What?

As more and more services are delivered online, operators must be able to trust the identities of users requiring access; therefore, flexibility is needed to provide appropriate access to employees, customers, and suppliers while minimising risk and keeping costs low.

Criminals are taking advantage of our increasing dependence on digital identities, making identity theft the fastest growing white collar crime, and a major threat to the trust in society.

The security policies and systems of mobile operators need to stay ahead of the threats and vulnerabilities that can emerge with new ways of doing business.

How?

Identity management can safeguard identity through effective risk management and offer operators cost savings, improved user convenience and opportunities for mobility within the framework of regulatory compliance.

Fig : balancing costs and risk

BT can provide a rapid assessment of the overall effectiveness of identity management through a benchmarking approach based which:

• Benchmarks an operators’ current IdM against other organisations
• Assesses current IdM against recognised industry standards and best practice (COBIT & ISO 27001)
• Focuses on identifying and prioritising opportunities for improvement and competitiveness

In addition, BT offers a wider range of verification and access control solutions including: 

• Verification and registration
• Strong authentication
• Biometrics
• Smartcard implementations
• BT URU – a web-based identity verification service
• BT URU Plus – a web-based voice print verification service
• BT Trustwise – Managed Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Benefits 

• Reduced risk of damage to an operators’ brand from Identity Theft
• Reduced risk of fraud