Eurosmart, the voice of the Digital Security Industry, issued its 2020 figures for Secure Element worldwide shipments. Despite the COVID-19 crisis, which makes it difficult to size the market dynamics in detail, the monitoring of Eurosmart over the last few semesters shows that the digital...
The European Commission recently proposed a framework for a European Digital Identity. The proposed legislation amends the eIDAS Regulation and introduces the concept of European Digital Identity Wallet. The European Commission did not choose a particular technology at this stage. However, Member States will soon...
A Silicon shortage, initially hitting the automotive industry and widely covered by the media over the last months, is now spreading to consumer electronics, as more and more household goods use computer chips. First announcements have already been made by smartphone manufacturers, reporting difficulties due...
The Trusted Connectivity Alliance and Eurosmart have signed an agreement that will in future deliver clearer and more robust market data on the Tamper Resistant Element (TRE)* sector, through the regular joint publication of intelligence across various market segments including UICCs, embedded SIMs (eSIMs), embedded...
Public Consultation Eurosmart Technical group, ITSC, has developed a Protection Profile for Secure Sub-System in System-on-Chip (3S in SOC) Modern System-on-Chip (SoC) products integrate more and more advanced functions, including security. Security Sub-System is also being integrated into the SoC (integrated Secure Element / eUICC). The target is...
Building on eIDAS and making it available to all EU citizens Eurosmart welcomes the European Commission's proposal establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity - based on the solid principles established by the eIDAS Regulation. The European Commission takes stock of the situation at a...
Eurosmart has long been advocating for mandatory cybersecurity certification of specific products used by Operators of Essential Services and Digital Service Providers (NIS 1), now called essential and important entities (NIS 2). Cybersecurity certification ensures that products resist a given level of cyber-attacks. Such a...
Much-needed proposal on AI Eurosmart warmly welcomes the proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act -published on 21 April. The association has been advocating for years for EU requirements for Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Eurosmart has particularly stressed the importance of the quality of the datasets and...
In this new White Paper, Eurosmart argues that the European Commission should urgently issue a standardisation request on digital identity (eID). Such a request should be addressed to CEN-CENELEC and ETSI. This is crucial to support the upcoming legislation on a European digital identity. At the...
It is quite common to talk about (and lament) the EU lagging behind international competitors in the race for AI technologies. It is far less common to advocate for the creation of an AI Competence Centre in Europe. This is the ambitious stance taken by...
