Swedish Tax Agency swipes to turnkey ID

COLOMBES,  FRANCE: Oberthur Technologies, a provider of security and identification solutions and services, announced the successful delivery of a turnkey eGovernment solution including an electronic national ID card and a complete ID system to the Swedish Tax Agency.

Oberthur Technologies' solution includes enrolment equipment, electronic secure document manufacturing, personalisation system, PKI including certificate management and issuance and finally a Card Management System. As per a company statement: Thanks to this strong and complex CMS at the heart of the solution, the Swedish Tax Agency is able to order personalised smart cards via a web service managed by Oberthur Technologies. In addition, Oberthur Technologies offers a set of associated services such as integration, support, maintenance, quality control, Tax Agency staff training, revocation hotline phone service and customer support.

The Swedish electronic national ID card, as explained further, has various applications for online and offline identification: for example in the health sector, it enables collection of prescription medication from the pharmacy; in banking, it enables in-store payment by credit card and other banking transactions. Furthermore, many public and local authorities as well as companies, offer e-services that require the eID card, for online authentication and electronic signature for identity control.

"The Swedish Tax Agency launched an open international tender with major leading-edge suppliers, and Oberthur Technologies was selected for the best secure national ID card and full ID system", said Olivier PRESTEL, Managing Director Identity Business Unit at Oberthur Technologies.