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- Kenya’s identification ecosystem: "Stakeholders’ within Kenya’s fragmented identification ecosystem view identity systems as tools for development and control. Some champion identification to better provide government services and expand the digital economy; others to monopolize opportunities and address security threats. These sometimes stand in tension." —Caribou Digital
- Get to know blockchain: What the future of blockchain means for you: "Gartner predicts that fully realized “blockchain-complete” solutions will exist by 2023. Your competitors may already be building the in-house skills needed to support blockchain, giving them a leg up on companies taking a wait-and-see approach." —Gartner
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- Self-sovereign identity could present major revenue opportunity for financial institutions: "Financial institutions could leverage decentralized ID and SSI to monetize their customer authentication processes and data without compromising data security, according to the announcement, and the report is intended to help organizations choose between rival implementations." —Biometricupdate.com, Oct. 10, 2019
- The identity gatekeepers and the future of digital identity: "As we look towards the future of a digital identity market, we cannot allow it to develop into one where players profit from the exploitation of the data of its users." —Privacy International, Oct. 10, 2019
- FBI issues surprise new cyber attack warning: Multi-factor authentication is being defeated: "But the FBI has now warned that it “has observed cyber actors circumventing multi-factor authentication through common social engineering and technical attacks"." —Forbes, Oct. 7, 2019
- Blockchain for digital identity: The decentralized and self-sovereign identity (SSI): "Blockchain can be a great solution for decentralized identity. In reality, blockchain for enterprise can easily power the framework of the decentralized identity. Not only does it offer a ready-made infrastructure, but it also offers security for it." —101 Blockchains, Oct. 2, 2019
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- SSI Meetup Webinar: Highlights of Internet Identity Workshop #29 with Drummond Reed: "We are converging on an overall interoperability stack." —Drummond Reed, Chief Trust Officer, Evernym
- SSI Meetup Webinar: Blockcerts: The open standard for blockchain credentials – Daniel Paramo/Anthony Ronning: "Blockcerts is an open standard for creating, issuing, viewing, and verifying blockchain-based certificates. These digital records are registered on a blockchain, cryptographically signed, tamper-proof, and shareable. The goal is to enable a wave of innovation that gives individuals the capacity to possess and share their own official records." —SSI Meetup
- Interview with Kim Hamilton Duffy: "In sum, we need to (1) improve usability and capabilities (particularly in “exceptional” cases requiring recovery of control), (2) develop interoperability standards currently missing in the decentralized identity stack, and (3) focus on compelling user-focused scenarios." —Kim Hamilton Duffy, Co-chair of W3C Credentials Community Group and Architect of the Digital Academic Credentialing Infrastructure at MIT
- OWI State of Identity Podcast: IdRamp unpacks self-sovereign identity for the enterprise: "We are Stewards on Sovrin’s network. We felt that was important to contribute technology and support back to the effort." —Mike Vesey, CEO, IdRamp
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ICYMI: SSI Incubator takes on IIW
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The Self-Sovereign Identity Incubator was one of the 300+ attendees at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View last week. It was an incredible experience for the five startups in our Fall 2019 cohort to be able to demo, lead sessions, and make important connections with so many digital identity experts.
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Photos (from left to right): SSI Incubator teams introduce themselves on the first day; HearRo demos its product; Domi proposes session discussion; SSI Incubator attends Women's Breakfast; Spaceman ID demos its product; Xertify demos its product; Spaceman ID proposes session discussion.
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A call for mentors and sponsors
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There are multiple opportunities to participate in the SSI Incubator including:
- Volunteer as a business/technical mentor to guide a SSI-based startup through its early development stages. The 12-week incubator is designed to get the incubator participants ready to present for the SSI Demo Day—the culminating event where they will showcase their SSI solution to a room full of investors. The SSI Incubator is looking for mentors who will share their expertise with the world's most-promising emerging early-stage SSI companies.
- Become an SSI Incubator sponsor. The SSI Incubator is hosting a number of digital identity events in San Francisco this Fall and Winter including a SSI Demo Day in December. By becoming a sponsor of the SSI Incubator, you will be recognized as an advocate for SSI adoption and innovation among industry leaders.
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