Identity Management Systems, Smart Cards and Privacy

Overview

The requirement - how to identify people unequivocally while also protecting their privacy-shapes every discussion of how to design, build, or implement a new, secure, identity management system. Designing a new identity management system is complex, and the requirement to balance security and privacy affects everything about a system design, from the policies and processes formulated to support and maintain the system to the system's architecture and the particular technology chosen to authenticate individuals.