Is information available on security issues such as authentication and Public Key Infrastructure?
WP8-03 – “Security Issues” – considers the legal issues connected with electronic signatures, PKI, biometric identifiers and the security measures set out in ISO 17799. It charts the legal background to the above issues, and considers the current position under English law. Section 7 of this report considers the issues in the context of a Smart Card Scheme and the way in which certain risks may be managed by means of contract. WP3-04 – “Accessibility and Social Inclusion” deals with the subject of authentication in Section 5. It says: Authentication provides users with a secure way to prove their identity during a transaction. It can also prove the identity of the other participant (card reader and service provider) back to the user. However it is important that the level of authentication is appropriate to the application; users will get frustrated if they are required to provide information which they deem unnecessary. WP7-09 – “Authentication” is a series of reports about the subjec
