Current Trends in IT - Security – Pragmatic Approaches

Early PKI projects fell short in getting the critical mass of users subscribed because they were too expensive and to ambigious. Now, beyond the hype, there is a demand for improvement of security step by step rather than for big projects. Now, linking up existing PKI-islands, using S/MIME, introducing single sign-on and rising awareness are hot topics. Our vision, however, remains a globally applicable PKI, based on digital identity cards. Such an infrastructure can be invented in a private-public-partnership – to the benefit of all, businesses, customers, and governments.