GOV.UK Verify is an identity assurance system developed by the UK Government Digital Service (GDS). The system is intended to provide a single trusted login across all UK government digital services, verifying the user's identity in 15 minutes. It allows users to choose one of several companies to verify their identity to a standard level of assurance before accessing 12 central government online services.
Video GOV.UK Verify
History
The Cabinet Office started work on the system in 2011, when it was known as the Identity Assurance Programme (IDAP). A private beta phase began in February 2014, moving into public beta on 14 October 2014. The system was declared live on 24 May 2016.
Maps GOV.UK Verify
Certified companies
Third-party companies are responsible for carrying out identity verification within the scheme. The first five companies - known as identity providers (IdPs) - signed up to provide the service through a tender issued by the Department of Work and Pensions were The Post Office, Verizon, Experian, Digidentity and Mydex CIC. After a further tender issued by the Cabinet Office in 2014, Barclays, GB Group, Morpho and Royal Mail became certified companies.
While Mydex CIC participated in the original tender process it did not go on to become a certified GOV.UK identity provider. In 2016 Verizon was temporarily and then permanently removed from the list of certified providers.
Level of assurance
GOV.UK Verify certified companies must verify customers' identities to level 2 as defined by Good Practice Guide 45 published jointly by CESG and the Cabinet Office. This level of identity assurance is intended to be sufficient to support a claim in a civil court.
List of connected services
The following services are currently connected to GOV.UK Verify as of July 2017:
Future services include signing mortage deeds.
Use beyond central government
Local government
GDS has been working with local authorities since 2013 to pilot the use of GOV.UK Verify by local government.
Private sector
Work is underway to extend usage of the system to the private sector.
NHS
GOV.UK Verify is one of the options being considered by the National Health Service for its citizen identity solution.
Use by foreign citizens
Work is underway to enable non-UK citizens to access the service from September 2018.
Criticism
The GOV.UK Verify has not met various targets that GDS set for it:
- The platform was originally due to launch in 2012, but did not do so until 2016.
- The success rate in verifying individuals is 54% as of May 2017.
It does not meet all the identity requirements of government departments, such as identifying intermediaries or businesses.
See also
- Digital identity
- eIDAS
- Electronic authentication
- Federated identity
- Government Gateway
- Identity assurance
- Identity management
- National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (US equivalent initiative)
- Open Identity Exchange
- Privacy by design
- Strong authentication
References
External links
- Introducing GOV.UK Verify
- Video showing how GOV.UK Verify works
- GOV.UK Verify on Twitter
- GOV.UK Verify blog
- GOV.UK Verify performance dashboard
- Identity Assurance Programme briefing paper - National Audit Office
Source of article : Wikipedia
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