MOTIVATION

Demand of more secure digital services

  • Digital Single Market (DSM)
    • Personal and non-transferable access
    • Unambiguous identification
  • Secure and privacy-preserving eID as enabler
    • Trust and confidence
    • Data treated in full respect of existing data protection legislation
    • No overlapping or contradictory versions of the same identity
  • Benefit from disruptive technologies
    • New segments of population.
    • Ubiquity.
    • Robust, trustful and more friendly eServices.

Opportunity to use disruptive technologies

IMPULSE focuses on two:

  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Biometrics authentication
    • Document verification
    • Digital onboarding
  • Blockchain
    • A well-known implementation of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
    • Shift the ownership of personal data from government to citizens
    • Smart contracts to share the rules under which the parties agree to interact

Challenges

  • Technical
    • Development and deployment
    • Operational constraints
  • Non-technical
    • Ethical & Legal
    • Policy and standards
    • Socio-economic and political
  • Gain acceptance 
  • Promote the adoption of disruptive eID concepts