Enabling the integrity of personal digital identity, Evernym is structured around the task of building trust online for businesses and for people. The firm directly addresses the issues of identity theft, consumer fraud, and surveillance. Evernym has developed Sovrin, a platform designed to enable every person/individual to have a self-sovereign identityâan identity that they own and control, that can not be compromised or taken away, and that enables ready interaction with others on a global scale. Made available for use through the Sovrin Foundation, the firm is building a set of services using Sovrin identity for interactions with businesses or each other in a safe, secure, and permissioned manner. Evernymâs flagship product is the Verify platform for issuing and verifying digital credentials. Other products include Verity Flow for no-code credential exchanges, the Connect.Me mobile wallet for holding and sharing credentials and a mobile wallet software development kit (SDK) that lets apps embed the SSI wallet functionality. In December 2021 it was announced that consumer cybersecurity giant Avast (LSE:AVST) would acquire Evernym. INterestingly, in January 2022, it was announced that Avast itself had beena cquired by NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ:NLOK) which was itself acquired o nly wees later by indian firm HVL Technologi
