document: Citizen centric identity management : chip tricks ? Accelerating and harmonizing the diffusion and acceptance of electronic services in Europe in a secure and practical way has become a priority of several initiatives in the past few years and a critical factor for citizen and business information society services . As identification and authentication is a critical element in accessing public services the combination of public key infrastructure -LRB- PKI -RRB- and smart cards emerges as the solution of choice for eGovernment in Europe . National governments and private initiatives alike vouch their support for this powerful combination to deliver an essential layer of reliable electronic services and address identity requirements in a broad range of application areas . A recent study suggests that several eGovernment implementations point to the direction of electronic citizen identity management as an up and coming challenge . The paper discusses the eGovernment needs for user identification applicability and the need for standardization
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extractive_keyphrases: citizen centric identity management electronic services user identification authentication public key infrastructure smart cards standardization
abstractive_keyphrases: business information services legal framework government public information services