EVRY ASA has entered into a strategic agreement with the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment, Difi, to provide operating services for the ID Portal/MinID service. The agreement represents total contract value of NOK100 million over the 4-year period, with an option to extend for a further two plus two years. "EVRY is focusing strongly on digitalization of the public sector.

ID Portal/MinID offers streamlined access to public services for all citizens. The objective for the ID Portal/MinID service is to give citizens easy access to public services in a reliable and secure manner. Difi has overall responsibility for the ID Portal, MinID and the Digital contact register.

The ID Portal is also expected to include other functions that form a natural part of the solution over time, such as PIN code generation, message encryption, joint signature capability, authorization solutions for employees, support for foreign users, national ID cards, information services, taking over authorization solutions from Altinn and changes to the scope of SMS services. MinID is a 3-level e-ID service that uses authorization based on access codes sent by SMS or by a PIN code letter. EVRY will provide core operating services for ID Portal/MinID.

As a public sector portal, the ID Portal/MinID service is subject to stringent requirements for both performance and reliability.