There is an urgent demand in the industry for simple devices which can be used for mass electronic authentication and digital signature which can be used from anywhere. Mobile devices possess all these qualities. Moreover, they are considered to be low cost and may be used as a digital signature creation device when used together with a cryptographic card, thereby offering higher security and eliminating the possibility of phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks.
The increased amount of features offered by the operating systems of current PDA terminals will facilitate mass access to telematic services. Furthermore, it is in the emerging security services for mobile devices (ETSI-MSS) where, regardless of the type of terminal, the telecommunications operator acts as an intermediary between the user and the trust services. Here, the telecommunications operator provides the user with the ability to identify himself in a secure fashion through the use of digital certificates and to authorize transactions and electronic documents, for example, in government or financial portals.
Safelayer's solutions are multi-device oriented; they are designed to support digital signature standards in non-PC systems, by providing applications with the ability for electronic signature and trust management, regardless of the device used by the signer. Safelayer, through the products of its KeyOne family, provides a powerful digital certificate management system directed at open environments which has capacity for large numbers of users. Moreover, Safelayer's TrustedX product simplifies, by using Web services and XML, the incorporation into applications and processes of the mechanisms for authentication, authorization, electronic signature and non-repudiation, and data.
