Safeguard systems for reliable identification and an efficient provision of information

Various forms of identity abuse feature in cases of fraud and offences targeting our welfare systems. Substantial work needs to be done to create a system for identities that is effective, coherent, secure, and sustainable over time. The security level of physical and digital documents used for identification purposes must be adjusted to the need for more reliable control functions that the growing digitalisation of society entails. 

Government agencies and other relevant actors must also be given better possibilities to collect, store, exchange and otherwise process data efficiently. 

In order to increase the capacity of government agencies to prevent and combat crime, a shift in perspective is needed in how this information is viewed. Information held by various government agencies, at least within central government, should be seen as a collective strategic resource that a government agency should be able to access and use when it needs to. An effective provision of information also requires that government agencies can obtain information from digital environments, as these are an important arena for criminal activities. 

Objective

Identity administration in Sweden must be reliable and sound. It must not be possible to exploit it for various forms of abuse and crime.  Government agencies and other relevant actors must be able to share information efficiently when the purpose is preventing and investigating criminal offences.