In a context such as the current one, characterized by a growing disintermediation of traditional services offered to users in digital forms (such as e-commerce, home banking, and so on), it is important to correctly identify and prevent possible threats that target use's digital identity, such as the risk of identity theft. Moreover, with the rapid spread of the Internet of Things (IoT), the possibility of unauthorized access obtained by exploiting counterfeit credentials (or by stealing them from legitimate owners) is more probable than ever before.

It is the dimension of cyberspace with its increased attack surface, which is determined by the exponential number of connections that can be established between humans and machines, and between machines and machines, that makes the risk of information leakage much more likely.

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