About Authentication
Importance of Authentication
In the absence of direct confrontation and physical elements in the digital world, the need arises for tools that instill trust in electronic transactions, where identity, goods, and even the other party become virtual. To secure this type of contract, the world relies on the electronic Authentication mechanism, which ensures the reliability and safety of transactions through digital certificates that can be relied upon in a borderless electronic environment.
Role of Authentication in Securing Electronic Transactions
Electronic authentication plays a vital role in securing electronic transactions, as it is the essential step to verify the identity of interacting parties online, whether they are individuals, systems, or applications. Here are the most prominent points that illustrate this role:
- Identity verification (Authentication) for a person or entity, which represents access to a system or service is confirmation of who is conducting this operation.
- Protection from unauthorized access, using passwords or two-factor authentication or one-time password (OTP).
- Enhancing trust: Matching digital identities and confirming their validity through authorities, gateways, or authentication tools, which reduces the risks of electronic fraud.
- Electronic signature and electronic transactions: Authentication allows people to securely verify the use of digital signatures in transactions.
- Compliance with laws: Authentication helps ensure compliance with national and international laws related to the digital field.
Tasks and Specializations
The Electronic Transactions Law stipulated the establishment of the National Authority for Digital Authentication and defined its tasks and specializations, where Article (14) of Law (148) of 2015 specified the following tasks and specializations:
- Issuing policies that regulate electronic signature and authentication services.
- Licensing qualified entities to provide electronic authentication services.
- Preparing controls for electronic authentication services and monitoring their implementation.
- Monitoring and following up on compliance with them.
- Coordination with relevant entities (governmental, civil, and civilian).
- Developing human capabilities in the field of electronic authentication.
Establishment and Development
The Electronic Transactions Law of 2007 was harmonized, amended in 2015, and this law is based on the United Nations Model Law on Electronic Commerce issued by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in 2001. The Authority continued its legal development and sought to build infrastructure for the field of electronic authentication and develop technical capabilities and ensure its institutional governance.
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Objectives
The Electronic Transactions Law aims to establish an integrated legal environment that contributes to consolidating trust in digital transactions, and defined its tasks and specializations, where Article (14-148) of the law specified the following tasks and specializations:
- Providing protection and security in the electronic transactions environment.
- Preventing forgery and counterfeiting associated with some uses of electronic signature services.
- Enhancing trust in electronic transactions through their use using electronic authentication.
- Compliance with international laws in the field.
- Addressing cases of denial that arise around electronic transactions.
- Providing services that can be verified financially and legally, and harmonizing the law with technological developments through the 2015 amendment.
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