The Sovrin Foundation and Engage Identity announced a new partnership today. Security experts from Engage Identity will be completing an in-depth technical review of the Sovrin Foundation’s entire security architecture.

Sovrin Foundation is very concerned that the advanced technology utilized by everyone depending on Sovrin is secure. That technology protects many valuable assets including private personal information and essential business data. As a result, we wanted to be fully aware of the risks and vulnerabilities in Sovrin. In addition, The Sovrin Foundation will benefit from having a roadmap for future security investment opportunities.

We're very happy to be working with Engage Identity, a leader in the security and identity industry. Established and emerging cryptographic identity protocols are one of their many areas of expertise. They have extensive experience providing security analysis and recommendations for identity frameworks.

The Engage Identity team is lead by Sarah Squire, who has worked on user-centric open standards for many organizations including NIST, Yubico, and the OpenID Foundation. Sarah will be joined by Adam Migus and Alan Viars, both experienced authorities in the fields of identity and security.

The final report will be released this summer, and will include a review of the current security architecture, as well as opportunities for future investment. We intende to make the results public. Anticipated subjects of in-depth research are:

• Resilience to denial of service attacks
• Key management
• Potential impacts of a Sovrin-governed namespace
• Minimum technical requirements for framework participants
• Ongoing risk management processes

Sovrin Foundation is excited to take this important step forward with Engage Identity to ensure that the future of self-sovereign identity management can thrive and grow.