WG 1 to WG 5 detailed presentation

- Smart IS Working groups : gathering a wide range of expertise

Smart.IS 5 working groups gather experts from all fields concerned by the project :

- Smart card systems manufacturers and smart card systems developers/integrators.

- Key users of smart card systems in various IT sectors (e.g. finance, telecommunications, industry, health, etc.).

- Software developers in key technological areas (e.g. operating systems, tools for smart card development,...), and PKI systems integrators.

- IT European Industry.

All Working groups minutes and documents related will be posted on this web site and requests for comments will be published on the forum to have comments from a wide range of experts.

If you are interesting to join one of these working groups or to give your comments on one of the thematic issues, please contact us.

- Smart IS Working groups : a unique platform to stimulate co-operation

A side effect of these Smart.IS AM working groups is to stimulate co-operation within the Industry at different levels such as :

• Secured payment systems, developing a range of smart portable devices such as smart cards readers, electronic tokens, PC cards, as well as for new terminals such as web phones, PDA, NET BOX, etc ;
• Secured and trusted infrastructure with standardised software processing - certification, electronic signature ;
• Stimulation of key pilots projects and initiatives that would be co-ordinated in a flexible but structured manner ;
• Supporting of common security criteria for security benchmarking/evaluation of the complete information chain ;

These focals points should generate initiatives involving all players (manufacturers, developers, users, service providers, public authorities,...) to reach consensus whenever possible, to converge on open standard smart card platform : a formal proposal to CEN / ISSS to organise a seminar with Smart.IS AM in co-operation such as the ISOP IST RTD project. The general objective being not to oblige operators companies to change their standards and products but to commit to interoperable authentication and ES modules (NAME network access module, and NAME-ES module) based on smart cards technologies to secure Electronic Commerce and Internet applications.

These working groups should also stimulate new pilot projects with a particularly focus on demonstration of interoperability and use of secured payments systems in Business to Business, Business to Administration and Business to Consumers environments.

• Smart.IS Accompanying Measure is setting up five working groups on the following topics :

Besides the two working groups defining the common card-holder authentication and electronic signature (ES) modules, the following thematic working groups will support the definition of their environment and their general requirements :

- building a Telecom operators business model for the authentication and ES modules, taking into account Banking requirements

- setting up a device roaming concept for multi-platform access to services

- providing liaisons with representative standardisation bodies