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Status Not under consideration
Categories Crypto HW
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 13, 2017

eIDAS for ICSF and MCL for CEX*S

Remote Signatures according eIDAS (eIDAS is an EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market. It is a set of standards for electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the European Single Market).,

1. For this, the owner of the private key has to identify himself vie two factor authentication (authentication to the HSM heas to be specified).
2. Furthermore, the HSM has to be certified. The requirements are being specified.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    May 17, 2022
    .Per IBM SME Our internal security and compliance teams continue to update our plans to address worldwide standards updates, including expected future scenarios like the one you mention in this request. As you see your needs on the horizon, please continue to work with your IBM technical specialist counterparts and/or include here in the DeveloperWorks and RFE tools. Thank you!
  • Guest
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    Nov 20, 2020

    .Thank you for your recommendation. The team will continue to keep this RFE open as a cross-functional reminder on eIDAS over program families. Our internal security and compliance teams continue to update our plans to address worldwide standards updates, including expected future scenarios like the one you mention in this request. As you see your needs on the horizon, please continue to work with your IBM technical specialist counterparts and/or include here in the DeveloperWorks and RFE tools. Thank you!

  • Guest
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    Aug 24, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Hardware
    Product - z Systems Hardware
    Component - Crypto HW

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Hardware
    Product - z Systems Hardware
    Component - Security / Crypto

  • Guest
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    Jun 3, 2019

    Is this still a requirement?

  • Guest
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    May 16, 2018

    Is there any more information available on this topic?

  • Guest
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    Apr 14, 2017

    When will additional details be available about eiDAS? When will the support be required? Can the TKE be a part of a solution?