Die Software zur Nutzung der Online-Ausweisfunktion des neuen Personalausweises, die AusweisApp, steht ab sofort wieder zur Verfügung. Bürgerinnen und Bürger können die Software auf der Webseite https://www.ausweisapp.bund.de in der Version 1.0.2 für das Betriebssystem Microsoft Windows herunterladen. Versionen für Linux und Mac OS werden folgen. Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) hatte die AusweisApp aufgrund von aufgetretenen Schwachstellen in der automatischen Update-Funktion einer eingehenden…
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Bundesdruckerei Appoints Giesecke & Devrient to Supply Inlays for New Identity Card
Bundesdruckerei GmbH, the general contractor for the German identity card project, has appointed Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) to supply inlays for the new electronic ID card (nPA). Munich-based G&D will therefore be responsible for supplying the electronic components for the new identity document – including the microchip, smart card operating system and antenna.…
Germany introduces national eID card – the beginning of a new application era?
Today is the day hundreds, maybe thousands of security specialists, card developers, application developers, regional councils, politicians and civil servants have been working towards for more than 2 years: The official start of the German eID card - the neue Personalausweis. Just about everything is NEW about this document - the format, the functions, the…
eHealth: Successful Silicon Trust Workshop in Bucharest prepares for challenges ahead
Heads were smoking today by 4 pm in the grand Marriott Bucharest meeting room, where the 30 participants of the Silicon Trust eHealth workshop had gathered to present, discuss and analyse the requirements and challenges of European eHealth systems. Presenters included Noel Nader from the French Sesame-Vitale, Erwin Bartels from the German Ministry of Health…
HJP Consulting lead BSI certification of Regula e-passport inspection system
HJP Consulting has successfully completed the German BSI certification process of the EAC e-passport inspection system "Regula series 7004", manufactured by Regula Baltija Ltd. The Regula inspection system is the first EAC inspection system to be certified according to the test standard BSI-TR 3105 part 5.1"Test plan for ICAO compliant Inspection Systems with EAC 1.11.". Mr. Vladimir…
BSI chooses the GlobalTester™ developed by HJP to test the new ID card
HJP Consulting is expanding the GlobalTester Software™ for the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in order to implement the conformity tests for the new German ID card and the associated reading devices. Following successful use with the conformity tests for e-passports, the BSI will once again be using the GlobalTester™ platform to evaluate the test specifications provided by…
Think requirements – Not technology
by Markus Hartmann, HJP Consulting The five most common misconceptions when implementing an eID project. Across the globe, electronic ID projects are out for tender, being implemented or being piloted. But what are the pitfalls for governments when faced with choosing an eID system? And who can help? Misconception Nr. 1: Technology is the most…