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Digital Identities and the Promise of the Technology Trio: PKI, Smart Cards, and Biometrics

A. M. Al-Khouri and J. Bal

Abstract

This article looks at one of the evolving crimes of the digital age; identity theft. It argues and explains that if three key technologies were implemented together namely biometrics, smart cards, and PKI, then they can deliver a robust and trusted identification and authentication infrastructure. The article concludes that such infrastructure may provide the foundation for e-government and e-commerce initiatives as it addresses the need for strong user authentication of virtual identities.

Journal of Computer Science
Volume 3 No. 6, 2007, 361-367

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2007.361.367

Submitted On: 23 April 2007 Published On: 30 June 2007

How to Cite: Al-Khouri, A. M. & Bal, J. (2007). Digital Identities and the Promise of the Technology Trio: PKI, Smart Cards, and Biometrics . Journal of Computer Science, 3(6), 361-367. https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2007.361.367

Open AccessCopyright: © 2007 A. M. Al-Khouri and J. Bal. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • identity theft
  • e-government
  • G2C
  • online authentication
  • biometrics
  • smart cards
  • public key infrastructure