MinID is developed and maintained by the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Direktoratet for forvaltning og IKT - Difi, in Norwegian), and currently gives about 2.5 million people secure electronic access to public services. In 2010 it was used 14 million times to login to various public services, including the delivery of tax returns, services of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV), applications for day care, applications for student loans and scholarships and applications for school and student places. These services do not require high security, since they do not process sensitive personal data nor have special security requirements.
The new MinID options are an eID smart card and an eID USB stick ('thumb drive'). They provide eID at the highest security level, and are designed for public services that deal with sensitive information, such as health information and other services with especially high security requirements. They can also be used for all services for which MinID is currently used, as well as for future services which involve the electronic signing of documents and the encryption of messages that contain sensitive information.
Currently only some public services can be accessed with the new options, such as university admission and the Government pension fund. Other services will become accessible through the new options in the near future.
MinID is designed with safety and convenience in mind, and is a good solution for accessing public services that require a high level of security. However, future services might require even higher security, which might involve a different type of ordering method. So to obtain an eID at the highest level of security might require attendance in person in order to conduct an identification check. Currently the MinID PIN code is sent to the user's home when the service is acquired.
Further information:
- Original news article - Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (in Norwegian)
- Related ePractice news article - NO: Moving towards safer online public services
- MinID - Agency for Public Management and eGovernment
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Quelle/Source: epractice, 15.04.2011
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