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How to Give Americans Back Control of Their Digital Identities

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A single cyberattack on Ticketmaster exposed data from over 500 million customers.

The Biden-Harris administration’s latest National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan underscores the urgent need for a robust digital identity ecosystem.

Decentralized Identifiers offer a promising approach to addressing this threat.

Implementing digital identity solutions will require collaboration across the public and private sectors.

Digital identity solutions are not a panacea for all cybersecurity issues, nor can they prevent every type of attack.

They are emblematic of the kind of innovative, proactive measures needed to address these pressing vulnerabilities.

They deserve the focused attention of policymakers and industry leaders alike, says Amit Sharma .

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