The concept of a single authentication system, or gateway, is a key component of the Bush administration's initiative to secure sensitive transactions, he noted. The e-Authentication gateway is one of the 24 e-government initiatives backed by the administration.
The gateway is designed to consolidate the validation of multiple authentication levels, such as passwords, personal identification numbers and digital certificates, through a single interface.
"E-authentication minimizes the burden of doing transactions online," Forman told forum participants. The forum, which focused on e-government and information security policy issues, was hosted by the Business Software Alliance and Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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- "e-Authentication initiative"
- "Agencies miss e-gov funding" [FCW.com, Feb. 11, 2003]
- "GSA fleshes out gateway concept" [Federal Computer Week, June, 24, 2003]