Focus on Citizen IDIntelligent credentialinginterwiev with Carl-Otto Künnecke, CEO and Managing Director - Otto Künnecke
Verifying a citizen’s identity has always been of prime concern for governments, immigration authorities and public administrations, in terms of ensuring people are who they claim to be and to allow them access to the services to which they are entitled |
In today’s world of the global village, where international travel has become commonplace for everyone, proving identity has become a part of daily life. Passports, national ID cards, visas, citizens’ identity cards and driver’s licenses all form part of the ID credentials business. In addition to this, many local and regional authorities are looking at how national schemes could be integrated in terms of data and technology to extend a card’s function to provide additional citizen-centric services. All this, coupled with the need for optimum security of documents to foster national and international security and efficient data management, has led to a constantly developing, high-tech means of credentialing – particularly in the realm of national schemes. ID People met with Carl-Otto Künnecke to find out the current trends in and issues affecting, this crucial industry sector. 
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