Introducing EKSISTENZ

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The mission of EKSISTENZ, which completed its work in May 2017, was to deliver a set of innovative and interoperable tools, procedures, methods and processes that will tackle identity theft in the EU. The entire life-cycle of identity was taken into account, whilst the privacy of citizens was always considered paramount.

In order to demonstrate the achievement of its mission, EKSISTENZ developed a proof of concept relating to banking/finance that is now shown to be scalable and deployable at the national level. The project’s results can be found here.

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Identity World – EKSISTENZ to participate

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Held in conjunction with World e-ID & Cybersecurity, IDENTITY WORLD is the new forum to address the challenge of providing a legal identity for 1.5 billion people in the emerging countries.

Gathering public, private and NGOs stakeholders, IDENTITY WORLD explores how trusted technologies support individual’s identity and fosters global development at multiple levels: technologies, financing, social inclusion, legal, humanitarian…

Already 20 eminent speakers have confirmed and will be on stage to share their expertise and experience.

Within Smart Security Week, additional learning, networking and innovation discovery events are also part of the agenda: exhibition & demos, workshops & tutorials, awards ceremony… along with multiple bridges with the co-located conferences addressing identity for development, IoT security , cyberthreat intelligence.

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Smart Security Week 2017

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Smart Security Week 2017 is to be held in Marseille, France this September. Since its creation, Smart Security Week has become one of the major meetings in the industry. With its 4 co-located conferences and their common exhibition, the event is specifically designed for intense networking and technical discussions between 1000 trusted technologies professionals from over 60 countries.

It takes place this September 25, 26, 27 in Marseille, France. For more information visit www.smartsecurityweek.com

EKSISTENZ Final Event

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On May 25th/26th, EKSISTENZ joined with the Porvoo Group for the EKSISTENZ Final Event, bringing together a wide range of speakers and topics with a focus on what comes next in relation to identity in this changing world. It was hosted by Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale (AgID). The agenda can be downloaded here and the official conference website can be found here.

The conference considered how the various initiatives can support the movement towards having more mature and valuable interoperable identity schemes. The programme was arranged by the Porvoo Group, and eForum representing the EKSISTENZ Project supported by EEMA.

A core focus of the Porvoo Group is keeping abreast of what the national representatives are doing in their own countries. There were, therefore, updates from a variety of countries including Estonia, Belgium and Finland. Additional insights were provided from outside the EU and there was also a focus on how this experience can best be shared with the developing world and also, how the existing networks can strengthen their cooperation.

In addition to updates on eIDAS, there were reports on the work of no fewer than six ongoing EU funded projects in the field:

  • EKSISTENZ
  • CREDENTIAL
  • FUTURETRUST
  • LIGHTest
  • ARIES
  • KONFIDO PROJECT

For more information, visit the conference website here.

Call for Papers: ENISA’s Annual Privacy Forum (APF)

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ENISA’s Annual Privacy Forum (APF) is to be held in Vienna on the 7th and 8th June 2017, in collaboration with the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna. This year’s edition is organised in the light of the implementation of the newly promulgated General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and, the recent EC proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications.
Even the best legislative efforts face the challenge of keeping up to speed with the pace of innovative technology and business models that challenge the way personal data is processed and privacy is protected across the EU and beyond; therefore examining what is at stake and where threats thereto originate from becomes of paramount importance.

For more information visit this link.

Cybersecurity in the Digital Single Market: Opinion Published

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The High Level Group of the Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) has published a new independent scientific opinion on cybersecurity in the Digital Single Market. At the request of the Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip, the scientific advisers make a number of recommendations to make it easier and safer for people and businesses to operate online in the EU.

The opinion includes recommendations:

  • On making systems more secure, including by avoiding ‘backdoors’ that bypass normal authentication processes and by using state of the art standards for encryption. The opinion also recommends a duty of care principle towards consumers that ensures that systems are well maintained and reduces technical vulnerabilities in hardware and software.
  • On empowering users through ‘context tailored’ digital identities so that people are only asked for the data necessary to secure an online transaction and by giving people more choice and control over their data.
  • On strengthening Europe’s strategically important cybersecurity industry, including by ensuring that people have the necessary skills.
  • On improving the coordination and sharing across Europe of information on cyber-incidents and ensuring adequate technical expertise in European bodies. The opinion also calls for a global cybersecurity governance framework, in which the EU would play a leading role.

More information can be found here.