<p>He was speaking at the ‘Vision-2020 Leadership Series’ organised as part of the ‘Bangalore IT.Biz’ 2009.<br /><br />“The database can be a potential target of hackers and issue of UID will be a massive logistical challenge ever taken up anywhere in the world,” he said.<br /><br />“We would have a lot of challenges from security, technology, implementation side. Everybody would like to hack into our system. So we need to have a fool proof system,” he added.<br /><br />Asked about fancy number, he replied firm no. “Take the number you get, Number will be numeric; it will be a 16-digit number.” <br /><br />No ID card<br /><br />The authority will issue a ID number not a card, and ID is not a mandatory but will be a demand-driven where the benefits and services that are linked to the UID will ensure its adoption. <br /><br />He also said that the authority would soon appoint a consultant to help identify a company which would manage the proposed Unique Identification data centre. There would be diverse sets of enrolling point, but uniform process for the systems. <br /><br />He said the biometrics and data standards and verification committees appointed by UIDAI will submit its reports in a couple of months. <br /><br /></p>
<p>He was speaking at the ‘Vision-2020 Leadership Series’ organised as part of the ‘Bangalore IT.Biz’ 2009.<br /><br />“The database can be a potential target of hackers and issue of UID will be a massive logistical challenge ever taken up anywhere in the world,” he said.<br /><br />“We would have a lot of challenges from security, technology, implementation side. Everybody would like to hack into our system. So we need to have a fool proof system,” he added.<br /><br />Asked about fancy number, he replied firm no. “Take the number you get, Number will be numeric; it will be a 16-digit number.” <br /><br />No ID card<br /><br />The authority will issue a ID number not a card, and ID is not a mandatory but will be a demand-driven where the benefits and services that are linked to the UID will ensure its adoption. <br /><br />He also said that the authority would soon appoint a consultant to help identify a company which would manage the proposed Unique Identification data centre. There would be diverse sets of enrolling point, but uniform process for the systems. <br /><br />He said the biometrics and data standards and verification committees appointed by UIDAI will submit its reports in a couple of months. <br /><br /></p>
