El desarrollo de credenciales digitales como estrategia de aplicación en Colombia: el uso de los datos bajo la perspectiva pandémica

Abstract

At a global level, multiple initiatives have emerged aimed at solving problems that the Coronavirus Covid-19 has brought to the new normal for individuals and that each country has had to perceive in a unique way. Thus, the world has seen important advances in areas such as medicine, technology, mobility and interpersonal relationships. Hence, initiatives such as the Covid Credentials have arisen, digital credentials that house personal data and that are oriented to the simplification of processes and the reactivation of countries under ethical lines of ISS Self Sovereign Identity standards, that is, to manage the personal data and take care of their privacy. From this perspective, the present investigation is aimed at determining whether the development of digital credentials is considered as an application strategy in Colombia that would solve various problems that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought under the perspective of data care with standard ISS. Thus, a theoretical analysis is carried out that demonstrates the basis for the development and use of digital credentials or similar alternatives oriented to the same end; Subsequently, an investigation is carried out on the use of digital credentials and their utilities in the global context to later determine with the information collected whether there is viability in the development of digital credentials as an application strategy in Colombia.