--- title: "What is Decentralized Identity? and Digital ID Fundamentals." permalink: /getting-started/ toc: false last_modified_at: 2020-11-02 ---

What is Decentralized ID?

The essence of Decentralized-ID is in creating open standards for a privacy preserving internet-wide identity layer — not owned by any one particular organization, but interoperable between all. It's impossible to have a conversation about decentralized-id without discussing blockchain, self sovereign identity, standardization and frameworks, along with global privacy and digital identifiction regulations:

Getting Started with Decentralized ID

Self Sovereign ID 101 - Curated tweets by DecentralizeID

The evolution of online identity:

1. Siloed Identity: All services hold your data.

2. Federated Identity: Brokers hold your data.

3. Self-Sovereign Identity: You hold your data.

— Tykn (@Tykn_tech) October 27, 2020

More on Decentralized | Self Sovereign Identity

Digital Identity 101

If you're looking to freshen up on your digital identity fundamentals, the following resources will be a good place to start.

Video

* IDPro Member Presentations - Identiverse 2019 - playlist * 2019 - Introduction to Identity Part 1 - Identiverse > This workshop — provided by IDPro — will provide a comprehensive (and fun) introductory view of the identity world that will give participants a solid understanding of IAM’s foundations. Part 1 of this 2-part class begins with the basics like directories, identity proofing, provisioning, authentication (including multi-factor), authorization, as well as federation technologies like SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect. In Part 2, we build on those foundational technologies to explain PKI & digital certificates, privileged access management, identity for IoT, identity assurance, privacy issues, identity standards organizations, and even known attack vectors. * Introduction to Identity Part 2 - June 25 - Identiverse 2019 * Modern Identity for Developers 101 - June 25 - Identiverse 2019 > Modern identity promises to solve some of the thorniest problems that historically plagued handling authentication and access control in applications. That sounds great in theory, but how do thinks really look like when the rubber hits the road – what does it take to incorporate modern identity in your applications development practice? Come to this session to learn the basis of modern identity development and be better equipped to understand and participate to the session in this year’s Identiverse development track. * An Introduction to Mobile Identity - June 25 - Identiverse 2019

Glossaries

Resources

---

Next – History

Check out our history section for additional background info on the decades-long quest for decentralized identity.