Published: 30 September 2016
Summary
Privacy-preserving decentralized identity services are becoming more feasible. Blockchain platforms provide a suitable environment for these emerging solutions. This report guides technical professionals concerning the architecture of and the considerations for blockchain in IAM.
Included in Full Research
- Digital Identity Evolution
- Point-to-Point Trust Implications in a Centralized Identity Model
- Identity Trust Fabric Benefits in a Decentralized Identity Model
- Emergence of Identity Custodians as Attribute Authorities
- Decentralized Identity Advancement
- Decentralized Identity Functional Model
- Core Functions
- Extended Functions
- Blockchain as an Underlying ITF Platform
- Hashgraph as an Emerging Alternative to Blockchain
- Key Use Cases
- Special-Purpose Decentralized Identity
- General-Purpose Decentralized Identity
- Emerging Market Players
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Decentralized Identity Key Components
- Identity Wallet
- The Identity Trust Fabric
- The Identity Custodian
- The Blockchain Ability to Implement ITF
- Trust
- Assurance
- Provenance
- Security
- Scalability
- Efficiency
- Representative Vendor Profiles
- Guardtime
- Microsoft
- Netki
- Ping Identity
- SecureKey
- ShoCard
- Blockchain Overview
- Key Blockchain Concepts
- Blockchain Platform
- Blockchain Deployment Models