Centralized Authentication and Signing for E-Government

Centralized Authentication and Signing for E-Government

Achieve Non-Repudiation of Origin (NRO) and Non-Repudiation of Emission (NRE)

Secure Connectivity for Mobile Banking and Payment Apps: Strong Authentication

Secure Connectivity for Mobile Banking and Payment Apps: Strong Authentication

Here we provide a short overview of why strong authentication is seriously needed to provide security for mobile banking and payment applications. 

Introducing the Signature Activation Protocol for Remote Server Signing

Introducing the Signature Activation Protocol for Remote Server Signing

This article explains the Signature Activation Protocol in the context of eIDAS-compliant central signing. It sheds lights on its purposes and outlines its implementation for remote/central signature servers.

The PSD2 - Directive and Distributed Authentication

The PSD2 - Directive and Distributed Authentication

PSD2 breaks up the ways in which banks do their business, by forcing them to open up their APIs. By doing so, PSD2 challenges the way in which data was traditionally secured in banks.

Digital Identity and eIDAS in Banking

Digital Identity and eIDAS in Banking

The eIDAS Regulation lays the groundwork for creating a robust digital identity framework. The idea is to provide EU citizens with a secure, robust and universal electronic identification that they can use to access private and public services anywhere within the EU.

One sector that is lapping up the new opportunities that eIDAS offers is banking. 

Where 2FA and PKI Meet

Where 2FA and PKI Meet

Under pressure from sophisticated attacks and rising fraud, many B2C organisations of the financial industry are currently enhancing the static password based authentication to their web applications to something stronger - the 2FA age. 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) is currently achieving large scale deployments and consumer adoption where PKI failed a few years ago.

From a technical standpoint, PKI offers significant benefits including the possibility to sign tran

Connecting Europe - eInvoicing and eIDAS

Connecting Europe - eInvoicing and eIDAS

The EU has launched a number of initiatives to realize the aim of creating a unified Digital Single Market. The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a funding instrument that provides the primary thrust for this initiative. The CEF uses certain underlying building blocks (known as Digital Service Infrastructures) to achieve this objective of providing an interconnected and unified marketplace.

eIDAS and the Regulatory Technical Standards for Strong Customer Authentication

eIDAS and the Regulatory Technical Standards for Strong Customer Authentication

The Delegated Regulation on Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) by the European Commission aims to facilitate Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and establish secure communication channels.

The future of eIDAS in Post Brexit Britain

The future of eIDAS in Post Brexit Britain

Markets hate uncertainty, and the confusion regarding issues related to Britain’s exit from the European Union has roiled equity and currency markets. But it’s not just the financial markets that are affected- companies that rely upon EU regulations to conduct their day-to-day business are also reeling from this uncertainty.