Dictionary

Here you can find an overview and explanation of the most used words in and around the MitID Erhverv solution.

A person who can prepare the connection of an organization to MitID Erhverv, so that a management representative only has to sign the connection agreement.

A person who can represent an organisation - e.g. as authorized, part of the management, chairman of the board, etc.

It is in the role of management representative that you can approve the connection agreement for MitID Erhverv before an organisation can be set up and use the solution.

A person who can manage your organization and users in MitID Erhverv.

There are three different administrator roles in MitID Erhverv – one person can have all roles and/or they can be distributed among several users. The three roles are the following:

  • Organisation administrator
  • User administrator
  • Rights administrator

An organisation administrator takes care of the setup and the overall administration of your organisation in MitID Erhverv. 

As an organisation administrator, you can, for example, appoint other administrators, choose which means of identification the organisation offers its users and set up business power of attorney. As well as selecting and deselecting more advanced functionality in the solution such as certificates.

A user administrator manages the creation and administration of users in MitID Erhverv - including choosing means of identification each user can use.

Fo example, depending on how the organisation administrator has set up the organisation in MitID Erhverv, a user administrator can create and manage organisational and/or user certificates.

A rights administrator manages the granting and administration of rights to users in MitID Erhverv – including, for example, managing user groups and business power of attorney.

Rights are used to enable which parts a user can access in public digital self-service solutions on behalf of the organisation.

A user is a business person associated with an organisation created in MitID Erhverv.

For example, when you are created as a user in MitID Erhverv, you can act digitally on behalf of the organisation – depending on which roles and rights you have been assigned by an administrator.

An organisation can be a company, authority, association or voluntary association with a CVR number.

The term user organisation is used when an organisation is connected and set up in MitID Erhverv.

Means of authentication is the device you use when you digitally log on to a system or digital self-service solution, e.g. virk.dk or skat.dk.


A mean of authetication can be, for example, an app, code display, audio code reader, or chip.

When you as a user in MitID Erhverv have to log on to other systems or digital self-service solutions, you can choose to use your private MitID. This means that you can reuse your private MitID user ID and password as well as the means of identification you have as a private person, e.g. MitID app, code display, audio code reader, or chip.

There is a prerequisite of both the organisation and the individual user consenting to the use of your private MitID in the context of MitID Erhverv.  

 

The private MitID is used only to authenticate yourself as a MitID Erhverv user – there is no confusion between one’s activities as a private or erhverv user.

If an organisation or a user does not wish to use their private MitID, you can always get a separate MitID for MitID Erhverv.

 

A separate MitID for Erhverv consists of a new MitID user ID and password, as well as the option of having one or more MitID means of authentication for business use only.

 

It is possible to use both your private MitID and a separate MitID as a user in MitID Erhverv - if both the organisation and the individual user agree to this.