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Building Identity Systems on the Sovrin Network

Phil Windley

Summary: An identity metasystem like the Sovrin Network provides the foundation for creating tens of millions of interoperable identity systems for every conceivable context and use. This metasystem is in effect a system of systems that exposes a unified interface much like a device driver or network socket does.

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Authentic Digital Relationships

Phil Windley

Our online relationships with ecommerce companies, social media providers, banks, and others are cold and impersonal, but also relatively efficient. An identity metasystem based on protocol will have network effects that drive interoperability leading to universality. Supporting Authentic Relationships.

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Law firm is strictly watching the Houser LLP data breach

Dataconomy

All details regarding the Houser LLP data breach In a disclosure made to the office of Maine’s attorney general on Wednesday, it was revealed that during the incident related to the Houser LLP data breach, certain documents were not only encrypted but also illicitly extracted from the company’s network.

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Non-repudiation offers certainty by design

Dataconomy

As of 2023, threats to data integrity and authenticity are ever-present, and non-repudiation stands as a formidable shield against malicious actors attempting to conceal their actions. Collaborating harmoniously with authentication and encryption measures, non-repudiation forms a three-pronged security strategy.

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Token-Based Identity

Phil Windley

Peter references a white paper on central bank digital currencies and one on identity composability by Andrew Hong to lead into a discussion of account- and token-based identity. And while you do have an account with your bank, the brilliance of the credit card is that you no longer have to have accounts with every place you want credit.

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Healthcare Provider Suffers Data Breach Impacting 1.3 Million Patients

SecureWorld News

In a breach notification letter to patients whose personal information was compromised, the healthcare organization discussed the incident: "On October 15, 2021, an intruder who gained unauthorized access to the Broward Health network may have accessed some of your personal information.

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Multi-Source Identity

Phil Windley

Online, various, so-called "identity providers" authenticate people using usernames and passwords and provide a fixed, usually limited set of attributes about the subject of the identity transaction. Mutual exchange of keys is a big step up from SSL-mediated transactions on the Web where only one-side is cryptographically authenticated.