With the rapid growth of technology, the concept of identity had to evolve towards a new paradigm: digital identity. This requires the establishment of digital identity management protocols to handle all the related processes. The design of these protocols is a very sensitive process that should be supported by specific methodologies to help security designers reach the best trade-off between all the dimensions at stake. In this seminar, we will dive into identity management protocols by both providing some relevant examples and describing a security methodology that we have developed to evaluate the security and risk of these protocols during the design process.
Marco Pernpruner is a PhD student in Security, Risk and Vulnerability, jointly offered by the University of Genoa and Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy). He received the BSc degree in Information and Business Organisation Engineering from the University of Trento in 2016, and the MSc degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Verona in 2019. He is currently visiting King’s College London under the supervision of Prof. Luca Viganò. His research focuses on digital identity, with a specialization in the design, security and risk assessment of multi-factor authentication and fully-remote enrollment procedures.