Components of Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Key Takeaways: Identity and Access Management (IAM) is crucial for securing access to digital resources, encompassing devices, applications, and data across various platforms. IAM consists of four main components: Authentication, Authorization, Administration, and Auditing and Reporting. Advanced tools like Single Sign-On (SSO), Multifactor Authentication (MFA), and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) are employed in IAM […]

What Is Identity Access Management (IAM)?

This is Part 1 of our “Identity Access Management (IAM)” blog series. After this, I encourage you to continue reading with Part 2 and Part 3 for more in-depth information and discussion on IAM. Key Takeaways: Identity and Access Management (IAM) is  a framework that ensures secure and efficient management of users’ identities and their […]

What Is Pseudonymity and Why Does it Matter for Digital Identity?

Key Takeaways: Pseudonymity involves using aliases or fictitious names to protect one’s digital identity and privacy, enabling individuals to engage online without disclosing their real identities. Pseudonyms, including usernames, avatars, and screen names, facilitate online expression and interaction while safeguarding personal identity. Pseudonymity offers benefits such as protecting privacy, preventing context collapse, promoting freedom of […]

Navigating COVID-19: Safety & Privacy Through Identity

A New Use Case for Digital Identity Over the past few months, I — like you — have witnessed the unimaginable. I’ve not only seen COVID-19 take lives, I’ve seen it take many livelihoods. As the world emerges beyond reactive measures to contain the virus and restart the economy, many industries are figuring out how […]

The Identity Ecosystem & Civic Wallet

Since its inception, Identity.com has focused on delivering a decentralized platform, which opens up access to on-demand, secure identity verification. Identity.com is designed to connect users, requesters, and validators around the world with reusable identity attestations on the blockchain, in an ecosystem powered exclusively by Civic tokens (CVCs). With reusable attestations, individuals, companies, and other […]

The State of Identity: CVC Tokens Transfer and the New Identity Economy

Just a few short weeks ago, Identity.com became an independent 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. The time has gone by for me in a blink of an eye in my role as executive director at the company. From speaking panels at Silicon Valley TV and Blockchain Week LA to conferences addressing the gaming industry and tech in […]

Rebooting The Web of Trust IX: Road to Standardization and Interoperability

Our work building a new identity economy would not be possible without our extended community. That’s why we’ve been making strides to contribute toward an interoperable, portable, collaborative and decentralized future with white papers about use-case models and furthering the adoption of self-sovereign identity. We continued our journey this week by participating in the ninth […]