Cybersecurity through an Identity Management System

Cybersecurity is a concern of growing importance as internet usage continues to spread into new areas. Strong authentication combined with accountability is a powerful measure towards individuals' protection against any type of identity theft. On the other hand, such strong identification raises privacy concerns. In this paper, we argue that authentication, accountability and privacy can be combined into a single, deployable identity management system which can be adopted to current citizenship database infrastructures. More specifically, we present the properties that such a system would need in order to meet the applications of current infrastructures, aid in general operations of day to day life, and take into consideration the privacy of individuals