it-sa Expo&Congress is considered Europe’s most important trade fair in the field of IT security. This year’s event will focus on cloud computing, cyber and mobile security as well as data and network protection.
In 2025, special emphasis will be placed on the interaction between remote identification and qualified digital trust services. The background to this is EU Regulation 2024/1183, which came into force on 20 May 2024. This creates a standardized framework for digital identities in Europe and fundamentally changes the previous eIDAS Regulation (EU 910/2014).
The revised eIDAS Regulation (often also called eIDAS 2.0) heralds a fundamental change in the digital identity landscape of the EU and the EEA: Citizens and businesses will have universal access to trusted and secure electronic identification and authentication. At it-sa, we will be demonstrating how companies – particularly in regulated industries and the public sector – can already digitize their processes securely today in order to benefit from the new opportunities.
Regulation 2024/1183 also obliges EU and EEA member states to provide digital wallets. These should be able to link national digital identities with other proofs such as driving licenses, proof of education or bank details. This will allow citizens to prove their identity and exchange electronic proof directly via mobile devices. Member states are also obliged to accept wallets from other EU countries. This makes it possible to access online services across borders – without alternative identification procedures or unnecessary disclosure of personal data.
In 2025, the main focus will be on the practical implementation of the implementing acts on the EU Digital Identity Wallet, including electronic proof of attributes. Following the publication of the first implementing acts by 21 November 2024, the focus is now on implementation in the Member States. On 7 May 2025, numerous implementing acts were published in the Official Journal, which will enter into force on 27 May 2025. These include: the accreditation of wallet relying parties and the list of certified wallet providers as well as the form and procedures for qualified trust services such as electronic archiving, qualified remote signatures, validation of advanced signatures and electronic record keeping.
In parallel, cross-border tests were initially carried out: Peer-to-peer interoperability tests took place in Warsaw in February 2025, followed by further test results in Vilnius in May 2025 with over 1,300 tests between 34 players from 20 countries.
The EU is now on track: at least 47 implementing acts have been introduced and numerous technical specifications have been agreed. The Commission is now working closely with member states, the technical cooperation group and external stakeholders on the final roll-out.
The political goal is clear: digital identity is to be established across the board in the second half of this decade – all EU citizens should have access to it by 2030. However, the success of this initiative is not guaranteed and there may be further delays. Nevertheless, the proportion of ID card holders who have actually used their online ID card has risen from 14% (2023) to 22% in 2024, according to the eGoverment Monitor of the D21 initiative. However, the question of the pin reset letter remains unanswered.
In the face of increasing digitalization requirements, a wait-and-see approach is not a viable strategy for the private sector. Rising customer expectations, growing cost and competitive pressure as well as the risk of fraud make it unacceptable to delay necessary digitalization projects until the new regulation has been fully implemented.
One of the many Namirial partners embarking for this pragmatic approach is Your Secure Cloud
At it-sa 2024, together with our partner SecureCloud, we will be giving a presentation entitled ‘Reality check: Electronic signatures – what you need to know now for your projects’.
This session is aimed at anyone who wants to get started with digital signing or optimise their existing processes – whether they are beginners or advanced users. Find out how you can make your processes with signatures as simple as possible and as conclusive as necessary.
Thanks to numerous changes that have come into force over the course of 2025 in areas such as labour, tenancy and commercial law, many processes can now be implemented more easily. We provide specific tips on how companies can now update their general terms and conditions, contract templates and framework agreements.
We take a closer look at what really matters: the evidential value and the assessment of evidence of signed documents in the event of a dispute and the important differences depending on the type of signature. We also look at the advantages of processing signature processes in a cloud with a server location in Germany
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📺 Very pragmatic: eIDAS instruments in use today and tomorrow – (recorded at Bitkom eIDAS Summit 2024 (in German)