1. 1 How to overcome Isolated PKI Approaches PKI Forum Munich June 2001 Hubertus SOQUAT German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

2. 2 Overview Germany‘s current position in ICT Market situation Political Framework Legal framework Trust and confidence Government online 2005 Applications

3. 3 Base economic figures ICT Information society: growth factor No One German Market 2000: 115 Billion EURO German Market share on third Place World D - 7% US- 35 % Japan-11% Growth Rate ICT 2001/2 Germany 9,6 % German Companies spent for IT-Security 1999: 2,5 Billion EURO 3,5 in 2001

4. 4 Internet-Users Europe 2000-2002 Quelle: EITO; Reg TP Deutschland 2000, 2002

5. 5 Telecom infrastructure Liberalization of Telecommucation 1998 1.900 licenced Telecom-Providers ISDN: 230.000 km fibre glass cables DSL - TV Cable - Powerline Technologie Mobile phone increase 250 % (50 Mio.) UMTS: Next mobile generation Successfull auction in Germany: 50 Billion EURO - Investment for network: 15 Billion Euro

6. 6 Political Framework Programme for Innovation and Jobs in the Information society, 1999 Chancellors 10 Points Declaration, 2000 Government Online 2005 Initiative D 21 Joint Initiative with German Industry Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce

7. 7 Legal Framework New Electronic Commerce Law, Abolition of restrictive Law (Distance Selling Act, Rebates Act) Privacy rules Recognition of Electronic Signatures Free Crypto; No Export Restrictions on Mass Market Products Legal Interception Law

8. 8 German Encryption Policy & Trust and Confidence

9. 9 Government Online 2005 Germany‘s Administrative Structure: Federal - Regional - Local Governments -Burden and Challenge for Modernization- Chancellor‘s initiative: September 2000 Objective: Advancing Modern Public Administration

10. 10 Cards in Administration Health care; Regional and local administration; Justice University Council elections by internet Financial Controlling-System Land Niedersachsen Reimbursement Federal Act on Education (BaFOEG): 500.000 customers, 600 Billion EURO a year Potential of 35 Mio. Tax declarations a year Official Statistics Public Procurement: 1 Mio. Contracts; 250 Billion EURO a year

11. 11 Media@Komm World‘s biggest pilot project 2000 120 Partners on local government level 65 Mio. EURO Investment by Partners 70 different Projects of Citizen to Government Communication www.mediakomm.net

12. 12 Smart Cards need Public Key Infrastructure E-Commerce and E-government will only succeed, if consumers have trust in it. Public key infrastructure (PKI) = enabler Authentication, Integrity and Confidentiality of data Strong cryptography

13. 13 New German Electronic Signature Law Deletion of obligatory Licensing Voluntary Accreditation scheme on the basis of Government Root Authority Technology neutral/International Standards New Signature Law in force: 22 May 2001 Technical Ordinance notified to EU (June)

14. 14 Latest Developments in Germany Certification Service Providers certified by German Root RegTP: (still under the Law 1997) Deutsche Telekom AG Deutsche Post E-Business Federal Chamber of Notaries DATEV Tax Adviser Association Chamber for Tax Adviser Nürnberg, Saarland, Bremen Medizon AG Berlin

15. 15 Bridge CA Initiative - a Chance - ? ! Founded Deutsche Telekom/Deutsche Bank German Government PKI takes part Technical Interoperability Common Policy within Participants Essential: Registration Policy

16. 16 German Government as a User Potential of 5 Mio. Civil Servants 22,2 Mio. Internet-Users in Germany Government decision in preparation: - Qualified Signatures (Chip Card) in long term - Immediatly Qualified Signatures for workplaces to substitute a handwritten signatures - Immediatly SPHINX for e-mail security with Migration time schedules towards Qualified Signatures

17. 17 Message Great economic potential of Info-Society Germany is and will remain NO 1 in Europe Free Crypto as basis Trust and Confidence as enabler PKI has a great role to play, but take it now! Global interoperability Safety first - Business yes

18. 18 Contact German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Scharnhorststrasse 36, D-10115 Berlin Hubertus SOQUAT Senior Official, Division VI B 3 - ICT-Security Tel. +4930/2014-9 (direct 71 39) Fax +4930/2014-9 -50-7139 soquat@bmwi.bund.de www.germaninternetsecurity.org