Visible to the public uPort Open-Source Identity Management System: An Assessment of Self-Sovereign Identity and User-Centric Data Platform Built on Blockchain

TitleuPort Open-Source Identity Management System: An Assessment of Self-Sovereign Identity and User-Centric Data Platform Built on Blockchain
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsNaik, N., Jenkins, P.
Conference Name2020 IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering (ISSE)
Date PublishedNov. 2020
PublisherIEEE
ISBN Number978-1-7281-8602-3
Keywordsblockchain, cryptography, DApp, Decentralized App, decentralized application, Decentralized IDentifier, DID, digital services, Distributed databases, ethereum, Human Behavior, Identity management, identity management system, identity management systems, IdM, mobile applications, Open Source Software, pubcrawl, public domain software, resilience, Resiliency, Scalability, Self-Sovereign Identity, Servers, smart contracts, SSI, SSI IDM system, Standards, uPort, uPort identity management system, uPort open-source identity management system, user-centric data platform, Verifiable Credential
Abstract

Managing identity across an ever-growing digital services landscape has become one of the most challenging tasks for security experts. Over the years, several Identity Management (IDM) systems were introduced and adopted to tackle with the growing demand of an identity. In this series, a recently emerging IDM system is Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) which offers greater control and access to users regarding their identity. This distinctive feature of the SSI IDM system represents a major development towards the availability of sovereign identity to users. uPort is an emerging open-source identity management system providing sovereign identity to users, organisations, and other entities. As an emerging identity management system, it requires meticulous analysis of its architecture, working, operational services, efficiency, advantages and limitations. Therefore, this paper contributes towards achieving all of these objectives. Firstly, it presents the architecture and working of the uPort identity management system. Secondly, it develops a Decentralized Application (DApp) to demonstrate and evaluate its operational services and efficiency. Finally, based on the developed DApp and experimental analysis, it presents the advantages and limitations of the uPort identity management system.

URLhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9272223
DOI10.1109/ISSE49799.2020.9272223
Citation Keynaik_uport_2020