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A label for digital responsibility: The Digital Trust Label

With the ever-increasing importance of digital applications and a growing awareness of digital risks, the issue of digital responsibility is coming into focus. Expectations towards companies in the area of corporate digital responsibility are increasing. Users want less complexity and more transparency and opportunities to learn more about digital applications. The principle of a label […]

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How useful is the new Swiss Digital Trust Label?

The Swiss Digital Initiative Foundation wants to create more cyber security with the new digital label. The aim is to enable users to easily recognise trustworthy digital offerings. It was developed with special emphasis on the user perspective. But does it actually deliver what it promises? Thanks to the participatory and inclusive approach, a label […]

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Will “Verifiable Credentials” replace X.509 certificates in the future?

X.509 certificates have been around for over 40 years. They are used for the identification of subjects (web servers, persons, etc.). They are considered trusted and proven credentials and we rely on them every day. So why introduce Verifiable Credentials (VC), a new technology unknown to the general public? In order to be able to […]

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6 reasons against a central state identity provider

The Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) presents three different technical scenarios in its “E-ID target picture” . One of them is an “E-ID solution by means of a central state identity provider”. We show from a technical point of view why a central “E-ID” login cannot advance digitisation in Switzerland. The survey of […]

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Connecta 2021 looks to the future

The ongoing pandemic left the organisers of Connecta no other choice this year: The event on digitalisation, which is well-known beyond the borders of Switzerland, was once again held exclusively online. And once again offered all participants insights into the near future. Unfortunately, the participants of Connecta 2021, which took place from 5 to 6 […]

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Centralised or decentralised identity?

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 […]