Morpho (Safran), the French identity and security product firm, today announced the launch of SecureIdentity, a new digital identity service for British citizens and residents. Morpho is one of the new providers to support the expansion of online services offered through the UK government’s GOV.UK Verify program.
Briefly, GOV.UK Verify is the new way to prove who you are online so that users can securely access digital government services, such as viewing their driving licences or filing their taxes.
Scheduled to go live in early 2016, SecureIdentity is described as a mobile application for citizens to prove and protect their identities online. Users will be able to create a verified identity account through GOV.UK Verify. First-time users of SecureIdentity will go through a one-time only verification process that takes about ten minutes. Once users are registered on SecureIdentity, it only takes only a few seconds to prove their identities online, the developers say, thanks to a smartphone app; no having to wait for passwords or ID numbers to arrive.
There will be neither central storage of information nor any disclosure of personal data without explicit authorisation of the user.
Paul Naldrett, Managing Director Morpho UK, said: “Morpho has long been a preferred partner of governments to help them manage their citizens’ identities, contributing to over 50 programs worldwide, including the UK. Our intimate understanding of this market enables us to assist governments in their digital transformation to the benefit of citizens. The singular focus of SecureIdentity is to facilitate access to online services whilst protecting users from identity fraud. For this reason, we have embedded an extra layer of security into our solution through a dedicated smartphone application.”
