Becoming a qualified Trust Service Provider (TSP) for validation services
Everything is becoming increasingly digital. This also applies above all to documentation: Documents signed by hand are increasingly giving way to their electronic counterpart, the digitally signed or time-stamped document.
As a Trust Service Provider of validation services, you represent an important part of this development and support companies on their way to the use of paperless documentation to the greatest extent possible. However, if you would like to become a qualified Trust Service Provider and be officially included in the European eIDAS Trusted Service List (TSL), your service must fulfill the security requirements set forth in the eIDAS Regulation.
We will support you in this – irrespective of whether you are currently still in the process of setting up or developing your service, whether it is already prepared for a conformity assessment or whether you need renewed proof of the implementation of the applicable provisions of the eIDAS Regulation. From the planning of your services and the required checks to the conformity assessment or re-certification, we offer you exactly the service that is in line with your current situation.
Furthermore, we will prepare you for any upcoming certification in the form of customized workshops or provide you with insights into the world of eIDAS & ETSI as part of our eIDAS.PROFESSIONAL training courses.
Our services in the field of validation services
The standards we use to audit:
ETSI EN 319 401
Electronic signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); General Policy Requirements for Trust Service Providers
ETSI TS 119 441
Guidelines & security requirements for Trust Service Providers who offer validation services
eIDAS Regulation
Article 32: Requirements for the validation of qualified electronic signatures;
Article 33: Qualified validation service for qualified electronic signatures
Your benefits at a glance
- European recognition: Your service will be included in the European eIDAS Trusted Service List (TSL).
- Entry into the European market: Successful certification will enable you to access the European single market.
- Approval as qualified Trust Service Provider: You can provide objective evidence that you meet the requirements of the eIDAS Regulation and are approved as a qualified Trust Service Provider.
- Identification of areas in need of optimization: You will be made aware of existing deviations and specific potential for improvement regarding the eIDAS-compliant implementation of your validation service.
- Training your employees with regard to eIDAS: Our training prepares your employees for the examination aspects of the eIDAS Conformity Assessment and turns them into in-house eIDAS.PROFESSIONALs.
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What are validation services?
Validation services are indispensable for assessing the accuracy and integrity of electronically signed, sealed or time-stamped documents. They also ensure transparency. Users can immediately determine whether, for example, the certificate being used for signature creation or seal creation was valid at the time of signing or sealing. Validation services therefore check whether the requirements of the eIDAS Regulation for a (qualified) electronic signature or seal are being fulfilled in order to confirm or disprove its validity.