A CEN Workshop Agreement (commonly abbreviated CWA) is a reference document from the

European Committee for Standardization The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, ) is a public standards organization whose mission is to foster the economy of the European Single Market and the wider European continent in global trading, the welfare of European citizens an ...

(CEN). It is, by definition, not an official standard from the member organizations. In the field of electronic signatures, several CWAs exist. In July 20032003/511/EC
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European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

granted the following three CWAs status as generally recognized technical standards, presumed to be in accordance with the

Electronic Signatures Directive The Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC was a European Union directive (European Union), directive on the use of electronic signatures (e-signatures) in electronic contracts within the European Union (EU). It was repealed by the eIDAS r ...

(1999/93/EC): * tp://ftp.cen.eu/CEN/Sectors/TCandWorkshops/Workshops/eSIGN_CWAs/cwa14167-01-2003-Jun.pdf CWA 14167-1(June 2003): security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates for electronic signatures — Part 1: System Security Requirements * tp://ftp.cen.eu/CEN/Sectors/TCandWorkshops/Workshops/eSIGN_CWAs/cwa14167-02-2004-May.pdf CWA 14167-2(March 2004): security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates for electronic signatures — Part 2:

cryptographic Cryptography, or cryptology (from "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or '' -logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of adversarial behavior. More gen ...

module for CSP signing operations — Protection Profile (MCSO-PP) * tp://ftp.cen.eu/CEN/Sectors/TCandWorkshops/Workshops/eSIGN_CWAs/cwa14169-00-2004-Mar.pdf CWA 14169(March 2004): secure signature creation devices. Other CWA deals with e-signature; among them: * tp://ftp.cenorm.be/PUBLIC/CWAs/e-Europe/eSign/cwa14170-00-2004-May.pdf CWA 14170Signature Creation Process and Environment. * tp://ftp.cenorm.be/PUBLIC/CWAs/e-Europe/eSign/cwa14171-00-2004-May.pdf CWA 14171Signature Validation Process and Environment.

References

External links

CEN Workshop Agreements
– CEN website
CEN Workshop Agreements on E-signature
– CEN website EN standards European Committee for Standardization {{engineering-stub