DESCRIPTION: Shares the functionality of user authentication. ‘Electronic identification’ means the process of using person identification data in electronic form uniquely representing either a natural or legal person, or a natural person representing a legal person; ‘Authentication’ means an electronic process that enables the electronic identification of a natural or legal person, or the origin and integrity of data in electronic form to be confirmed; Based on eIDAS - REGULATION (EU) No 910/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2014.257.01.0073.01.ENG Syn. Authentication Service, eID INTEROPERABILITY SALIENCY: The Identity Management Service ABB  is salient for technical interoperability because it provides the functionalities of user authentication. EXAMPLES: The following implementation is an example on how this specific Architecture Building Block (ABB) can be instantiated as a Solution Building Block (SBB): EU Login EU Login is the European Commission's user authentication service. It allows authorised users to access a wide range of Commission web services. EU Login is the entry gate to sign in to different European Commission services and/or other systems. EU Login verifies your identity and allows recovering your personal settings, history and access rights in a secure way. You can sign in using social media accounts or the EU Login account. EU Login supports a variety of verification methods: • Password; • ECAS Mobile App PIN code; • ECAS Mobile App QR code; • On mobile authentication; • Mobile phone + SMS; • Token and Token CRAM. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/cas/about.html https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/cas/manuals/EU_Login_Tutorial_1.1.pdf Federal Public Service Policy and Support - Federal Authentication Service (FAS) Via the Federal Authentication Service (FAS) individuals are authenticated so that they can access secure online government applications. Characteristics: • Three different security levels depending on the sensitivity of the information: user name and password; user name, password and token; electronic identity card with associated PIN code. • Authentication when connecting to an application • Support with the implementation of the service • Support while the service is being used Attribute Publication Service: • Collecting a user´s attributes from one or more reliable sources that are located in other government institutions (i.e., National Register, Crossroads Bank for Social Security and Crossroads Bank for Enterprises) • Sending of the requested attributes to the requesting government application within the framework of a successful authentication Users: • All public services and institutions that want a secure authentication process for their applications: Federal public services and institutions; Communities and Regions; Provinces, municipalities and local public social welfare centres; businesses or persons implementing government contracts Requirements: • Application with Fedict Service Desk and signing up to a user agreement http://www.fedict.belgium.be/en/identificatie_beveiliging/federal_authentication_service