Mobile electronic identification – alternative authentification resource for an access to eGovernment services and commercial services

Electronic identity card (eID) is the preferred medium for electronic identification to services in the area of eGovernment in Slovakia and replaced authentication based on name and password insertion. There is also expected  an acceptance of eID to access electronic services in the commercial sector, too. Mobility as a concept that allows users to access electronic services from anywhere and at any time is an important accelerator of increasing the comfort of users to access services. Where security for access to services can't be subject for a compromise, and it requires formal identification of the user, mobile eID can play an important role in the increased number of usage of electronic services. Mobile eID is a complementary concept, which combines the advantages of conventional eID cards and mobile devices. Mobile eID will serve as an alternative medium of creating a secure channel to access e-government e-services and commercial sector. Traditional form of eID (polycarbonate smart card format ID1) as the authentication token for access to electronic services is basically incompatible with the mobile devices, despite the undeniable advantages. In this presentation we will  discuss key alternatives for implementing MeID using the standard technology and components of mobile devices such as NFC and microSD card.