E-MyKad : An Online Identity Representation System for Malaysia’s Internet Community

• Main Author: Yusoff , Rizal
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2013
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13622/1/FYP%202%20Dissertation%20%28Rizal%20Bin%20Yusoff%20-%2013764%29.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13622/

The emergence of the internet since the evolution of Web 2.0 has brought many people attentions towards the security of the internet itself. For many years, the online community in the world including Malaysia has increase dramatically. The people are using the internet mostly to interact and socialize with others and to do the online transactions such as selling and buying things. Such progress of the online environment has raised the issue such as the security, privacy and also the trust issue. On the first part of this research paper, the author will prove that there is the need of one system or platform that can be used to verify user‟s identity on the internet. The author will do this by examine the current issues regarding cybercrimes in Malaysia and linked it to the various researches and media related materials. The author is choosing Malaysia as the reference for this research is because there is no particular system yet that is being built in order to verify the user‟s online identity. Additionally, there is the urge from Prime Minister of Malaysia that there is a need for Malaysia government to study a proposal for all bloggers and portal owners to identify themselves on their sites. In this paper, the author will focus on the trust issue of the online community by analyzing the online identity representation. The author is more interested in finding the right identity attributes and the way of how they can be used to verify the person‟s real identity. To examine this, the author will study the previous researches and current products that are available in order to help conducting this research. After the correct materials and data have been found, the author will design the research methodology that is specifically fit the purpose of this research. Among the methodology that being suggested is qualitative study, profile modelling and testing, algorithm analysis and testing, and feedback analysis. At the end of this paper, there will be a suggestion on how the end system should looks like. The author will address about what are lacking on the current related system that have been built and what functions that can be improved. Additionally, there will be suggestion from the author on the important features that the end system should have.