Bringing together companies who power secure identification to promote the use of hardware-based security.
By Markus Hoffmeister, cryptovision GmbH. For many years, we have worked with our clients across the African continent with the aim to bring secure ID systems to the African people. Combining cryptovision’s experience with European technical and regulatory standards and our customers’ understanding of local requirements has been the basis of many successful projects in…
When German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a state visit to Ghana and Gambia last week, he was accompanied by Federal Minister of Economics Brigitte Zypries and ex-soccer player Gerald Asamoah. In addition, about 15 German top managers joined the delegation – among them cryptovision-CEO Markus Hoffmeister. The first destination was Ghana. In Ghana the…
By Markus Hoffmeister, cryptovision Implementing an ID project is an immense investment for any government or public sector institution. With lifetimes as long as ten years, identification schemes are all about return on investment. Whether it is a national ID project on the African continent or an educational ID project in South America, the total…
By Klaus Schmeh, cryptovision Why use a smart card, if a secret key can also be stored in a virtual token, i.e. a protected hardware module built into a PC or smart phone? The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Intel’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX) are two technologies that can be used to build solutions following…
Cryptovision visited last year’s Trustech and connected with many partners and customers. The exhibition and conference premiered in 2016 in Cannes and did so quite successfully. Silicon Trust took the opportunity to question some of the experts at the show about their take on collaboration and partnership in the secure ID industry. Watch this video…
by Silicon Trust The rest of Germany may be under water, rock festivals flooded and cancelled, trains derailed but somehow, every year, the weather turns out just great in the land of cryptovision, namely Gelsenkirchen. Yes, it was time again for Mindshare, the now annual event of the German crypto experts cryptovision. And by the…
By cryptovision. The "Regulation on electronic identities and trust services (eIDAS)" published by the European Union in July 2014 forms the legal basis for the secure handling of electronic transactions between businesses, citizens and public authorities or institutions within the EU. The French Agence nationale de la sécurité of systèmes d'information (ANSSI) and the German…
cryptovision’s Mindshare has become the “must attend” event for those involved in the eID industry. As with every year, cryptovision’s customers, partners and friends will present thrilling sessions and share their real world experience with the attendants. The presentations will be divided into two parallel tracks – Enterprise and Government. And what gathering would be…