CEN Workshop Agreement
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A CEN Workshop Agreement (commonly abbreviated CWA) is a reference document from the European Committee for Standardization
(CEN). It is, by definition, not an official standard from the member organizations.
In the field of electronic signatures, several CWAs exist. In July 2003) the European Commission
granted the following three CWAs status as generally recognized technical standards, presumed to be in accordance with the European Directive on Electronic Signatures (1999/93/EC):
These CWA were updated after they were cited by EC: the above linked versions are newer.
Other CWA deals with e-signature; among them:
European Committee for Standardization
The European Committee for Standardization or Comité Européen de Normalisation , is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to foster the European economy in global trading, the welfare of European citizens and the environment by providing an efficient infrastructure to interested parties for...
(CEN). It is, by definition, not an official standard from the member organizations.
In the field of electronic signatures, several CWAs exist. In July 2003) the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
granted the following three CWAs status as generally recognized technical standards, presumed to be in accordance with the European Directive on Electronic Signatures (1999/93/EC):
- [ftp://ftp.cen.eu/CEN/Sectors/TCandWorkshops/Workshops/eSIGN_CWAs/cwa14167-01-2003-Jun.pdf CWA 14167-1] (March 2003): security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates for electronic signatures — Part 1: System Security Requirements
- [ftp://ftp.cen.eu/CEN/Sectors/TCandWorkshops/Workshops/eSIGN_CWAs/cwa14167-02-2004-May.pdf CWA 14167-2] (March 2002): security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates for electronic signatures — Part 2: cryptographic module for CSPCryptographic Service ProviderIn Microsoft Windows, a Cryptographic Service Provider is a software library that implements the Microsoft CryptoAPI . CSPs implement encoding and decoding functions, which computer application programs may use, for example, to implement strong user authentication or for secure email. CSPs are...
signing operations — Protection Profile (MCSO-PP) - [ftp://ftp.cen.eu/CEN/Sectors/TCandWorkshops/Workshops/eSIGN_CWAs/cwa14169-00-2004-Mar.pdf CWA 14169] (March 2002): secure signature-creation devices.
These CWA were updated after they were cited by EC: the above linked versions are newer.
Other CWA deals with e-signature; among them:
- CWA 14170 Signature Creation Process and Environment.
- CWA 14171 Signature Validation Process and Environment.
External links
- CEN Workshop Agreements – CEN website
- CEN Workshop Agreements on E-signature – CEN website