Implementation Details of National Identification and Authentication System

The e-government strategy of each country aims to deliver digital services to its citizens. In this paper Croatian National Identification and Authentication System (NIAS) as a base for usage of personal user box as a central point of receiving messages together with electronic identity infrastructure, as a key enablers in the development of trust into e-government in Croatia, will be described. Online authentication of electronic identity allows both the individual and the provider of government services (service agency) to have confidence in the identity of the other party in a transaction over the Internet (online transaction) and is essential infrastructural component for realizing overall objectives of e-government. There is a growing awareness that the interoperability of national public ICT infrastructures is a precondition for a more service-oriented and competitive public sector.