Author

About Annett Laube

Annett Laube is a lecturer in computer science at BFH Technik & Informatik and heads the Institute for Data Applications and Security (IDAS). She has technical responsibility for the science magazine SocietyByte, in particular for the focus on Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity.

Entries by Annett Laube

Centralised or decentralised identity?

1. October 2021/in Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN/by Annett Laube

In recent years, the term “decentralised identity” has appeared more and more frequently in discussions about electronic identities. This is also the case in the currently published “Target Image E-ID”, which is intended to publicly discuss the vision for a state electronic identity in Switzerland. What is hidden behind the term? What are the advantages […]

Self-Sovereign-Identity – from vision to today

23. September 2021/in Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN/by Annett Laube

A few years have passed since Christopher Allen’s vision of Self-Sovereign Identities. What has remained of the original vision of “SSI” and in which direction is the current development going? E-ID specialist Prof. Dr. Annett Laube starts our series on the E-ID in parallel with the public consultation. In 2017, Christopher Allen published his vision […]

Call for Paper: Critical contributions for the Swiss E-ID

5. August 2021/in Call for Papers EN, Digital Government EN/by Annett Laube

The electorate rejected the E-ID bill with private providers in March. Nevertheless, it was and is clear that the Swiss E-ID is needed. It should be state-run and offer more privacy for citizens, these are some of the public demands. In September, the public hearings on the rough concept of the state-run Swiss E-ID will […]

Public Security Test of the Covid Certificate: BFH assists with security

18. June 2021/in Digital Government EN, Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN/by Annett Laube

The first Covid certificates have been issued in the cantons since 7 June 2021. At the end of June, the system is to be introduced throughout Switzerland and will have a very high level of security. The IAM research group of the Institute for Data Applications and Security (IDAS) of the Bern University of Applied […]

E-ID connection from the point of view of a company

23. February 2021/in Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN/by Annett Laube

If a web application wants to use the E-ID (according to the law), it has to overcome some challenges. This compilation is intended to help clarify the conditions or raise questions about how such a connection could be made in the future This document does not claim to be complete, as some implementation details are […]

About privacy at login

19. February 2021/in Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN/by Annett Laube

Everyone knows that with a social login, e.g. with Google or Facebook, user data is collected and the profiles formed from this data have a lot of significance. But how does this actually work and how could it be prevented? Digital identities have developed from purely isolated to federated systems in recent years. A comparison […]