National ID card and digital signature
Estonia is deploying a national ID card and its electronic applications, including nationwide digital authentication and electronic document signing. I joined AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus, the company responsible for the delivery of the ID card’s digital infrastructure, in 2002, when the launch of national digital signature was just being prepared. The first legal digital signatures in Estonia were given in October 2002.
I had three responsibilities in the ID card and digital signature project. First, I was responsible for technical coordination of the project websites and user-facing services, working closely with the production partners and providing copy and content for the sites, as well as handling technical deployment and maintenance. Secondly, I participated in marketing activities, producing online and paper information materials, but also giving talks and seminars at various public and private events to increase the public awareness of the ID card, digital signature and their benefits to the public and private sectors. Finally, together with partners, I managed the technical aspects of the first version of ID card starter kit product, aimed at bringing an ID card reader (smartcard reader) into Estonian retail outlets to enable anyone to use ID cards at their home, office or other locations.
Photo credit: Citizenship and Migration Board
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