Eviden, the Atos Group business leading in digital, cloud, big data and security announces today that it has been awarded the national C-ITS PKI contract by France’s Department for Transport Infrastructure and Mobility Services (DGITM). Under this four-year contract, which includes two optional years extensions, Eviden will deploy its IDnomic C-ITS PKI solution to support secure and interoperable communication across all C-ITS in France. The nationwide deployment is slated for 2025.
France, one of the leading countries in C-ITS, has chosen to acquire its own national C-ITS PKI in accordance with the European technical and security policy frameworks. Eviden’s IDnomic C-ITS PKI will be crucial to ensure the security and privacy of this system.
Simon Ulmer, Group VP, Head of Digital ID at Eviden, Atos Group: “This selection by the French government to supply and operate the new national ‘PKI C-ITS FR’ further demonstrates Eviden’s leadership in C-ITS security. This collaboration underscores the excellence of our solutions. We are honored by the ministry’s trust and excited to continue advancing the French C-ITS ecosystem towards safer, smarter, and greener mobility.”
Markus Hoffmeister, founder and long-standing managing director of cv cryptovision GmbH, and Marco Smeja, sales manager and also long-standing managing director, will be leaving the company at the end of the year to pursue new personal and professional goals. With visionary leadership, tireless commitment and outstanding contributions, both have played a decisive role in shaping cv cryptovision GmbH. The development of the company into an international player and the impressive sales growth of the last 25 years are among the most important milestones of their successful work.
Continuity and a breath of fresh air
Thomas Riechmann, part of the management team since 2021, remains on board as an experienced constant and will continue to represent the values and visions of cv cryptovision GmbH.
Two familiar faces from the company’s own ranks are also joining the management team:
Björn Burzynski (previously COO and CFO): Since joining the company in 2020, he has contributed significantly to the optimization of internal structures and sustainable growth with extensive expertise in finance, organization and corporate management.
Kerstin Honskamp (previously Head of Product Management): Since 2020, she has been strengthening the product portfolio with her experience in product strategy and innovation management and driving forward pioneering developments.
This combination of consistency and new impetus ensures that cv cryptovision GmbH will remain a reliable partner for innovative solutions in the future.
Björn Burzynski and Kerstin Honskamp (left) replace Marco Smeja and Markus Hoffmeister (right) on the management board. Thomas Riechmann (center) remains on board as an experienced constant.
The GreenShield Mail and GreenShield File encryption software sets new standards in terms of accessibility. The DAkkS-accredited test report for version 1.4.0.508 of the GreenShield Suite confirms excellent results: The software is easily accessible for users with impaired vision or without color perception and proves to be particularly user-friendly for people without vision as well as for users with motor or auditory impairments. GreenShield thus offers an accessible solution that stands out in its category and is fully suitable for different user groups.
Deutsche Telekom confirms: “cryptovision impressed us with the test report on the accessibility of the GreenShield software. In addition, cryptovision is the first manufacturer I know of to deliver the test report directly with the software. That is remarkable.”
Faster deployment with a web-based client, greater ease of use with a brand new end user UI, reduced resource consumption, and several modernized features – these are the key advantages of IDnomic CMS 6.0, the latest release of Eviden Digital Identity’s Credential Management System.
With nearly two decades of proven reliability, IDnomic CMS is an established web-based solution for managing credentials across a variety of secure devices, including tokens, smart cards, mobile devices, and TPMs (virtual smart cards). Its versatility makes it the ideal choice to adapt to both enterprises and public institutions scenarii. Supporting a wide range of enrollment processes, IDnomic CMS is fully compatible with all major smart chip vendors a wide range of smart cards, tokens, middlewares and PKI solutions.
IDnomic CMS version 6.0 introduces significant improvements in user-friendliness, ease of deployment, and resource efficiency. This update brings modernized autonomous workflows, including self-enrollment, self-recovery, self-revocation, and self-renewal. Additionally, IDnomic CMS 6.0 integrates cryptovision SCinterface middleware and supports both the cryptovision VSC (virtual smart card solution) and the cryptovision Pendragon PKI client.
“With this new version of our CMS, we further solidify our leadership in the secure identity market,” says Alexandre May, CMS Product Manager at Eviden Digital Identity. “Combined with our comprehensive suite of PKI and credential management solutions, IDnomic CMS offers a unique, integrated product portfolio that addresses the full spectrum of secure identity challenges our customers face”.
How can an organization migrate to post-quantum cryptography as smoothly as possible? At the MCTTP conference in Munich, Simon Ulmer and Klaus Schmeh from Eviden Digital Identity provided answers in an unusual way. Their presentation in science fiction design was one of the highlights of the event, which took place on September 18 and 19. The audience learned that, among other things, a crypto inventory and a risk assessment are necessary for a proper migration. The transition to post-quantum cryptography for smartcards and embedded systems will be particularly challenging.
Just one week after Mindshare Simon and Klaus showed once again that presentations by Eviden Digital Identity are pretty much anything but boring.
400 participants and guests, 33 talks, a fantastic party, and plenty of networking – that was Mindshare 2024, held on September 11th and 12th at the Gelsenkirchen Science Park. For all those who want to relive these two great days, and for all those who weren’t there, here is the official Mindshare video:
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has officially designated three post-quantum cryptographic algorithms as national standards. These algorithms emerged as the top choices from a years-long global competition, with the winners initially announced in 2022. This decision represents a significant milestone toward ensuring security in the quantum era. Although NIST standards are technically binding only in the United States, they are likely to influence other countries, with key bodies like Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and France’s Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI) already expressing their support.
Along with standardization, NIST has introduced new names for the algorithms. CRYSTALS-Kyber will now be known as “ML-KEM” and assigned the identifier FIPS 203. Similarly, CRYSTALS-Dilithium has been renamed “ML-DSA” (FIPS 204), while SPHINCS+ will be called “SLH-DSA” (FIPS 205).
Eviden Digital Identity welcomes this significant advancement. With its crypto-agile product portfolio, which includes the cryptovision GreenShield email and file encryption solution and the IDnomic PKI solution, the company is well-positioned to support the new cryptographic methods. The three post-quantum algorithms in question have already undergone internal testing since 2022. With the recent standardization, these methods can now be implemented in a future-proof and interoperable manner.
However, the standardization process for post-quantum cryptography is far from complete. FALCON, another winner from the initial algorithm competition, is expected to be officially standardized this year under the name “FN-DSA” with the designation FIPS 206. Additionally, NIST is currently conducting another competition focused exclusively on digital signature methods, with the winners expected to be standardized in the coming years.
With 30,000 participants, DEF CON in Las Vegas is the largest hacker conference in the world. At this year’s edition (August 8-11), Klaus Schmeh, crypto specialist from Eviden Digital Identity, was represented with two presentations. His presentations, which he gave together with US crypto expert Elonka Dunin, focused on cracking various encryption methods and software programs that can be used for this purpose. Around 500 people attended each of the two presentations and, as always, Klaus Schmeh and his co-speaker’s vivid presentation style was extremely well received.
In the two days before DEF CON, the BSides conference also took place in Las Vegas, which addresses a similar target group, but is less commercially oriented and much smaller with 2000 participants. Klaus Schmeh and Elonka Dunin also gave a presentation at BSides. It was about modern computer algorithms that can be used to solve historically significant encryptions. Around 200 spectators watched the presentation, which featured numerous animations, and were captivated by the fascination of code-breaking.
Website of DEF CON: https://defcon.org/html/defcon-32/dc-32-index.html
Gunnar Preißler (Eviden Mission Critical Systems) and Klaus Schmeh (Eviden Digital Identity) will be presenting a solution for cryptographically securing communications in the rail sector at this year’s German IT Security Congress. This is a hardware component developed by Eviden in collaboration with Swedish supplier Westermo. The solution comprises a robust network device into which a security module in µSD format is integrated. This module performs the cryptographic functions and stores the keys. The security module can be replaced if necessary, without having to replace the entire component. Crypto-agility is thus assured.
The German IT Security Conference is organized by the Federal Office for Information Technology Security (BSI), and will take place this year on May 7 and 8 as an online event. Several thousand participants are expected. Gunnar Preißler and Klaus Schmeh will present on the first day at 11 a.m., just after the BSI keynote speeches. They are already looking forward to welcoming a large number of interested spectators.
More than 2000 participants and over 100 exhibitors from all over the world will be present when ID4Africa opens its doors for the eighth time from May 21 to 24. The venue for this year’s edition is Cape Town in South Africa. ID4Africa is regarded as the most important forum for electronic ID cards and digital identities in Africa – a continent with well over a billion people who need secure digital access to the Internet, public authorities and banks.
As in previous years, Eviden Digital Identity – with the brands cryptovision and Idnomic – will be represented at ID4Africa with a stand (B16). Visitors will be able to find out about Eviden Digital Identity’s Citizen ID product portfolio, which has grown significantly in recent years. In addition to the eID-PKI solutions, this includes the eID middleware cryptovision SCinterface, the Java card framework cryptovision ePasslet Suite and much more. All of these solutions have been used for years in numerous African and other countries and have proven themselves in practice. Find out more at ID4Africa 2024.
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