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Mirsad Langlais
The mission of ENISA in the area of the EU cybersecurity certification framework is outlined as follows: 'to proactively contribute to the emerging EU framework for the ICT certification of products and services and to carry out the drawing up of candidate certification schemes in line with the Cybersecurity Act, and additional services and tasks'.
Through the Cybersecurity Act, ENISA has been singled out as the appropriate organisation to deliver on the promise of drawing up candidate certification schemes in an EU cybersecurity certification framework. ENISA, with its pivotal role as an agency that engages with public services as well as with industry and standardisation organisations, provides a sound reference point to develop candidate cybersecurity certification schemes.
This work can only be achieved with the participation and support of the ecosystem as shown by calls to participate in Ad-Hoc Working Groups or calls to comment on draft versions of candidate schemes.
EU Cybersecurity Certification is also showcased in a dedicated website. Nowadays it is short and simple with the goal to provide transparency and disseminate the concept of EU cybersecurity certification. In the long run, the website will showcase the harmonisation of cybersecurity Trust amongst EU countries through the display of the catalogue of EU Certified ICT solutions and their certificates as well as the published schemes and information about transition.
ENISA contributes to EU cyber policy, enhances the trustworthiness of ICT products, services and processes with cybersecurity certification schemes, cooperates with Member States and EU bodies, and helps Europe prepare for the cyber challenges of tomorrow.
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The framework is a vision document being developed in partnership between the public and private sectors. It will identify the pathways to decarbonize the economy and consider the impacts of such pathways on existing businesses and workers. It will also identify new business opportunities in the less-polluting pathways. The adoption of regulations to implement the framework, by any local government would be within their authority.
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The trust framework is a set of rules organisations agree to follow to conduct secure, trustworthy identity or attribute checks. The initial alpha version of the trust framework was published in February 2021, with an updated version of the trust framework published in August 2021 following feedback from the public, industry, and civil society. A consultation on underpinning the trust framework in legislation ran from July to September 2021.
This supports the continued development of the DCMS trust framework and enables employers and landlords to make use of IDVT where they already have an established commercial relationship with an IDSP.
To become certified against the schemes, IDSPs must meet the criteria in the current version of the trust framework. Depending on the scheme(s) they want to join, they must also meet the requirements for the Right to Work and Right to Rent schemes and/or DBS scheme.
The beta version of the trust framework was published on 13 June 2022. New IDSPs looking to be certified will need to become certified against the beta version of the trust framework to participate in the Schemes which require certified IDSPs. IDSPs who are certified against the alpha trust framework will be expected to move to the beta version at the time of their next planned annual surveillance audit.
A consultation on proposed digital identity legislative measures ran from July to September 2021. These include a plan to legislate for formalised governance arrangements for the trust framework and under these arrangements the trust framework will move to the live phase. The process for certification may change under these arrangements, with IDSPs needing to meet any new requirements
IDSPs are assessed by a combination of desk reviews and on-site audits depending on the scope to be assessed. Although having taken part in the alpha testing of trust framework is not a requirement, those who did participate will be able to use their alpha self-assessments as supporting evidence as part of this process.
Certification lasts for up to two years, after which must become recertified against the most current version of the trust framework and relevant Scheme guidance to remain on the list of certified IDSPs. Surveillance audits must be undertaken annually, as part of maintaining certification, and will also facilitate a move to the most current version of the trust framework and scheme guidance available.
Whether and where identity checks can be reused in other contexts is dependent on the requirements of the use case and organisations involved. The reuse of checks may be possible where this is compliant with relevant legislation and rules within the trust framework.
The ITIL 4 certification scheme can be adapted to the learning requirements of the individual and the organization. It uses a modular, tiered approach to allow you to develop a comprehensive view of service management or to focus on specific areas of knowledge.
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