The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the PKI project initiated part of the UAE national ID card program. It also includes some reflections on key management considerations and attempts to make reference to some European initiatives to highlight similarities and differences with the UAE and GCC projects. It presents how the UAE government planned and set up a national identity validation gateway to support both online and traditional transactions. It provides an insight into the architecture and features of the PKI deployment. The key contribution of this article is that it provides an overview of a large scale national PKI program which was deployed as part of a government identity management infrastructure development scheme in the United Arab Emirates. It looks at the evolving forms of identities, namely digital identities and the role of PKI technology in enabling such requirements.
This article discusses the need for trust establishment to advance eGovernment in light of the existing and emerging realities.
This is in principle due to the fact that existing eGovernment environments lack effective methods through which they can establish trust and avail services over digital networks. A large number of Governments’ services are still provided over the counter and requires the physical presence of citizens. In fact, Governments have been cautious in terms of their preferred eGovernment approaches and strategies. In the last 15 years, Governments’ efforts have been scattered, as agencies were mainly concerned with the development of informational portals and some basic online services resulting from the automation of a few traditional transactions. Despite significant investments in eGovernment, reported experiences show limited and struggling success cases.
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