MAIN FOCUS

The main focus of the project lies in the customer identity provision and management for telecommunication (fix and mobile) and Internet services. The overall objective is to provide a proof-of- concept of the viability and inter-operability of digital identification and authentication, managed in a federated network and between different Circles of Trust (CoT) compliant with the Liberty Alliance specifications.

Three federations of service providers organized in CoTs will demonstrate that users can carry out transactions in a secured way around one or several identity providers (IdP). The CoT demonstrations will involve telecom and Internet service providers and e-service companies. The latter will be involved through the Advisory Committee. The CoT infrastructure will be set up by telcos in 4 European countries with the support of industry partners that will provide Liberty compliant technology for the purpose of the project.

The interoperability demonstration will cover interactions and exchanges of identification / authentication elements between different CoTs, forming a seamless environment for the end-user who will be able to control the use of his personal data. Security and privacy issues are considered key and will be thoroughly analysed with the help of a leading research institution in the information security domain.

To validate the technical and organisational aspects, the consortium will demonstrate the CoTs and their inter-operability in service scenarios (fix and mobile) to be selected at project start, such as the personal profile services, enhanced with geo-location and terminal communication characteristics.