Microsoft Citizen ID and Card Initiative

Today government organizations demand more from the IT, which play an increasingly vital role
in determining the success of national security and service operations. Microsoft Citizen ID and
Card initiative is one of Core Focus Area under Microsoft Global e- Governance Strategy, here
national or federal government issue common personal identity verification card usually called
smart card and specific number - national id and security number to every citizens with the
objective of increasing national security, managing citizen identity and facilitating e-
governanance.

We gather personal data of citizens including gender, age, martial status, permanent address,
names of family members into a national register. Each citizen will be assigned a specific number
and smart card that will be used as a reference for various socio-economic databases including
passports, licenses and for accessing health care and education and also for identity verification
and to access various e-gov and e-comm transactions.

Citizen ID and Card initiative also has electronic identification concept, which citizens can use
for identifying themselves by digital means to public authorities that form the basis for e-card
and allow citizens to be uniquely identified and authenticated by federal law. It contains a
qualified electronic digital signature that can be used for online e-comm, e-banking and various
other transactions and also to avail online e-gov services. It can be a significant step for online
G2G , G2B and G2C services that citizens used to interact with businesses and governments.

Citizen ID and Card initiative has the potential to transform the delivery of public services in an
important way and simplifies the life of citizens with its multiple applications functionality. This
initiative has three facets for federal governments and its constituents:

• National Security Number : - Here federal or national government assigned a specific

number to every citizen usually called National Security Number or Social Security
Number which can be used as a citizen reference and identity and that can be used to
access various governments’ schemes and entitlements.

• Personal Identity Verification Card :- The second facet is to issue hard physical smart
card for personal identity to citizens. This Personal Identity Verification card eradicate the
multiple ids used in government operations like driving licenses, voter card, tax payments
, open bank and post office accounts and for various other purposes.

• e - Card – Citizen Electronic Identification: - The last step in this initiative employs the
use of electronic, online and internet means for identification with e-card and digital
signature features. Citizens can make qualified electronic signature with e-card that
makes it possible to sign forms or contracts that normally require personally handwritten
signature. It provides electronic services, secure authentications and communications
between government’s authorities and agencies, businesses and citizens.

Citizen ID and Card initiative is significant step in nation building; the major outcome of that
project is to fight terrorism and control illegal immigration, same time to control tax evasion and to
spearhead government schemes at various levels so that the benefits reach those they are not
meant for. Here we identify and authenticate citizens entitlement to government services and
benefits through a single system rather than all governments departments individually and
independently. Governments invest heavily in creating infrastructure, systems and procedures for
verifying entitlement of residents under various schemes of the Government. Citizen ID and Card
initiative make this process simple and also provide human capital management, financial and
citizen centric services to constituents. It is also proposed in order to eliminate multiple ids in
various government departments.

Benefits

Microsoft Citizen ID and Card is the industry's only comprehensive solution set that helps federal
or national government to issue common numbers, smart and e-cards to citizens. It can deliver
the following benefits :

• Citizen Id and Card initiative will eliminate the need for existing multiple ids used for
government operations and identification purposes like to open bank & post office
accounts, driving licenses, tax payments and others.
• Database of residents from various sources will be used for biometric identification and
also for socio – economic activities.
• Citizens can perform ATM transactions and other e-comm services with the smart card.
• This initiative controls the growing problem of illegal migrants in various countries to curb
terrorism and essential step for national security.
• National Security Number can be used in order to distribute the various government
schemes at national, state and local level.
• Provide confidential informations about citizens like health related such as allergies,
medications, medical history – ensures immediate medical attention during emergencies.
• Citizen Electronic Identification with e-card and digital signature feature enables secure
e-commerce, e-banking, online transactions and to access e-gov services.
• No need to replace government current technology investments; easier training
requirement to deploy and manage the solution; leverage investments in this initiative.

Microsoft Technologies and Solutions

Here we offer robust Microsoft technologies; platform and software solutions stack with Microsoft
Citizen Id and Card Environment to conceptualize the whole initiative from assigning national
security number, smart cards to e- cards. We provide Windows Server environment, SQL Server
database , Active Directory, Identity Integration Server , .Net architecture and other platform
services and partner solutions for identity management and card services.

We build and maintain reliable database of residents containing very simple data in biometric
which is integrated with Citizen ID system; used the latest chip and biometric technology to
ensure that data on the card are accurate and secure. We used emerging technologies like
Microsoft Public Key Infrastructure for Windows Server and sophisticated applications called
SCOSTA for the whole project.

The whole initiative is built on Microsoft very secure, reliable, scalable and most productive
Windows platform fully integrated with .Net architecture and with Microsoft full product portfolio
and software solutions stack. Microsoft Windows is the most powerful applications platform for
powering connected applications, networks and web services from workgroup to data center. It
offer the most secure and reliable computing platform. Government can build a very secure IT
infrastructure for enhanced communications and collaboration to build applications on top of
Windows.

We provide Microsoft Windows Sever System and Microsoft Active Directory as the network
operating system directory. This directory provides data repository for users, computers, policies,
and other objects used to provide a common secure authentication, access control and
centralized management infrastructure based on open standards. Microsoft Public Key
infrastructure for Windows Server provide an integrated public key infrastructure that enable
secure and exchange informations with strong security and easy administration across the
internet , extranets and intranet.

Microsoft comprehensive information management software SQL Server provide enterprise class
database platform which has data warehousing, business intelligence, content management,
information integration and master data management capabilities and its database engine provide
more secure, reliable storage for both relational and structured data. Government can manage
highly available, per formant data applications with excellent data warehousing services with SQL
Server

Microsoft offer robust Server Systems to manage physical and virtual IT environment across data
centers, desktop and devices; integrate disparate applications, heterogeneous systems and
environments. Microsoft offer end to end tools, products, technologies, software stack with
partner solutions to conceptualize Citizen Id and Card imitative.

Core Products Used in Microsoft Citizen ID and Card initiative

Microsoft Citizen ID and Card Environment

Microsoft Windows Server

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft Identity Integration Server (IIS)

Microsoft Share Point Portal Server

Microsoft BizTalk Server

Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft .Net

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Commerce Server

Microsoft Host Integration Server

Microsoft Systems Management Server

Microsoft Operations Manager

Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Citizen Service Platform

Microsoft Trustworthy Computing