Thursday, April 5, 2018
Saturday, March 31, 2018
atsec partners with major retail outlets for provision of security assurance
Thursday, March 8, 2018
A giant leap for mankind?
I must say that working in atsec has always been free of the worries about gender inequality that I've been reading such a lot about recently, and that I know some of my industry colleagues have experienced (and probably still do).
Here in atsec I feel nothing but respect and I am as empowered "as the next man".
According to Wikipedia, 2018 marks a whole century since women were first allowed to vote in Germany and the UK; in Sweden the centenary is 2019; the US will celebrate in 2020; In Italy, 2045 and in China it will be 2047.
To those of my colleagues wondering about International Men's day, I am happy to report that this is celebrated every year on November 19th. This year the men's theme is "Positive male role models."
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
atsec is celebrating!!
It is 18 years since atsec was founded on January 11th, 2000.
Since then atsec has made a very significant contribution to information security. As one of the only truly independent labs atsec is still self-funded, owned by professionals in the security assurance business and a key player in the technologies and geographies in which we operate. We have hundreds of successful testing and evaluation projects, founded IT security conferences, contributed with a great many IT security consultancy projects, become one of the foremost PCI assessors in the China and Asia region, and had a lot of fun along the way.
Not many people know that the name "atsec" is related to the Italian word for basket, ("cesta"). This underlines that we have a great wealth of security-related expertise and diversity within atsec.
Thanks are due to all the atsec customers, schemes and programs, accreditors, atsec staff and alumni who have helped atsec reach this milestone birthday.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
eIDAS for Remote (Centralised Server) Signing
What is eIDAS?
How it is used?
Ultimately, under the eIDAS regulation, citizens and businesses are able to use their native electronic identification schemes (eIDs) when accessing public services within other EU Member States that use eIDs, and use trust services have the same legal status as traditional paper-based processes and signatures. Digital signatures and seals with different trust levels are specified under eIDAS:- Electronic signatures or seals: anything which is used to sign to ensure origin and integrity of data (yet no trust in the identity is provided).
- Advanced electronic signatures or seals: an electronic signature or seal with sole control properties. The advanced electronic signature or seal is created with a signature (seal) creation device (i.e. a software key or smart card).
- Qualified electronic signatures or seals: an advanced electronic signature or seal, which satisfies technical and security requirements as specified in the regulation. This type of signature or seal is created with a qualified signature creation device, which is certified against eIDAS requirements and standards.