Authentication 2.0

New Opportunities for Online Identification

Digital networks offer people new opportunities.  Taking advantage of these opportunities, however, will depend on whether we can improve our ability to authenticate identity online.  Weak authentication distorts social interactions, security, and business on the Net.  Without better authentication, we may forgo many opportunities, and the Net will remain a place that holds considerable risk.

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James Andrew Lewis
Senior Vice President; Pritzker Chair; and Director, Strategic Technologies Program