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The Swiss electronic identity

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Switzerland is a federation of the Confederation, cantons and municipalities. Federated systems correspond to the character of Switzerland. The federal law on electronic identity should take into account the interests of the cantons and municipalities and treat them equally. In this article, expert Hubert Rötzer contrasts the federalist approach with the centralist model preferred today. […]

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What if the AHV number became an email address?

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Digital identity is particularly important in official communication with authorities. Our guest author and President of the Conference of Cantonal Compensation Offices (KKAK) Andreas Dummermuth writes about his everyday life at the compensation office in the canton of Schwyz and future security solutions in authorities Social security is the most expensive infrastructure in Switzerland. Not […]

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Self-Sovereign Identities – Will we control our identity ourselves in the future?

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In the real world we can identify ourselves easily and securely, but in the virtual world we still cannot. For digital identification, there are now several variants, but not always satisfactory. Now, self-sovereign identity seems to be gaining acceptance. Our author, BFH researcher Gerhard Hassenstein, explains what it has over the other concepts. Decentralised identities […]

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Secure identities are needed for the trust of customers

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Isolated, centralised or decentralised – here, two researchers from BFH Technik und Informatik compare the advantages and disadvantages of the different solutions for identification Identity management refers to processes and services that deal with the collection, administration and use of electronic identities. An electronic identity management system must find the right balance between user-friendliness, security […]

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Unleashing Usability Superpowers to Make the World a Better Place

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ICT systems that suffer from minor, and sometimes major, usability problems are an all-too-common experience. This is hard to understand given that there is a readily available body of knowledge that provides solid, field-tested advice on how to design and develop usable and useful interactive digital systems in domains ranging from leisure to business to […]

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The Federal Administration is aligning its human resources strategy with the digital transformation

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The Federal Administration’s personnel strategy 2020-2023 is all about digitalisation. With the two focal points of “shaping digital transformation” and “gaining and developing competencies”, staff are being prepared for the profound changes of digital transformation, writes our guest author Jorge Kühni, the Vice Director of the Federal Personnel Office. The new strategy continues to build […]