The EU eIDAS expert group working on eIDAS 2.0 published on February 22nd, the European Digital Identity Architecture and Reference Framework (the “ARF”). Eurosmart's members have collectively reviewed this document and provided the EU eIDAS expert group with an exhaustive list of comments (the commenting table is...
This year, the Digital Europe programme will fund major projects in the field of digital identity. The programme will give a concrete shape to the legislative proposal establishing a European Digital Identity Framework (eIDAS 2). The first concrete initiative is a call for proposals the Commission...
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) completed the certification of Eurosmart’s PP-0117 Protection Profile for Secure Sub-System in System-on-Chip (3S in SoC). The PP-0117 version 1.5 has been evaluated at an approved evaluation facility using the Common Methodology for IT Security Evaluation (CEM) for...
Disclaimer: Eurosmart can confirm the resilience in 2021 of the Secure Elements market despite the current pandemic and chip shortage.We take the opportunity to comment on key drivers and trends for 2021 and extending into 2022.However, and due to the forementioned uncertainties, we have chosen...
The European Parliament invited the President of Eurosmart to participate in a public hearing on the revision of eIDAS. The event will be held on 3 February from 9:00 to 11:00. Alban Feraud will address the MEPs from the Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)....
In this new publication, Eurosmart explains that the advent of quantum computers would be a significant threat to the security of identity documents. Such an advent might seem distant, but current research shows that progress is taking place at a fast pace. The question is...
ETSI recently published a technical specification on identity proofing in the context of eIDAS trust services[1]. This document was prepared by its ESI technical committee, supported by a Specialist Task Force (STF 588). This technical specification answers a security gap in the current eIDAS framework for...
Last June, the European Commission proposed a text amending the current version of the eIDAS Regulation. This proposal is a breakthrough in the eIDAS ecosystem. It will bring every Member State to notify at least one electronic identification scheme level High. Furthermore, the proposal introduces...
Eurosmart Feedback on BSI draft TR-03166 Eurosmart welcomes this opportunity to provide feedback on the BSI draft TR-03166 "Technical Guideline for Biometric Authentication Components in Devices for Authentication". This document is very timely: the European Commission published two months ago its proposal for a revision of...
