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- DHS awards 159k for infrastructure to prevent credential fraud: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $159,040 to Learning Machine Technologies to develop blockchain security technology to prevent credential fraud.
- Ping Identity soars as first earnings ‘solid out of the gates’: "Ping Identity Holding Corp. shares are rallying as much as 25 percent Thursday after the cybersecurity company put out what Citi analysts called a “solid out of the gates” earnings report."
- Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ gathers personal health data on millions of Americans: "The data involved in the initiative encompasses lab results, doctor diagnoses and hospitalization records, among other categories, and amounts to a complete health history, including patient names and dates of birth."
- Microsoft will honor California’s new privacy rights throughout the United States: Microsoft commits to extending the rights of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to all its customers in the United States, providing customers with more control over their data.
- Education orgs, IBM launch blockchain credentials to close skills gap: IBM announces the launch of a blockchain credentials platform for academic and professional qualifications called the Learning Credential Network (LCN).
- Connecting and building trust between organizations and people with uPort Serto: uPort announces uPort Serto, an identity ecosystems project which allows multiple ecosystems to reference each other and make it easier to connect data and rules from many different sources.
- Medici Ventures joins Sovrin Alliance to promote the advancement of self-sovereign identity: Medici Ventures, the wholly-owned blockchain accelerator of Overstock.com, has joined the Sovrin Alliance to support the infrastructure of the Sovrin Network and promote self-sovereign identity for all.
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- A new learning credential blockchain to help bridge the skills gap: "Job applicants will own their data and choose how, and with whom it is shared. This will enable job applicants to more seamlessly connect with companies, while helping employers more easily and reliably match and verify people’s skills with open jobs." —IBM Blockchain, No. 14, 2019
- Self-sovereign identity: A distant dream or an immediate possibility?: "As governments and compliance agencies tighten the user privacy requirements, there is no doubt that the self-sovereign identity has great potential to change the way our digital data is verified, stored and shared." —Security Boulevard, Nov. 14, 2019
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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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