ETSI role in Identity Management and Identification Systems Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14 DOCUMENT #: GSC14-PLEN-029 FOR: Information SOURCE: ETSI AGENDA ITEM: PLEN 6.4 CONTACT(S): Charles Brookson ETSI role in Identity Management and Identification Systems Sources: Charles Brookson, Chairman OCG Security Scott Cadzow, Security expert Geneva, 13-16 July 2009

Highlight of Current Activities Identity Protection TISPAN WG7 report on IdM in NGN: TR 187 010 TISPAN WG7 specification of identity protection measures in the NGN: Work in progress as TS 187 016 ESI developing signature based solutions for identity protection Identifier definition NGN identifier definition (in context of Naming Numbering Addressing work) Human Factors group addressing the role of both Universal Communications Identifier and User Profile data as means of carrying identity and the extensions that identify the role of the identity carrier Collaboration ETSI are active in supporting the ITU-T JCA IdM Geneva, 13-16 July 2009

Strategic Direction To assure privacy protected carriage and use of identity in networks Development of the NGN as a secure infrastructure for users Thus protection assurance of user identity and user privacy Geneva, 13-16 July 2009

Challenges The definition of identity Inherently conceptual rather than concrete Need to identify the scope and role of standards in protecting the user Social identity and communications identifiers need to be better understood and partitioned Social identity not subject to standardization Geneva, 13-16 July 2009

Next Steps/Actions Maintain collaboration with ITU-T JCA IdM Maintain development of Identity Protection mechanisms in TISPAN and ESI Maintain interaction with User and Human Factors groups to ensure social acceptance of Identity Protection mechanisms Geneva, 13-16 July 2009