by Klaus Schmeh | Jul 5, 2024
Online Patent Registration
The Challenge for the European Patent Office
The European Patent Office used a proprietary smart card solution for online patent applications, which led to a vendor lock. This solution should be replaced.
Our Solution for the European Patent Office
The European Patent Office opted for cryptovision SCinterface for the protection of online patent applications. As cryptovision SCinterface is based on open standards, the vendor lock was ended.
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SECURITY TOKEN & HARDWARE SOLUTIONS
by Klaus Schmeh | Apr 24, 2024
Secure emails for the BMBF
The challenge for the BMBF
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) required a solution for encrypting and signing emails for around 1,500 users. In addition to a high level of security, user-friendliness was a particularly important criterion for this customer. In particular, the selected solution had to enable the smooth use of departmental mailboxes and offer automated key management. Seamless integration into existing infrastructures and processes also played an important role for the customer. Finally, it was a requirement of the customer that classified information could be processed and sent in some departments. At the same time, however, VS requirements are to be dispensed with in other departments.
Our solution for the BMBF
The BMBF opted for the cryptovision GreenShield product as it best met the requirements mentioned. GreenShield is one of the few solutions of its kind to be approved for processing documents up to classification level VS-NfD and is therefore ideally suited to the BMBF’s VS requirements. The digital certificates for VS-compliant communication are provided fully automatically by a sub-CA of the administrative PKI.
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by Klaus Schmeh | Apr 24, 2024
The challenge for the HZD
The Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung (HZD) has over 1000 IT users who require cryptographically protected emails. The aim is to make e-mail traffic secure throughout the state. Like many other authorities, the HZD operates departmental mailboxes whose operation must not be impaired by the use of cryptography.
Our solution for the HZD
HZD opted for cryptovision GreenShield because GreenShield offers a high level of security and user-friendliness at the same time. It was also ideal for implementing the departmental mailboxes.
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by Maik Breilmann | Oct 25, 2023
The LDBV has provided SCinterface to over 50 customers
The challenge for LDBV
The Bavarian State Office for Digitisation, Broadband and Surveying (LDBV) is an authority of the Free State of Bavaria. The LDBV is responsible for digitisation, promotion of broadband infrastructure and measurement and monitors 51 other authorities in this segment. The IT service provider IT-DLZ, LDBV, is responsible for all Bavarian courts. In addition, the IT-DLZ is the IT distributor for all Bavarian authorities.
In order to provide its customers with an efficient chip card middleware, LDBV has concluded a framework agreement with cryptovision for the product sc/interface. As Bavarian authorities are replacing more and more passwords with chip cards, there is a considerable demand for this solution. In the meantime LDBV has made sc/interface available for more than 50 customers – e.g. for universities, parliaments, administrative authorities and courts…
Our solution for LDBV
In order to provide its customers with a powerful smartcard middleware that works with different card types, LDBV has concluded a framework agreement with cryptovision for the SCinterface product. In the meantime LDBV has provided SCinterface to more than 50 customers, including universities, parliaments, administrative authorities and courts.
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by Maik Breilmann | Oct 25, 2023
cryptovision delivered smart card solution for the POSeIDAS project
The challenge for BSI
eIDAS is the EU regulation for digital signatures. In 2016, eIDAS replaced national laws such as the German Signature Act. eIDAS is intended to simplify the handling of digital signatures and make the entire technology more attractive. As is usual with such laws, eIDAS only sets a general framework, while the technical details are left to further regulations and standards.
The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and its French counterpart ANSSI are among the first to develop technical details for eIDAS. Together, they have developed an eIDAS-compliant smart token specification based on the technology of the German identity card (TR-03110): the eIDAS Token.
The BSI has also awarded a project called POSeIDAS to cryptovision, HJP Consulting and Governikus. This project is about three things:
- Implementation of an eIDAS token as smartcard
- Implementation of a software that simulates the functions of an eIDAS token.
- Implementation of an eIDAS server as a prototype
Our solution for BSI
cryptovision supplied the smart card solution for the POSeIDAS project. This is the first implementation of the eIDAS functions on a card chip. This solution uses the cryptovision product ePasslet Suite, a modular Java Card-based framework for multifunctional identity documents. ePasslet Suite, which is already used in over 20 eID projects worldwide, offers Java Card applets for passports, eID cards, electronic driving licenses, signature cards and other applications. As part of the POSeIDAS project, cryptovision enhanced the ePasslet Suite with a number of eIDAS token-specific features, including pseudonymous signatures, Chip Authentication (CA) 3 and Enhanced Role Authentication (ERA). Now that ePasslet Suite supports the full range of eIDAS token functionality, it is the first solution on the market to build eIDAS token-compliant identity documents.
HJP-Consulting was the prime contractor for the project and contributed an eIDAS token implementation in software based on its open source eID card simulator PersoSim. Governikus provided POSeIDAS with an eID server (also open source) and a corresponding eID client.
Further information
Information about the eIDAS token and POSeIDAS can be found in the article Neue Signaturgesetzgebung: Sind aller guten Dinge drei? by Klaus Schmeh, published in der Datenschutz und Datensicherheit 1/2017.
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