US Government To Issue Secure Online IDs
Source: Forbes
SecureKey, based in Toronto, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the USPS to provide a cloud-based authentication infrastructure.
... The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCXX) is designed to enable individuals to securely access online services —such as health benefits, student loan information, and retirement benefit information—at multiple federal agencies without the need to use a different password or other digital identification for each service. The first federal agency to use it will be the Veterans Administration.
SecureKey already operates a trusted identity service in Canada. Andre Boysen, chief marketing officer for SecureKey Technologies, said that Canadians using identification keys provided by one of five participating Canadian banks, can connect with 120 government programs online with no additional user names or passwords for everything from benefits queries to fishing licenses. He compared the identification network concept to payment networks.
... The cloud-based service follows federal guidelines to protect privacy, said SecureKey, although exactly what that means after the Snowden revelations is not clear.
Read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2013/08/21/ditch-your-passwords-us-gov-to-issue-secure-online-ids/
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