A method for providing a mobile terminal with an authentication certificate

The invention relates to a method for providing a mobile terminal with an authentication certificate. The method comprises a step of generating the authentication certificate for authenticating a user by means of the mobile terminal, and a step of storing the authentication certificate in a secure environment of the mobile terminal. In this case, the authentication certificate is generated by an identity manager in dependence on a first certificate and a second certificate. The first certificate is based on secure physical identity information, wherein the physical identity is associated with the user by the identity manager and uniquely identifies the user to a third party. The second certificate is based on secure information of a secure environment of the mobile terminal.