Canada’s SecureKey to Build a Blockchain Digital Identity Network with US Grant
Leading identity and authentication provider SecureKey and a Canadian non-profit coalition have been granted funding from a research center within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to build a digital identity network using blockchain technology. In a report from Reuters, the grant for up to $800,000 from the Command Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analytics (CCICADA) will help SecureKey and the Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC), the non-profit coalition, to construct a digital network. It is hoped that this digital system will permit the....
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