Organisations want to know the e-Identity of their users, but not be bothered with the management of all those e-Identities. These universal global needs have led to new techniques for User Centric e-Identity mechanisms resulting in a need for independent authentication services.
DigiNotar uses a SAML compliant Dutch open source standard providing an independent e-Identity Service. The Dutch government uses the same open source standard for millions of citizens that communicate with governmental web-applications. Organisations can "outsource" the e-Identity role to an independent and generic authentication service to enable quick online access to their e-businesses. DigiNotar e-Identities are cross-domain cross-application.
DigiNotar not only manages the systems but also provides a secure identification process to verify e-identities. By doing so, we take liabilities over from companies. On the other hand, we try to safeguard the privacy of the user. Users have the opportunity to access the applications anonymous.
Although the managed service is easy to setup and use, it is important that companies make a mind shift to start using a generic authentication service. Drs. de Bos will share his experience on e-Identity management by presenting examples from the financial, healthcare, legal and insurance sector. Different factors that influence success will be highlighted in the presentation:
The open structure of the technology makes it possible to extend the use to other e-Identity Providers. It is not a question more of technology, but the Trust Level of the e-Identity Provider.
