Governikus and the Bundesdruckeri launch AusweisIDent
20.11.2018 - Online service providers can now identify new customers easily and securely: Banks, telecommunications companies and the like can now integrate the online ID function of the ID card or electronic residence permit much more easily. With AusweisIDent, Bundesdruckerei and Governikus have developed a new solution for companies to quickly and cost-effectively identify new customers online and are now jointly offering it.
"Fraud with stolen or manipulated identities is an increasing problem for online service providers. By using the online ID card function of the ID card, AusweisIDent enables a highly secure solution and protects companies from fraud with false identities," says Dr. Stefan Hofschen, CEO of Bundesdruckerei.
In addition, the digital and fast identification of customers is cheaper than the PostIdent or VideoIdent procedures that are currently often used. AusweisIDent meets the requirements of key legislation on identity verification, such as the E-Government Act (EGovG), the Money Laundering Act (GWG) and the Telecommunications Act (TKG).
In order to be able to offer new customers the online ID procedure with the ID card, service providers previously needed their own eID infrastructure and their own authorization certificate to read the ID data. This is no longer necessary. Service providers only need to integrate Bundesdruckerei's web application. This is hosted in a highly secure manner by D-TRUST, the trust service provider and subsidiary of Bundesdruckerei. Billing is transaction-based.
"AusweisIDent offers all the advantages of being able to identify customers securely, quickly and easily on the Internet and at the same time the advantage of media-break and error-free data transfer to your own systems," says Dr. Stephan Klein, Managing Director of Governikus as system supplier for AusweisIDent.
Bundesdruckerei is the first provider of this service in accordance with Section 21b of the German ID Card Act. It received the BSI certificate for identification service providers on October 12. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) had previously approved TÜV-IT's audit report. The certification paves the way for other service providers to offer their customers a convenient and location-independent identification solution. "With AusweisIDent, customers with an ID card or electronic residence permit will be able to identify themselves easily and securely online with a service provider, such as a bank," says MinDir Peter Batt, Head of the Digitalization Department at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI). One of the first providers to integrate AusweisIDent as an identification procedure in future will be the Verimi identity and data platform.
To use AusweisIDent, private end customers still need an ID document with an activated online ID function, a corresponding PIN and a reader. Smartphones with an NFC interface, for example, can be used as readers. This allows customers to conveniently identify themselves online from home or on the move: simply call up the service provider's website in the mobile browser or its app, start the service registration, hold the ID document up to the smartphone's NFC interface when prompted, then enter the PIN on the smartphone - and the secure identification process is complete.
For more info, visit www.ausweisident.de.
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