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EESSI Conference: „the Business Perspective“ The EESSI deliverables: how they meet the objectives of the Directive, how they fulfil market needs, how they contribute to the creation of global trust. by Frank Jorissen
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EESSI Conference: „the Business Perspective“The EESSI deliverables: how they meet the objectives of the Directive, how they fulfil market needs, how they contribute to the creation of global trust by Frank Jorissen Member of the Steering Group, EESSIDeputy VP Business Development, Utimaco Safeware
Background & who do I represent ? • 1985: Research Assistantat the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, “COSIC” Laboratory (now famous for NIST’s selection of the “Rijndael” algorithm for “AES”), working on the CEC-funded ‘RACE’ project for secure broadband ISDN (incl. e-signatures...); • 1992: Co-founder of Utimaco Safeware Belgium NV ao active in sales & consultancy of large scale PKI&e-signature projects, eg Isabel, the European Commission, Bolero, ... • 1999: Vice Chairman, EEMA, “the European Forum for E-Business”; - Co-founder & currently SG Chairman, ISSE Conference; - Co-founder & currently Project Co-ordinator, pki Challenge - Member of the Steering Group, EESSI SG; involved with the research&business sides of ‘e-signatures in Europe’ for some time
Progress in implementation of Electronic Signatures in Europe United Kingdom Czech Republic Netherlands Switzerland Luxemburg Germany Denmark Slovenia Portugal Hungary Belgium Sweden Norway Estonia Finland Austria Greece Poland Ireland France Spain Italy Source: Bull, Mr.Claude Boulle
Electronic Signature Legislation without commonly accepted standards:a) leads to lack of interoperability;b) leads to “FEFL”:Full-time Employment For Lawyers...
EESSI Specifications Overview Conformity Assessment Guidance CWA 14172 1-5
Thank youfor your attention & support !! frank.jorissen@utimaco.be www.utimaco.com www.eema.org