Secure Identity in Communication – Devices that understand one another
The identity of an individual in the digital networking world – what is known as “digital identity” – is the basis for all secure and trustful communication. Digital identities have to be created, administered and, when need be, also disabled. This idea of digital identities can also be transferred to mobile devices or other entities that act for the individual or possess their own identity, such as cars that communicate with one another to prevent accidents or medical sensors that deliver data on patients. All this must be based on systems which are secure, reliable and tamper-proof. The data they deliver must be capable of being verified and unambiguously assigned to the proper person or object. Nor will such systems achieve any kind of widespread acceptance unless they protect the privacy of the owners and users.
To ensure secure digital identity in the communication of cooperative components the Innovation Cluster is engineering new development and test frameworks for the healthcare sector where sensitive personal data is collected that will also need be forwarded by electronic means in the future. The test methods and platforms under development are designed to provide security of access to personal data regardless of the vendor or technologies used.
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Project overview
The identity of an individual in the digital networking world – what is known as “digital identity” – is the basis for all secure and trustful communication. Digital identities have to be created, administered and, when need be, also disabled. This idea of digital identities can also be transferred to mobile devices or other entities that act for the individual or possess their own identity, such as cars that communicate with one another to prevent accidents or medical sensors that deliver data on patients. All this must be based on systems which are secure, reliable and tamper-proof. The data they deliver must be capable of being verified and unambiguously assigned to the proper person or object. Nor will such systems achieve any kind of widespread acceptance unless they protect the privacy of the owners and users.
To ensure secure digital identity in the communication of cooperative components the Innovation Cluster is engineering new development and test frameworks for the healthcare sector where sensitive personal data is collected that will also need be forwarded by electronic means in the future. The test methods and platforms under development are designed to provide security of access to personal data regardless of the vendor or technologies used.
Key Areas of Research:
- Engineering of new development and test frameworks
- Software systems for the administration and use of digital identities
- Ensuring the quality, trustworthiness and reliability of the devices themselves
Projects:
- Visualisation platform for cooperative driving manoeuvres (CarNet - PDF)
- Ethical use of private data (Ethical - PDF)
- Application and administration of secure electronic identities (My-ID - PDF)
- User-centric identity management for NGNs (SI-KUZ - PDF)
- Secure identities for communicating vehicles (SI-KUZ 2 - PDF)
- Trusted versatile verifiable identity NG (TVVIN - PDF)
Project overview