
If the ELSTER account is utilised to log in to all online offers of the portal association, then all ELSTER users already have a digital identity with which they can use many e-government services. The act also lays the foundations for the portal association (Portalverbund), which will link several federal and state e-government offerings. The Online Access Act (OZG) commits the federal government, states and local authorities to provide all government administrative services digitally by 2022. The solution flexibly covers a wide range of security requirements.

The technology is based on secunet protect4use, a user-friendly authentication solution for web services which supports all relevant platforms and browsers.

The new authentication path is particularly easy for users, as they can utilise their smartphone as a token and do not need any additional hardware.
