSelf-Sovereign IdentityPrivacy by Design in the SSI SpaceRelationship between DIDs and SSIProtocols and Standards – DID StandardsDID AuthenticationIdentity VerificationBiometrics Security in Distributed Identity Management. .