Business Roundtable: Industry Can Lead Way To Secure Identity Verification

July 18, 2019

In a digital world, where a Social Security number isn’t enough to verify a person’s identity, the business community can help governments find more secure solutions, according to the Business Roundtable.

What might secure digital identification look like when the Social Security number is not, well, secure?

That’s a question the Business Roundtable (BRT) would like its members, and the business community at large, to help answer. The group recently released a paper [PDF] making the case that government should seek private-sector assistance to build new digital tools to verify a person’s identity.

“To continue to reap the benefits of the online world, it is imperative that the U.S. government and the private sector work together to strengthen digital identity without sacrificing the speed or convenience that today’s society demands,” the report states. “Meeting this goal would strengthen the entire online ecosystem—from e-commerce to healthcare, employment, supply chains, and more.”

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