Abstract
In the last 12 years or so, many governments have launched modern identity management systems. These systems typically integrate a set of advanced and complex technologies to provide identification and authentication capabilities. The major output of such systems is smart identity cards that bind the cardholders’ identities to their biographical data and one or more biometric characteristics. The field of government practice has been focusing on the enrolment capabilities and infrastructure rollout, with little focus on smart card applications in the public domain. This article attempts to address this area in the body of knowledge from a government view point. It explores card reader adoption opportunities in both the public and private sectors, and attempts to outline the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) government’s plans to disseminate card readers and promote their adoption in government and various industrial groups in the country.
Highlights
“There were 30 billion plastic cards issued in 2011 alone
The field of government practice has been focusing on the enrolment capabilities and infrastructure rollout, with little focus on smart card applications in the public domain
Contactless smart cards only require close proximity to a reader to enable the transmission of identification data, commands and card status, hypothetically taking less time to authenticate versus contact smart cards that require insertion into a smart card reader [9]
Summary
“There were 30 billion plastic cards issued in 2011 alone. If you were to line up the cards end-to-end, that amounts to nearly 1.6 million miles of plastic every year—enough to create a six-lane plastic highway between Earth and the Moon. It is envisaged that smart card readers and applications will be further cultivated in the UAE in the few years and will become an integral part of enterprise architectures in both the public and private sectors due to their potential to improve service delivery systems and secure access to networks and online transactions. The simple “read” need of the smart card is expected to evolve with the need to undertake stronger identification, verification and authentication procedures to confirm the identity of the service seeker.
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