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The EESSI Programme & its Implementation Claude Boulle, Bull SA, EESSI SG Chair

EESSI Open Seminar, Budapest, 8 May 2001. The EESSI Programme & its Implementation Claude Boulle, Bull SA, EESSI SG Chair. The EESSI Establishment.

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The EESSI Programme & its Implementation Claude Boulle, Bull SA, EESSI SG Chair

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  1. EESSI Open Seminar, Budapest, 8 May 2001 The EESSI Programme & its Implementation Claude Boulle, Bull SA, EESSI SG Chair

  2. The EESSI Establishment • EESSI established Jan. 1999 in execution of the EC Mandate addressed to ICT SB for the delivery of “a set of industry specifications that will facilitate a consistent implementation of Directive 1999/93/EC” • The three major EESSI principles: • Effective involvement of all stakeholders • Openness and transparency in the execution • Encouragement for global, internationally accepted solutions

  3. Objectives of the EESSI • To propose to member States a set of specifications that meet the essential requirements of the Directive • To contribute to the development of an open and competitive market for trustworthy services through the promotion of interoperability • An approach founded on co-operation at international level

  4. EESSI Process • Analyse needs for standards in support of minimum essential legal requirements as stated by the Directive • Assess available standards and current initiatives at national, European and international levels • Set up and implement a Programme of Work, built on international co-operation

  5. EESSI Organisation • Steering Committee • Standard Bodies and Consensus Bodies involved in standardisation: CEN, ETSI, ISO, ECBS, EEMA, EURESCOM • Market Players: Telefonica, Belgacom, BT, Bull, Globalsign, Smarttrust, Telia, Utimaco • Public Authorities and Consumers Rep’s: BSI (D), PRC (FIN), AIPA (I), DSTI (F), ECP.NL (NL), ANEC • Commission as observer: DG Enterprise, DG Information Society, DG Internal Market • Open WGs with assistance of CEN/ISSS and ETSI TC Security

  6. EESSI Specifications Overview Conformity Assessment Guidance CWA 14172 1-5

  7. EESSI Commitment to Co-operation • ISO/JTC1/SC27, IETF-PKIX, EURESCOM • EEMA/ECAF, ICC, ABA • Fora & active Consortia: Identrus, GTA, ECOM from Japan, Radicchio, PKI forum, U.S. Federal PKI, APEC, WAP Forum, W3C, The Open Forum • European Projects: IST and ISIS programmes • National activities in Germany (BSI, INDI), Nordic Countries (SEIS, SAT, FDS), Italy (AIPA), Austria, Spain (FESTE), Netherlands (TTP.NL), UK (tScheme), ...

  8. Does EESSI meet its objectives ? • Yes, through • quality specifications embodying a genuine response to the requirements of the Directive • its open stance and international recognition of its activity • its permanent concern to promote interoperability • Not yet • EESSI has focused on the essential requirements set out in the Directive: more checking necessary against real market situations

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