Digital Identity – Definition, Types, Characteristics

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Let's start from a somewhat preliminary level, which is well identified by the words used on the official website of AgID (Agency for Digital Italy). We are referring to the so-called " electronic identification ":

“Electronic identification is a process in which personal authentication ivory coast whatsapp resource data in electronic form is used to uniquely identify a natural person and a legal person” (source: agid.gov.it ).

To put it another way, before narrowing down the main types of digital identity: it is a specific set of information that identifies a specific person, within a specific computer system.

Not only that: digital identity allows you to establish that a certain person, at a precise moment, is performing certain actions online. In short: who, what, when.

All of this, of course, requires prior access with authentication credentials.

While the IT “behind the scenes” of digital identity involves highly complex technical aspects, which we will not dwell on here, its operational uses are now something we are very familiar with.

Just think of the electronic signature , which is the equivalent of the physical signature but which brings with it a whole series of additional advantages and opportunities, which we have summarised in this article .