IDEM

IDEM’s challenges

1. Privacy is a major concern when deploying an IDM system. In our context, growing amounts of information is made available online. The different parties involved process huge amounts of sensitive information about the parties involved (citizens, social benefits, health care services, etc.). Combining all this data coming from different sources by coupling local and global identifiers, or even distinct local identifiers, should not be feasible by default, because it would enable to profile entities, which could violate privacy.
2. There is a need to evaluate whether and how biometrics and delegation systems can be integrated into IDM systems used for eGovernment.
3. In an eGovernment environment there are specific needs to integrate new concepts and techniques with existing infrastructures, such as the eID card, the Regional and National Registers, the various eServices provided at Flemish and Belgian level, etc.
4. It is not straightforward to design and implement IDM systems that interoperate with existing systems to provide the best guarantees to be user-friendly and compliant with the security requirements. Tools for secure software development and application monitoring are important assets to achieve this goal.

All information about the project can be found in the leaflet.