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What is Special About My Application? for the NIST Idtrust 2009 Symposium

What is Special About My Application? for the NIST Idtrust 2009 Symposium. 14 th April, 2009 For information, please contact: Bob.Sunday@pwgsc.gc.ca. Citizens Businesses Visitors. Secure Channel: The Enabler for Government On-Line. Federal Provincial Municipal Business.

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What is Special About My Application? for the NIST Idtrust 2009 Symposium

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  1. What is Special About My Application?for the NIST Idtrust 2009 Symposium 14th April, 2009 For information, please contact: Bob.Sunday@pwgsc.gc.ca

  2. Citizens Businesses Visitors Secure Channel: The Enabler for Government On-Line • Federal • Provincial • Municipal • Business • Typical GOL Services • Canada Site • Gateways • Clusters • EI on the Web • Census 2006 (surveys..) • E-consultation • Dep’t web sites(info) • Tax Filing Online • My Tax Account • Business Tax Account • Record of Employment • Address Change • Interactive Info Service • GC Employee Services • Passport On-line

  3. epass Canada(the Common Registration Service) • Single Sign-on • Two-way encryption • (user <--> department) • Signature Verification • On-line Registration • On-line or In-Person ID Proving • Out-of-Band Secret option • Time Stamping • Non-Repudiation support • User managed

  4. Secure Channel Enabled Applications in Production 83 Programs in 23 Departments

  5. Issued epass Certificates (since Sept 2002)

  6. Weekly Logins and Registrations (April 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009)

  7. So why does GC need to change? • $$$$ • Decentralized funding • Expense of PKI • Custom GC code • Risk based Assurance Model • Multi-jurisdiction environment • Provincial, municipal • Changing policy requirements • Digital signature • Positioning for future identity possibilities

  8. Innovation Activities (Research Agenda) Remote Worker HiDef Video Conferencing Unlicensed Mobile Access Telepresence Centrex Wireless Migration Voice/Data Convergence GEDS+ Virtual Worlds Cloud Computing Wi-Fi IWS Desktop Virtualization Common Email Addresses PDA Projection Green Study Shared Access Cards Phase II Wireless/Mobile Best Practices Shared Access Cards Phase I Handoff for Production or Closed Idea Analysis PoC or Study

  9. Some thoughts • Stable interfaces over the long term are still necessary • We must continue to interoperate • Return on investment • Expense of changing • Movement of the interface boundary to the human interface will cause new interoperability challenges • Loss of choice • Vendor/Provider lock-in • Dependence on visual environment • Accessibility? • Language choice? • Weakest link in the security chain • If we must go here, then do we standardize the people?

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