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FASTeTEN : a Flexible Technology in Different European Administrative Contexts. Baudouin.de-Sonis@eu-forum.org +32 (0)4 75 96 06 28. FAST Project FAST Platform. F.A.S.T. : F ully A utomated S ecured T ransactions services.
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FASTeTEN : a Flexible Technology in Different European Administrative Contexts Baudouin.de-Sonis@eu-forum.org +32 (0)4 75 96 06 28 Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
FAST Project FAST Platform Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
F.A.S.T. : Fully Automated Secured Transactions services • EU supported project – pilot deployment of award-winning FAST trust infrastructure • Contributes to Commission's defined European eGov objectives: providing tools that can be used flexibly and interoperably by European administrations • Adaptation of French-developed bundle of services to Spanish and UK local/regional government contexts Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
Fully Automated Secured Transactions services FACTS • Initial Deployment project, from 01/01/2007-to- 31/12/2009 years, funding 2.2M€ • Trust and secure European platform for Data exchange between all levels of administration (European, Central, Regional and Local). • Consortium will develop for the FP6 and Public Sector projects a playfield to help architecting, deploying, and testing robust and flexible trust and secure infrastructure solutions. • Beneficiaries are The Industry sector for secured exchanges with administration (Spain) The Department of Education, pupils, teachers, parents and Administrative (UK), • Where does it take place ? In the region of Valencia in the e-Procurement arena In the Department of Education (based in Sheffield) in UK • Deployment plans are to extend this project in Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta • Member States involved : France, UK, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Malta, Bulgaria, Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
department for education and skills creating opportunity, releasing potential, achieving excellence FASTeTEN Project partners
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The FAST technologiesIntroduction • What are the FAST technologies designed for? • Secure data exchange • Long-term electronic evidence • What are the FAST technologies? • The FAST platform • The FAST APIs Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
The FAST technologiesSecurity • Rationale • The FAST technologies process highly sensitive data, which require a high level of security • Security mechanisms • Authentication and integrity • Confidentiality • Evidence • Availability Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
The FAST technologiesInteroperability • Rationale • Standard formats and protocols are best suited for long-term conservation of electronic evidence • Interoperable formats and protocols • Electronic signature • Encryption • Digital certificates • Revocation status • Time-stamping • Request format and transport Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
The FAST platform Transmission process • Authentication and access control • Signature validation • Time-stamping • Transmission to the recipient • Creation of the proof • Archiving • Indexing Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
The FAST platform Extensibility • Time-stamping • Time-stamp authorities • Validation • PKIX X.509 certificates • Transmission • Web services, proprietary protocols • Archiving • Archive authorities Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
The FAST platform Infrastructure • The Software as a Service (SaaS) version of the FAST platform is hosted by Informatique CDC • Highly secure premises • Highly available infrastructure • Proficient personnel Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
The FAST APIs : Overview • Two major APIs • Signature API • Encryption API • Common desktop and server environments are supported • Windows, UNIX/Linux, Mac OS X • Java, COM object, C API • Validation requests are web service-based Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment
How does FAST create legal evidence? FAST creates evidence at each step of the transaction FAST Receiver Sender 3 5 Origination check (authentication) Transmission to the authenticated receivers Decryption of the data 1 a) Preparation of outbound message b) Electronic signature c) Data encryption (optional) 4 Time stamping 2 Transmission Validation of the transmission (certificate / signature) Global archiving
E-procurement Urbanism Birth and death certificates Education Convocation of elected people Welfare Legal archiving Health Public accounting Legality check What can I use FAST for ? Workshop on Efficient and Effective eGovernment