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ePass Montana

ePass Montana. Update Presented To: Electronic Government Advisory Council July 19, 2006. What is ePass Montana?. Federated identity management service One person, one password

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ePass Montana

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  1. ePass Montana Update Presented To: Electronic Government Advisory Council July 19, 2006

  2. What is ePass Montana? • Federated identity management service • One person, one password • Moving all externally facing-services (Internet services available to citizens and business) to one username/password service • Service requiring security only

  3. How Will this impact state agencies? • MI (existing) services • Testing resources to test the implementation (should be minimal) • Generally no impact on agency development resources • Implementation schedule will be provided

  4. How Will this impact state agencies? • Internally developed and contracted (existing) services • Four development tool kits provided (includes sample code) • Support for developers provided • Timeline for conversion may be requested by ITSD • Development and testing time is a case-by-case basis • ITSD is happy to assist in this assessment • New services • Minimal impact • Resource savings

  5. Why are we doing this? • Increasing focus and attention on security with interest and regulations/requirements growing exponentially • Single security solution • Build it once, use it many times • As new security solutions (i.e. Real ID) and requirements are mandated, we only change it once

  6. Why are we doing this? • One auditable solution (by Legislative Audit Division, CIO’s Office, Office of Cyber Protection, and Federal Government) • To control one point of entry to state network • Decreasing entry points, increases overall security

  7. Why are we doing this? • As each service is federated, the strength of the identity is increased • We can do this better together than individually • Makes it easier on our customers • Increases adoption rates of our eGovernment services

  8. Detractors and Risks to Federated Identity • “Big Brother” conspiracy theorists • Privacy advocates • Increased exposure if username and password is compromised • Single point of failure for secured services • If ePass Montana is down, all secured services are down

  9. Federal eAuthentication Initiative • Second week of June ITSD, MI and GSA met • Confirmed that the Federal Government went through similar issues and decision making processes as Montana • Montana is proceeding on the same path as the Federal Government • Good meeting as they listened to our model and why the federal model doesn’t work for us

  10. Federal eAuthentication Initiative • The Federal Government is very interested in getting states involved • States have more data to prove identity than the Federal Government does • Driver’s license information • Vehicle ownership • Voting records • Property ownership • Tax information • Criminal information) • National exposure as we might be the first state to participate

  11. Conclusion • The Federal Government really wants States to participate and “mandates” are foreseeable • For cost efficiencies and security oversight a single solution makes sense • Strategically, ePass Montana positions the State to implement other security mandates that may be placed on the State (Real ID or other) • Our customers will be well served by the seamlessness of state government working together in a unified manner

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