Valencian Government Certification Authority (Spain)

ACCV

eGovernance Workshop on Citizen Advanced Relationship Management (CARMEN) and Setting Processes for Electronic Signatures (WSPES).

March 5th, 2007 – Prato, Italy

Introduction: Origin and Evolution of the ACCV

The Valencian Government is one of the 17 autonomous regional goverments that exist in Spain. They are all self governing and independent from the national government in many areas.

In 1999, the Valencian Government implemented Strategic Plans to accelerate the introduction of new Information Technologies in Valencia Society.

In this context, a new project called e-firmaGV was started in 2000. The project was to create a Public Key Infraestructure able to issue Digital Signature to the administration itself and also to the general public.

In 2005, the ACCV was formally constituted as the Certification Services Provider of the Valencian Community. The ACCV is juridically independent and has a total control and authority over its operation to achieve its goals.

Today, the ACCV is considered the most utilized regional Certification Services Provider in Spain.

Certification Service Catalogue

Registry Service to verify the identity of users in person at User Registry Points (URP)

Certificate Issuing Service

for citizens (smartcards and software format)

for corporation, with or without legal entity

for logging onto Microsoft Windows environments

for secure web servers

for signing code

for software applications

for VPN servers

Certification Service Catalogue (ii)

Validation Service to provide status updates for digital certificates:

Generation of Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL)

Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)

Web services to provide higher flexibility and value-added services (for instance, DS integrity checking, certificate parcing)

Validation of DS issued by third parties which provides and garantees interoperability with other Certification Service Providers

Certification Service Catalogue (iii)

Devices Providing Service

Time stamping Service

Encipher keys Storing Service

Document long term archiving Service

Consulting in the development of software applications with ACCV Digital Signature

Call Center (for final user of ACCV DS and Operators at User Registry Points)

Training Service (attendance, on-line, for Government emploees and general public)

Collaboration Agreements

Directed towards Valencian Government

Organizations reliant on the Valencian government

Valencian Local Administration

Valencian Corporative Administration

Universities

Professional Colleges and Associations

The ACCV is committed to offering all its services for free

The other party committs to become a User Registry Point (URP)

146 signed agreements and 10 in process

User Registry Point (URP)

URP: the place where the registry process is carried out and the DS given to the user.

Trained and authorized staff

XRAO: Own web application to process and manage DS in a geographical distributed way

With URPs, the ACCV fulfils the following goals:

Issues DS in accordance with the current Spanish Digital Signature Law. Users must turn up in person at a place where registration is performed by authorizated staff

In contrast to other Certification Authorities, DS is always issued in the presence of the user and is provided inmediately

A widespread geographical network of URPs to get the highest availability and proximity to the final user

URP: Geographycal Network

VALENCIAN REGIONMADRID

BRUSSELS

URPs in Castellon: 25

URPs in Valencia: 86

URPs in Alicante: 82

URP: number and procedure Number of User Registry Points

Public: 195 Alicante: 82

Castellon: 25

Valencia: 86

Madrid (1)

Brussels (1)

Internal: 85 (only for government staff members and specific projects)

Total: 280

Procedure at the URP Physical presence of the user

Identification: National Identity Card, Spanish passport, Foreigner Identification Number

Issuing Digital Signature: XRAO

Operator Portal (i)

Operator Portal (ii)

XRAO: web application

Applications and Services with ACCV Digital Signature

Today, the ACCV is considered the most utilized regional Certification Authority in Spain:

Number of users with ACCV Digital Signature: 93.132

Number of Applications and Services available with ACCV DS

All ACCV Digital Signature enabled applications and services are published on the ACCV web site:

http://www.accv.es/catalogo/aplicaciones_c.jsp?idioma=1

Number of Applications and Services Applications: 60

Services: 49

Total: 109

Applications with ACCV Digital Signature

National Applications Tax Return

Current Labor Situation

Cadastral Records

Regional Applications Official Diary of the Valencian Region (DOCV)

Valencian Health Service (Abucasis)

Local Applications Valencia Town Hall

Suma – Tax Administration

Other organizations: Universities, Professional Colleges, Associations,… University of Castellon (Universitat Jaume I)

National Applications with ACCV Digital Signature

Validation Service for PA @Firma is the Validation Platform of the Spanish Ministry of PA (MAP)

Verify the electronic identity of a citizen independently of the type of Digital Signature they use to carry out their telematic relationship with the Administration

The ACCV offers in the Valencian Region, in collaboration with the MAP, the Validation Service of admitted DS to Administrations and public organizations, Universities, citizens and legal entities

Universal use of Digital Signatures

Admitted Certification Service Provider: http://www.dnielectronico.es/seccion_aapp/rel_autoridades.html

National Applications Tax Return

Current Labor Situation

Cadastral Records

Secure Telematic Notifications

Regional Applications with ACCV Digital Signature

Valencian Government (www.docv.gva.es): Official Diary of the Valencian Region

Edited only in Electronic Format since January 1st, 2007 (the 1st one in Spain) Use of paper is totally discontinued

Specific Legislation to validate Electronic format as Unique and Valid

Signed by an application certificate issued by ACCV

ACCV Timestamping Authority (TSA) generates its timestamp in order to garantee that no alterations has been made after that time

Valencian Health Service: Abucasis II Internal project (medical staff)

80 URPs for staff members only

ACCV DS is a must to log on and operate in Abucasis

A Unique Medical Record of every patient will be available electronically at every health center and hospital under strict security measures (digital signature) that garantee confidenciality and authenticity of data

1.300 professionals are using this service in 38 health centers

Local Applications with ACCV Digital Signature

Valencia Town Hall (www.ayto-valencia.es): Citizen Folder Personal Infomation (register, bills) and procedures (certifications)

SUMA Tax Administration (www.suma.es): Virtual Office Submit registered requests to Suma

Place Direct Debit order for the annual bills

Modify/ Update personal details

Consult paid bills

Pay your bills

Telematic Registry of Documents Entrance

There are over 150.000 foreigners only in the Alicante province

Alicante Town Hall (www.alicante-ayto.es): Filed Local Police reports are available on line for the Insurance Companies

Applications with ACCV Digital Signature

University: Universitat Jaume I of Castellon User Registry Points

Collaboration in different workshops and dissemination lectures on DS

Collaboration in issuing ACCV DS for “Clauer” project Students

Administrative Staff

Teaching Staff

Telematic Services over platform: e-UJIer Information on examination results or payroll

Internal procedures (applications)

Administrative procedures

More than 14.000 Digital Signatures issued in two years

http://clauer.uji.es http://clauer.nisu.org/

Encarna Giménez Ene egimenez@accv.es

Autoritat de Certificació de la Comunitat Valenciana

www.accv.es 902 482 481

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