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Introduction

Swedish BankID is a strong personal identification method used in Sweden by individuals to authenticate and to conclude agreements on the Internet. Individuals having Swedish personal identity (personal number) and are registered in Sweden can have Swedish BankID through their bank. Client applications exist for mobile and desktop. For more information, refer to This is BankID.to Welcome to BankID

Ubisecure SSO is capable of acting as a relying party and authenticating Swedish BankID users via an external authentication adapter which is also covered under these pages.

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Complete list of Swedish BankID use cases can be found in BankID Relying Party guidelines.

Terminology

TermDescription
Relying Party (RP)A party that uses the BankID web service to provide authentication and signing functionality to the end user.
Backchannel authenticationA method of performing authentication transaction hidden from the client facing application.

Technical information

Ubisecure SSO and related components act as a Relying Party to BankID service provider. This concept is strictly specified in BankID Relying Party guidelines. It is highly suggested to read through the guidelines before proceeding to enable the authentication method.

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