“Verification of the declared identity, eg at login, during communication between two systems or during an exchange of messages between users”
Many times this is done with the user ID and password for each service or application. Trouble arises in connection with the management of multiple user identities and forgotten passwords. The security level is not optimal when it comes to security classified information, and user-friendliness can be improved significantly with other solutions.
There are many different PKI solutions for authentication. With the help of digital certificates you will achieve a high level of security especially if you use the so-called strong authentication two-factor authentication. An example of this is to use a smart card in combination with a PIN.
AUTHENTICATION
According to “Data Term Group” (Datatermsgruppen)
“Verification of the declared identity, eg at login, during communication between two systems or during an exchange of messages between users”
Many times this is done with the user ID and password for each service or application. Trouble arises in connection with the management of multiple user identities and forgotten passwords. The security level is not optimal when it comes to security classified information, and user-friendliness can be improved significantly with other solutions.
There are many different PKI solutions for authentication. With the help of digital certificates you will achieve a high level of security especially if you use the so-called strong authentication two-factor authentication. An example of this is to use a smart card in combination with a PIN.