eIDAS Compliance
European eIDAS Regulation (Electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services)
What is eIDAS?
eIDAS is a European regulation that establishes a common framework for electronic identification, strong authentication, and digital trust services within the EU (e.g., electronic signatures, electronic seals, electronic time stamps).
Its main objective is to secure cross-border digital exchanges, particularly for electronic administration and European digital public services.
Key eIDAS requirements:
- Secure and interoperable digital identification across Europe.
- Strong authentication (multi-factor, electronic certificate, etc.).
- Support for qualified electronic signatures and certified time stamps.
How Visual Guard facilitates eIDAS compliance:
Strong and multi-factor authentication:
Visual Guard natively integrates strong authentication mechanisms (MFA) recommended by eIDAS, and easily interfaces with eIDAS-certified identity providers (digital certificates, tokens, biometric systems, etc.).
Interoperability with eIDAS trust services:
Thanks to its native integration capabilities via open protocols (SAML, OpenID Connect), Visual Guard connects to European electronic identity services and trusted third parties (qualified electronic signature providers, certified electronic time stamping).
Centralized management of European digital identities:
Visual Guard allows administrations to centralize the management, audit, and monitoring of eIDAS-compliant digital identities, thus simplifying the adoption and administration of European digital public services.
Secure access logging:
Visual Guard systematically records operations related to authentications and secure digital exchanges, enabling public organizations to guarantee traceability and compliance with eIDAS.
Detailed technical capabilities
Integrated strong authentication:
- Native MFA support (SMS, email, TOTP, etc.).
- Management of electronic certificates for strong identification.
- Facilitated integration of eIDAS-certified trusted third parties for electronic signatures and authentications.
European interoperability:
- Use of standard protocols (SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect) for connection to national and European digital identity systems.
- Ability to directly integrate third-party eIDAS providers (FranceConnect, qualified European identification systems).
Use case
Strong authentication of European public agents:
A public administration deploys Visual Guard to manage sensitive application access for European agents distributed across several countries. Thanks to eIDAS compatibility, these agents use their certified national digital identity (for example via FranceConnect in France or other European devices) to access critical internal services.
The Result: Reduction of identity theft risks, simplification of transnational access, and immediate compliance with European strong electronic identification rules (eIDAS).