Traduction de «Communications - Electronics Security » (Anglais → Français) :

However, in order to ensure that such electronic signatures receive the same legal recognition as electronic signatures created in an entirely user-managed environment, remote electronic signature service providers should apply specific management and administrative security procedures and use trustworthy systems and products, including secure electronic communication channels, in order to guarantee that the electronic signature creation environment is reliable and is used under the sole control of the signatory.

Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (7) requires that providers of public electronic communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services take appropriate measures to safeguard the integrity and security thereof, and introduces an obligation for the national regulatory authorities, where appropriate, to inform, inter alia, the Agency about any security breach or integrity loss that has had a significant impact on the operation of networks or services and to submit to the Commission and to the Agency an annual summary report on the notifications received and the ...[+++]action taken.

Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (8) requires a provider of a publicly available electronic communications service to take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the security of its services and also requires that the confidentiality of the communications and related traffic data be maintained.

Directive 2002/58/EC, concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector, lays down specific requirements on providers of electronic communications services over public communications networks to ensure confidentiality of communications and security of their networks.

Further to the first announcement of a proposal for legislation in the area of electronic signatures in a Communication on “Security and Trust in electronic communication – Towards a European framework for encryption and digital signatures” [4] , the proposal for a directive itself was published in 1998[5].

However, the economic stakes of downstream activities including satellite-based services for transport, electronic commerce, scientific highways, tele-working, leisure and culture services, financial services and of course, communications and security and defence activities, now go far beyond the initial investments in structures.