Episode 54: Jumping the Decentralized Identity S Curve

There are a lot of promises in the market around decentralized identities with enterprises beginning to embrace digital wallets, DIDs and VCs. But the challenge still exists for users moving to new or shared devices that they have not previously registered. How do we account for those scenarios – without bootstrapping trust based on another trusted device, token or password? This is the core challenge Dr. Tina Srivastava, Cofounder of privacy tech company Badge has been working on solving with a team of MIT cryptography PhDs at a privacy company called Badge. Dr. Srivastava is a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur and the former Chief Engineer at Raytheon. Dr. Srivastava is excited to discuss the blueprint for how identity vendors and enterprises can effectively jump the identity S curve.