Towards a Personal Security Device

Christof Rath*, Thomas Niedermair, Thomas Zefferer

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

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Abstract

In Europe, eID and e-signature solutions are basic building blocks of many transactional e-government services, especially in citizens-to-government communication. Many European countries issue smart cards to provide eID and e-signature functionality on a high assurance level. However, to access these tokens, security-critical code has to be executed on the client platform of the user. If the client platform is compromised, an attacker may gain access to credentials of the user and subsequently be able to issue electronic signatures or access protected resources. To address this problem, we present the concept of a personal security device. It is an isolated, low-cost, single-purpose device to execute security-critical code of eID and e-signature tasks. We developed a concrete implementation on a RaspberryPI and evaluated the solution via an external application. Our solution increases the security of eID and e-signature processes by mitigating the impact of a compromised client platform.
Originalspracheenglisch
TitelSecurity and Trust Management
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer
Seiten1-16
Seitenumfang16
Band9871 LNCS
ISBN (Print)9783319465975
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2016
Veranstaltung12th International Workshop on Security and Trust Management, STM 2016 - Heraklion, Crete, Griechenland
Dauer: 26 Sept. 201627 Sept. 2016

Publikationsreihe

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Band9871 LNCS
ISSN (Print)03029743
ISSN (elektronisch)16113349

Konferenz

Konferenz12th International Workshop on Security and Trust Management, STM 2016
Land/GebietGriechenland
OrtHeraklion, Crete
Zeitraum26/09/1627/09/16

Schlagwörter

  • Electronic Identity
  • Electronic Signatures
  • Signature creation application
  • Trustworthy user device

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