Episode 87: Payment cards as ID tokens

There are many discussions surrounding the multiple user names and passwords individuals must remember to gain access to accounts. Countries across the globe are investigating ways to make it easier for people to securely access information. In Canada, SecureKey Technologies will be enabling individuals to use bank cards for access to government sites, says Andre Boysen, executive vice president of Digital Identity and Authentication Services at the company. "The challenge for governments in Canada and the U.S. for that matter is that consumers don't deal with the government that often, so when you get a special purpose government account to interact with you've often forgotten the user ID and password since the last time you've used it," Boysen says. "So the government's idea here is really to take advantage of a credential that you have already and make it easier for you to get online with using that credential rather than having a special purpose one just for government."