1. A method for identification comprising the steps of: providing an application that is installed on a device for execution; the application also serves as a platform for customers to build customized applications to suit specific needs they may have; and providing an authentication service software executable on any hardware platform; registering a person with the system; collecting information required to establish the person's identity with an authenticator; an external service provides a set of challenge/response questions unique to that person to establish positive identification; and upon successful authentication of the person and their device will be associated with each other and recorded in the system.