Identities in the Future Internet of Things

Identities in the Future Internet of Things

1. Identinet

   • Persons
   • Devices
   • Software
   • Projects
     • EU project Daidalos
       • projects have addressed and are addressing a vertical approach to identity management, as well as how to leverage Identity technologies as an enabling technology for convergence
         • EU ICT FP7 project SWIFT
           • Terminal: the device which has direct contact to the user
           • Access Point: logical entry point of the terminal in the network
           • Network Access Router: higher level functions of network access
           • Session Admission Controller: generalized name for session control functions
           • Authentication Server: provides user virtual identity recognition
           • Attribute Server: virtual identity attribute storage and management server
           • Identity Aggregator: identity aggregation functions for hierarchical deployment
           • Discovery Server: identity and service information directory and search functions
           • Federation Manager: cross domain information exchange negotiation functions
           • Data Gateway: cross domain information exchange and transformation functions
           • Certification Authority: root of trust
           • Identity Lifecycle Manager: identity information management
           • Charging Manager: accounting, charging and billing functions
           • Application Server: service provisioning
     • EU ICT FP7 project SWIFT

2. Digital Shadow

   • Represents the entity’s uses and sessions, and contains the required information and the endpoint devices in the communication and service provisioning
   • Projection of a virtual identity
     • A virtual identity is a sub-set of the digital information about a user

3. Entity

   • Representations of entities of all kinds as the end points of communication

4. Internet Stakeholder Interests

   • Users, perhaps represented by devices or software
   • Providers of services and the infrastructure
   • Society including the legal framework

5. Impact on the Internet of Things