Aims

In the 'ArchiSig' project, archiving concepts and technologies are taken up and extended in a way that will allow secure and conclusive long-term archiving of digitally generated and signed data for 30 years or more. This involves the development of system architectures with new technical components and organizational concepts to guarantee the security of digital signatures. The solutions have to be practical, costeffective and in accordance to legislation in order to allow their deployment in various areas of the society.

The applicability of the concepts will be proved by the implementation and evaluation of a prototype in the Heidelberg University Medical Center and in other health care institutions, by comparative analyses in the public administration and the administration of justice of the federal state Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) as well as by expert's reports on the basis of fictitious legal cases.