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Leveraging the Postal Infrastructure for the Authentication of Individuals Towards an Online Government Service Provision

The Postal Infrastructure that has evolved over centuries for ensuring secure and trusted transfer of mail globally provides the perfect framework for continuing such a secure and trusted communication system in the digital world. Traditionally authenticating an individual’s identity, through using official documents like passports and driver's licences, have provided a means for completing secure transactions in any commercial situation. Authenticating individuals in the digital word is more challenging given the lack of physical presence when authenticating individuals online. This paper argues that the existing postal infrastructure can help organisations authenticate potential customers and suppliers in the digital world by combining the postal service’s physical infrastructure and the Internet to provide a stronger, multifactor form of authentication. This multifactor authentication could reduce security exposure and informational privacy concerns of both individuals and organisation eager to trade online.