Microsoft has warned that the U.K.'s national identity card plans pose a security risk that could increase the likelihood of confidential data falling into the hands of criminals.
Jerry Fishenden, a top security and identity management expert at Microsoft, said that the British government's current technology proposals are flawed. He also criticized other technology suppliers for failing to speak out publicly about their concerns for fear of damaging any future bids for part of the lucrative contract for ID cards.
Fishenden, national technology officer at Microsoft UK, said that the plans for a central national identity register could lead to "huge potential breaches" and a leakage of personal information.
"I have concerns with the current architecture and the way it looks at aggregating so much personal information and biometrics in a single place," he said. "There are better ways of doing this. Even the biometrics industry says it is better to have biometrics stored locally."
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Oct 18, 2005, 11:15 PM
