Utah's State-Endorsed Digital Identity (SEDI): Regaining Privacy in a Surveillance World

Utah has recently passed new legislation requiring the creation of a new cryptographic identity based on strong cryptography, decentralized identity standards, individual control, and a mandate for strong security and privacy features. This presentation will describe how and why our identity privacy is under continual attack, illustrate recent attack impacts, and why a new type of digital identity is required. Utah's new State-Endorsed Digital Identity (SEDI) identity credential will be presented along with an overview of the underlying architectural technologies. The expertise of session attendees will be solicited and enable participants to participate in creating, analyzing, and performing penetration testing on SEDI technologies.