News and Research articles on Identity

Self-sovereign identity

Alexandra Giannopoulou, University of Amsterdam
Fennie Wang, Dionysus Labs
PUBLISHED ON: 20 Apr 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.2.1550

The concept of self-sovereign identity (SSI) describes an identity management system created to operate independently of third-party public or private actors, based on decentralised technological architectures, and designed to prioritise user security, privacy, individual autonomy and self-empowerment.

KEYWORDS: Identity