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How to overcome Isolated PKI Approaches

PKI Forum Munich June 2001Hubertus SOQUAT

German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

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Overview

• Germany‘s current position in ICT• Market situation• Political Framework • Legal framework• Trust and confidence• Government online 2005• Applications

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Base economic figures ICT

• Information society: growth factor No One

German Market 2000: 115 Billion EURO

• German Market share on third Place World

D - 7% US- 35 % Japan-11%

• Growth Rate ICT 2001/2 Germany 9,6 %

• German Companies spent for IT-Security

1999: 2,5 Billion EURO 3,5 in 2001

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Telecom infrastructure

• Liberalization of Telecommucation 1998

• 1.900 licenced Telecom-Providers

• ISDN: 230.000 km fibre glass cables

• DSL - TV Cable - Powerline Technologie

• Mobile phone increase 250 % (50 Mio.)

• UMTS: Next mobile generationSuccessfull auction in Germany: 50 Billion EURO - Investment for network: 15 Billion Euro

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Political Framework

• Programme for Innovation and Jobs in the Information society, 1999

• Chancellors 10 Points Declaration, 2000

• Government Online 2005 Initiative

• D 21 Joint Initiative with German Industry

• Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce

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Legal Framework

• New Electronic Commerce Law, Abolition of restrictive Law (Distance Selling Act, Rebates Act)

• Privacy rules• Recognition of Electronic Signatures• Free Crypto; No Export Restrictions on Mass

Market Products• Legal Interception Law

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German Encryption Policy& Trust and Confidence

• Free Crypto YES• Strong Crypto YES• Key recovery NO• Privacy YES• Electronic Signatures YES• Certified Infrastructure for Signatures YES• National Security/Law Enforcement YES

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Government Online 2005

• Germany‘s Administrative Structure: Federal - Regional - Local Governments

-Burden and Challenge for Modernization-

• Chancellor‘s initiative: September 2000

Objective:Advancing Modern Public Administration

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Cards in Administration

• Health care; Regional and local administration; Justice

• University Council elections by internet

• Financial Controlling-System Land Niedersachsen

• Reimbursement Federal Act on Education (BaFOEG): 500.000 customers, 600 Billion EURO a year

• Potential of 35 Mio. Tax declarations a year

• Official Statistics

• Public Procurement: 1 Mio. Contracts; 250 Billion EURO a year

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Media@Komm

• World‘s biggest pilot project 2000

• 120 Partners on local government level

• 65 Mio. EURO Investment by Partners

• 70 different Projects of Citizen to Government Communication

• www.mediakomm.net

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New German Electronic Signature Law

• Deletion of obligatory Licensing

• Voluntary Accreditation scheme on the basis of Government Root Authority

• Technology neutral/International Standards

• New Signature Law in force: 22 May 2001

• Technical Ordinance notified to EU (June)

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Latest Developments in Germany

Certification Service Providers certified by German Root RegTP:(still under the Law 1997)

• Deutsche Telekom AG • Deutsche Post E-Business • Federal Chamber of Notaries• DATEV Tax Adviser Association• Chamber for Tax Adviser Nürnberg, Saarland, Bremen

• Medizon AG Berlin

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Bridge CA Initiative - a Chance - ? !

• Founded Deutsche Telekom/Deutsche Bank

• German Government PKI takes part

• Technical Interoperability

• Common Policy within Participants

• Essential: Registration Policy

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German Government as a User

• Potential of 5 Mio. Civil Servants

• 22,2 Mio. Internet-Users in Germany• Government decision in preparation:

- Qualified Signatures (Chip Card) in long term- Immediatly Qualified Signatures for workplaces to substitute a handwritten signatures- Immediatly SPHINX for e-mail security with Migration time schedules towards Qualified Signatures

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Message

• Great economic potential of Info-Society

• Germany is and will remain NO 1 in Europe

• Free Crypto as basis

• Trust and Confidence as enabler

• PKI has a great role to play, but take it now!

• Global interoperability

• Safety first - Business yes

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Contact

German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Scharnhorststrasse 36, D-10115 Berlin

Hubertus SOQUAT

Senior Official , Division VI B 3 - ICT-Security

Tel. +4930/2014-9 (direct 71 39)

Fax +4930/2014-9 -50-7139

soquat@bmwi.bund.de

www.germaninternetsecurity.org