The White House is exploring new plans for identification systems on public internet users
The White House recently announced the development of a new plan for biometric identification of members of the public making online transactions with the federal government, according to a report from Fierce Government IT.
The new plan is an extension of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, which was set in place in 2004 and mandated federal employees to carry a plastic card that stored biometric data for identification. The White House’s goal is to create a program that would implement a general identification standard for members of the public while accessing electronic health records, online banking and online shopping, Fierce Government IT reports.
Experts in the IT identification industry spoke at a conference about the objectives of the online identification plan. Speaking about the government’s intended identification capabilities, industry expert Howard Schmidt said at the conference "I want to make sure that the computer on the other end knows that it’s me that’s interacting with it."
Regarding the identification cards issued to federal employees in 2004, he added "we need to figure out how we get those things to work at the national level."
Online identification programs are becoming increasingly secure, as authentication solution provider AuthenWare recently released new computer identification software that recognizes biometric data through authorized users’ keystroke patterns.
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