I527-290 ESRIF Final Report (WEB).indd - European Commission

8. Working Group: Identifi cation of
People and Assets
Executive summary
Identifying people and assets is becoming more challenging and more
important. People and assets are moving faster and faster. Digital services
are becoming the norm for all transactions as systems and countries
need to interact and exchange information. All these evolutions are
completely changing the way we need to defi ne and verify the identity
of both people and assets.
In this context how can we maintain or improve security levels while also
improving the facilitation of people and asset movements? In this report
we present these new challenges and identify the key research domains
which will contribute to the solutions.
Other key challenges include the establishment of trust in the user
community, the need for faster and more accurate systems and the importance of interoperability and information sharing,
associated with a well-defi ned policy related to the access and interconnection of large-scale databases. This report also
shows how innovative solutions (like biometrics) present new opportunities to improve a system’s effi ciency and its security.
We recommend initiating research in fi ve key domains:
1. ID theft and credit card fraud
2. Use and evaluation of biometrics in identity management
3. Identifi cation of disaster victims
4. Assets transport tracking and facilitation
5. Passenger travel security and facilitation
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 Context
This part of the report aims at presenting the issues covered by each work group, the identifi ed threats and challenges attached
to them and the requirements and research requirements to overcome them. In this report, we present these conclusions for
Working Group 8 (WG8).
8.1.2 Presentation of WG8
Working Group 8 (WG 8) focused on the overall topic of the Identifi cation of people and assets. We focused on a specifi c
problem area with clear challenges, which is a high priority for Europe at present.
WG 8 is composed of 71 representatives from various public and private organisations in most Member States. Its goals are
to present the threats on identity management systems currently in place, to establish the missing capabilities to face the
challenges of the coming years and fi nally to defi ne the research needs.
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