Moscow will introduce biometric identification on city sites

On July 1, 2021, it became known that biometric identification of users will be introduced on Moscow city sites. For this, the Infogorod GKU subordinate to the Department of Information Technology (DIT) of Moscow signed a contract for 88.7 million rubles with TaskData.

According to Kommersant"" with reference to the terms of reference for the tender, three new ways should appear on city portals: authentications through the SberBusiness ID service, via a link from an email and using. The biometrics Moscow City Hall reported that biometrics are planned to be used only for a limited number of authorized employees when accessing. Single Data Center

Moscow will introduce biometric identification on city sites

Biometric verification is a way of additional account protection, such a function may be interesting to those who want to strengthen the security level of their account on the mos.ru portal, explained to Kommersant in DIT. In the future, this function can be used when providing services and services for which you need to confirm your identity, the authorities added.

In general introduction of biometrics in Russia so far in hover - identification with its help uses only the limited number of the companies among which banks, telecom operators and insurance, the CEO of Institute of researches internetakaren Kazaryan considers.

In his opinion, it is necessary that biometrics use a wide range of services, and there were a sufficient number of users in the system, but the Russians are not yet eager to pass their biometric data.

Although the use of biometrics will be voluntary, the authorities will carry out soft "propaganda" of this tool, suggested Alexander Dvoryansky, director of strategic communications at Infosecury, in a conversation with Kommersant.^[1]

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