Agencja Unii Europejskiej ds. Cyberbezpieczeństwa, Standardy tożsamości cyfrowej

JULY 2023

DIGITAL IDENTITY STANDARDS

Analysis of standardisation requirements in support of cybersecurity policy

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Digital services and electronic transactions are becoming more and more important. This trend has been accelerated by the COVID-19 restrictions limiting in-person contact, which increased digital interactions between people around the world. However, electronic transactions in which the identities of parties cannot be trusted give rise to fraud. Digital identity – that is, the identification of a legal or natural person or an entity within an electronic service – is more important than ever.

‘Digital identity’ is defined, for the purpose of this document, as a unique representation of a subject engaged in an online transaction. This contains two elements constituting the role of digital identity: to represent a subject and to support an online transaction. ‘Identity’ itself can be defined as a set of attributes related to an entity.

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