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Digital Wallets and Keys

A practical guide to securing digital identity, payments, and access with modern wallet and key systems

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Quick Course Facts
15
Self-paced, Online, Lessons
15
Videos and/or Narrated Presentations
4.9
Approximate Hours of Course Media
About the Digital Wallets and Keys Course

Digital Wallets and Keys is a practical guide to securing digital identity, payments, and access with modern wallet and key systems. This course helps you understand the Technology behind today’s wallet-based tools so you can manage credentials, transactions, and authentication with confidence.

Master Digital Wallets And Keys For Safer Access

  • Learn how Digital Wallets and Keys support payments, IDs, passes, and secure login experiences
  • Understand public keys, private keys, signatures, and encryption in plain language
  • Compare wallet types and custody models to choose the right approach for your needs
  • Build safer habits for setup, backups, recovery, and fraud prevention

A practical guide to securing digital identity, payments, and access with modern wallet and key systems.

In this course, you will start with the foundations of wallets, identity, and secure access, then move into the mechanics of how wallets store value and credentials. You will explore the relationship between public and private keys, learn how signatures and verification protect data, and see how Technology enables trusted interactions across devices and services.

You will also examine wallet types such as hosted, non-custodial, hardware, and mobile options, along with the strengths and tradeoffs of each model. From safe setup and recovery planning to everyday payment flows and contactless transactions, the lessons focus on real-world use. You will gain practical guidance for mobile security, app permissions, and update hygiene, helping you recognize phishing, fraud, and social engineering before they cause harm.

Beyond personal use, the course covers identity, passkeys, and login replacement, plus how wallets fit into business and enterprise environments. You will also study blockchain wallets, asset control, multiple-account management, and emerging standards like decentralized identity and interoperability. By the end, you will think more clearly about access, ownership, and responsibility, and you will be better prepared to use Digital Wallets and Keys as part of a safer digital life.

Course Lessons

Full lesson breakdown

Lessons are organized by topic area and each includes descriptive copy for search visibility and student clarity.

Foundations of wallets, identity, and secure access

1 lesson

Digital wallets and keys are tools for storing, presenting, and protecting digital value and identity. A wallet is not always a place where money lives; it can also hold credentials, passkeys, tickets…

Payments, passes, IDs, and other digital assets

1 lesson

Lesson 2: How Wallets Store Value and Credentials

18 min
Digital wallets do more than hold money. They also store passes, IDs, tickets, loyalty cards, and other credentials that help you pay, prove who you are, and get access to services. In this lesson, le…

Core cryptographic relationships explained

1 lesson

Lesson 3: Public Keys, Private Keys, and Pairing

20 min
This lesson explains the cryptographic relationship between public keys , private keys , and how they are paired to secure digital wallets, identity, payments, and access. You will learn what each key…

How wallets protect data and prove authenticity

1 lesson

Lesson 4: Encryption, Signatures, and Verification

20 min
This lesson explains the three core mechanisms that make digital wallets trustworthy: encryption to protect data from being read, digital signatures to prove who authorized an action, and verification…

Hosted, non-custodial, hardware, and mobile wallets

1 lesson

Lesson 5: Wallet Types and Custody Models

22 min
This lesson explains the main wallet types and custody models used in digital identity, payments, and access systems. Learners will compare hosted, non-custodial, hardware, and mobile wallets, and und…

Initial configuration, backups, and recovery planning

1 lesson

Lesson 6: Setting Up a Wallet Safely

18 min
This lesson shows how to set up a digital wallet with safety built in from the start. You will learn how to choose a trustworthy wallet, verify the source, configure strong authentication, and create …

Everyday payment flows and transaction safety

1 lesson

Lesson 7: Digital Payments and Contactless Transactions

20 min
This lesson explains how digital wallets support everyday payments and contactless transactions, from tapping a phone or watch to checking out online with a saved wallet. You will learn what happens d…

Modern authentication beyond passwords

1 lesson

Lesson 8: Identity, Passkeys, and Login Replacement

22 min
This lesson explains how modern digital identity can move beyond passwords using passkeys , device-based authentication, and wallet-like key storage. You will learn why passwords are weak, how public-…

Device protection, app permissions, and updates

1 lesson

Lesson 9: Mobile Security for Wallet Users

18 min
This lesson shows how to protect the device that holds your digital wallet and keys. The focus is practical: set up a strong phone lock, review risky app permissions, keep your operating system and ap…

Recognizing attacks that target wallet owners

1 lesson

Lesson 10: Phishing, Fraud, and Social Engineering

22 min
This lesson teaches you how phishing, fraud, and social engineering target digital wallet owners. You will learn the warning signs of fake messages, malicious links, impersonation attempts, and urgent…

Planning for device failure and account recovery

1 lesson

Lesson 11: Recovery Seeds, Backup Codes, and Key Loss

20 min
This lesson explains how recovery seeds, backup codes, and key-loss planning protect your digital identity when a phone, hardware key, or wallet app stops working. You will learn the difference betwee…

Access control, employee credentials, and operations

1 lesson

Lesson 12: Wallets in Business and Enterprise Environments

20 min
This lesson explains how digital wallets are used in business and enterprise settings to manage employee identity, secure access, and day-to-day operations. It focuses on practical uses such as login,…

Keys, ownership, and transaction responsibility

1 lesson

Lesson 13: Blockchain Wallets and Asset Control

22 min
This lesson explains how blockchain wallets actually work, what a wallet does and does not own, and why control of keys determines control of assets. Learners will distinguish between addresses, priva…

Organization, separation of roles, and hygiene

1 lesson

Lesson 14: Managing Multiple Wallets and Accounts

18 min
This lesson shows how to manage multiple digital wallets and accounts without losing control of your money, identity, or access. You will learn how to separate roles such as spending, saving, business…

Passkeys, decentralized identity, and interoperability

1 lesson

Lesson 15: Emerging Standards and the Future of Wallets

18 min
This lesson looks at the next generation of digital wallets : passkeys for simpler and safer sign-in, decentralized identity for user-controlled credentials, and the interoperability standards that he…
About Your Instructor
Professor Anthony Owens

Professor Anthony Owens

Professor Anthony Owens guides this AI-built Virversity course with a clear, practical teaching style.