Gradiant and Garrigues organise in Vigo a session on digital identity authentication and privacy

The technology centre highlighted the value of the new eIDAS 2 regulation, which improves security and will allow European citizens to use a digital identity recognised in all member states, simplifying access to cross-border services.

This session puts the end to a cycle of three days held between A Coruña and Santiago that addressed issues such as the NIS2 Directive, the DORA regulation, cybersecurity and the relationship with AI and the EU Cyber Resilience Act, among others.

Gradiant and Garrigues, with the support of the Galician Cybersecurity Node CIBER.gal and the Axencia para a Modernización Tecnolóxica de Galicia, promote in Vigo an informative session on digital identity authentication and privacy. Held today at the headquarters of Afundación, it counted with the intervention of Jaime Loureiro, head of Advanced Data Security in Gradiant, who stressed the importance of the entry into force of the new eIDAS 2 regulation to overcome the current barriers in the management of the digital identity of European citizens.

‘This regulation not only improves the security and reliability of online services, but also facilitates access to these services across Europe. With the implementation of eIDAS 2, European citizens will be able to use a digital identity recognised in all member states, simplifying access to cross-border public and private services. In addition, this regulation fosters interoperability between different digital identity systems, promoting greater cohesion and trust in the European digital single market,’ Loureiro explained.

A common architectural framework for EUIDW

‘Several initiatives are being taken by the Commission, in collaboration with all Member States, to meet the requirements of the new regulation and the deadlines set. Among these initiatives are the establishment of a common architectural framework to develop the new European digital wallet (EUIDW), and the launch of large-scale pilots (LSPs) to demonstrate and validate the benefits of the EUIDW in high-impact use cases for European citizens, businesses and administrations,’ concluded Loureiro.

Julián Inza, president of EADTrust – a company specialised in the development of products and the provision of digital trust services registered as a Qualified Trust e-Services Provider with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation – addressed digital certification in business ‘EADTrust declarations’.

For his part, Alejandro Padín, partner and head of the Data Economy, Privacy and Cybersecurity area at Garrigues, spoke to reflect on data markets: the Data Governance Regulation (DGA) and Data Regulation (DA). ‘Garrigues statements’.

Last day of a travelling cycle

This session in Vigo brings to a close a cycle of three conferences, also held in A Coruña and Santiago, which addressed topics such as the NIS2 Directive, the DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) regulation, cybersecurity and the relationship with Artificial Intelligence, the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act, digital identity and privacy and the data market, among others.

Specifically, the opening session of the cycle, which took place on 2 May in A Coruña, shared experiences and reviewed the main rules governing the governance of cybersecurity and the obligations that companies must assume in accordance with the recent European regulations.

The second conference, held in Santiago de Compostela on 15 May, focused on the cybersecurity map in the EU, CRA and directives on liability in Artificial Intelligence: defective products and non-contractual liability.