NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
06/13/05
Today's focus: U.K. business school proposes human trust-based
ID scheme
Dear security.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* The London School of Economics' alternative to U.K. govt.'s ID
card
* Links related to Identity Management
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Today's focus: U.K. business school proposes human trust-based
ID scheme
By Dave Kearns
The U.K.'s Sunday Telegraph broke a story a couple of weeks ago
about an alternative identity scheme (alternative to the U.K.'s
government scheme) reportedly being pushed by the prestigious
London School of Economics.
<aside> When I learned that Mick Jagger founded the Rolling
Stones while a student at LSE, I finally realized the lengths
people would go to in an effort to avoid economics, finance and
other bean-counter and pencil-pusher activities!</aside>
The initial proposal in 2003 by the U.K. government was for an
approximately $73 per person charge for compulsory identity
cards (see "Plans for £40 ID cards",
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3048386.stm> ) but
according to the Telegraph story that's now risen to £300 per
person (roughly $550)! The LSE proposal is supposed to bring
that down to a measly £30 (or $55) each.
While that would be important to the economists, the real news
for identity specialists is that, according to the Telegraph,
"The plan, drawn up by the London School of Economics after six
months of research, would also limit the Government's access to
information on the card to a few basic details," rather than the
huge amount of data the original bureaucratic folks at the Home
Office wanted to collect.
The LSE proposal only requires the holder's name, date of birth
and photograph, plus an encrypted card number and a unique
"national identification number". Other data could be added, at
the user's discretion and released only with the user's
approval.
In contrast, under the government plan U.K. citizens would have
to disclose bank accounts, proof of residency and address, birth
certificate, passport number, NHS [National Health Service]
number, National Insurance number and a credit reference number.
The government claims it would need this data in order to
validate the user's identity and prevent fraud.
The LSE scheme requires much less data because it also requires
the endorsement of three referees - a doctor, lawyer, teacher or
police officer for example - who have known the applicant for a
long time.
What I like about that is that it moves the definition of
"trust" from the risk assessment used in the government plan to
real trust, trust among humans, in the LSE plan. Technology is
very good for many things, but judgment isn't one of them.
There's a lot more to the LSE program and I do urge you to read
the article in the Telegraph (at
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldsv2536> ). Sadly, the Telegraph
does require registration, but those of us who dislike that have
learned that BugMeNot ( <http://www.bugmenot.com/> ) is our
friend.
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To contact: Dave Kearns
Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's
written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
"Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be
found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.
Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these
respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.
Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books,
manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by Fischer
Gartner / Fischer Webcast: The Future of Identity Management
What are the "must have's" in Identity Management and when will
you be able to leverage them? Find out from Gartner VP Roberta
Witty, and Fischer CTO Steve Tillery which next-generation IdM
technologies are essential for addressing compliance, security,
growth, and cost. What can you leverage today?
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