How Does the EAP Intend to Enable Interoperability?
The EAP will foster interoperability among e-authentication systems by: • Drafting rules for credentials and authentication systems for different and hierarchical assurance levels. These rules will provide a standard set of criteria for evaluating credentials at each assurance level. • Developing the means to (a) assess credentials and systems against the standard set of criteria and (b) convey that assessment to relying parties. • Drafting “rules of engagement” for relying parties that will allow them to use third party credentials. These rules would take the place of bilateral agreements. • Creating operating rules for validating credentials and defining how validation of credentials will be conducted.
