Links

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International organizations and institutions

Forum of European Supervisory Authorities for Electronic Signatures (FESA)

Forum of the supervisory and accreditation bodies from EU, EEA and EU-candidate countries

i2010 - Lisbon Strategy - Electronic Signatures

Information on electronic signatures

EU: Notifications

Publication of the notifications according to Art. 11 of the Signature Directive

EU: Study for the European Commission

Jos Dumortier et. al.: The Legal and Market Aspects of Electronic Signatures

BE: Ministry of Economic AffairsFPS Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy

Belgian supervisory authority

CH: OFCOM

Federal Office of Communications

CH: Swiss Federal Office of Metrology and Accreditation

Swiss accreditation body

DE: Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Postal Services

German supervisory authority

DE: Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI)

German notified body

DE: TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH

German notified body

DE: T-Systems GEI GmbH (was: debisZERT)

German notified body

DK: ITST

Danish supervisory authority

ES: SETSI

Spanish supervisory authority

FI: FICORA

Finnish supervisory authority

FR: DCSSI

French supervisory authority

GR: EETT

Greek supervisory authority

HU: NHH

Hungarian supervisory authority

IE: Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Ressources

Irish supervisory authority

IS: Neytendastofa

Icelandic supervisory authority

IT: CNIPA

Italian supervisory authority

LU: OLAS

Supervisory authority of Luxembourg

NL: OPTA

Supervisory authority of the Netherlands

NL: TTP.NL

Accreditation scheme of the Netherlands

NO: Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority

Norwegian supervisory authority

PT: ICP

Information about electronic signatures in Portugal

SE: National Post and Telecom Agency

Swedish supervisory authority

SE: SWEDAC

Swedish accreditation body

UK: Department of Trade and Industry

British supervisory authority

UK: tScheme

British accreditation scheme

US: Federal PKI Steering Committee

Austrian links

A-SIT

Secure Information Technology Center – Austria (notified body)

Certification-service-providers

All Austrian certification service providers that have reported their activities to the supervisory authority

Chief Information Office

Staff office for the federal IT strategy (Federal Chancellery)

Citizen Card

Information about the Austrian citizen card

e-Government

Official information about e-Government in Austria on federal, regional and local level

cyberDOC

Electronic archive of Austrian notaries

Links to manufacturers

The following links refer to manufacturers who produce (amongst other products) components for secure electronic signatures. If you want to know which components can be used for creation of secure electronic signatures within which certification-service, please refer to the recommendations issued by the certification-service-providers for the respective certification-service.

BDC EDV-Consulting GmbH

Manufacturer of the viewers MBS-Sign and hot:Sign

Cherry GmbH

Manufacturer of keyboards with integrated chip card readers

IT Solution GmbH

Manufacturer of the viewer trustview

Kobil Systems GmbH

Manufacturer of the chip card terminals Kobil KAAN Professional and Kobil KAAN Standard Plus

Reiner Kartengeräte GmbH & Co. KG

Manufacturer of various chip card terminals (cyberJack pinpad, cyberJack e-com, ...)

SCM Microsystems GmbH

Manufacturer of the chip card terminals SPR532 (also sold as: Towitoko CHIPDRIVE pinpad)

SecCommerce Informationssysteme GmbH

Manufacturer of the viewer SecSigner

Siemens AG Österreich

Manufacturer of the chip card terminal Sign@tor

Evaluation Standards for IT-Security

ITSEC

Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria

Common Criteria

Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation

FIPS 140-1

US standard regarding Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules

FIPS 140-2

Successor of FIPS 140-1

Technical information and standards

IETF PKIX

Collection of standards about the internet X.509 public key infrastructure

Internet RFCs

Internet standards. Especially important for signatures are RFC 2587 and 2589 (LDAP), RFC 2560 (OCSP), RFC 3279 (Algorithms and Identifiers), RFC 3280 (X.509), RFC 3647 (Certification Practice Statement), and RFC 3739 (Qualified Certificate Profile)

EESSI – European Electronic Signature Standardisation Initiative

Currently the most important european standardization body for electronic signatures

CEN/ISSS

Electronic Signatures Workshop within the EESSI framework

ETSI SEC

Technical Workshop SEC(urity) within the EESSI framework

BS 7799 (ISO/IEC 17799)

Code of practice for Information Security Management

BSI: IT-Grundschutzhandbuch (IT Baseline Protection Manual)

German standard for security in information technology

FIPS 180-2

Secure Hash Standard