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The Mobile Certificate Center launched its activity on February 1. The Center has already started to issue mobile authentication certificates for use in mobile devices and tablet computers.

Thus, first applications for obtaining certificates were already received. Within the framework of a pilot project, citizens can apply to the central registration points to obtain certificates. Currently, technical and organizational work is being carried out in other registration points and after the completion of this work citizens may be able to use services at these points.

The Integration of Digital Signage in Smart City Infrastructure

The role of digital signage in smart cities is becoming increasingly important as urban centers around the world continue to embrace the latest technological advancements to improve the quality of life for their citizens. As the global population continues to grow and urbanize, cities are faced with the challenge of efficiently managing resources, providing essential services, and ensuring the safety and well-being of their inhabitants. In response to these challenges, the concept of smart cities has emerged, which involves the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) into urban infrastructure to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of urban services.

According to sources in the ministry, the session participants discussed the introduction of 'E-government'. Azerbaijan's Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov stressed the need to accelerate the process of application of 'E-government' and maximal facilitation of the use of e-services by the population.

Fund’s chairman Salim Muslimov says that to date 6,025 insured on compulsory social insurance applied to the SSPF with e-applications and received relevant codes for submission of e-reports to the Fund on mandatory social insurance payments.

"We are actively cooperating with the Ministry of Communications & IT. We have prepared and approved the administrative regulations of 19 e-services, 10 of which are interactive and 9 are informative. Today, 442 SSPF managers having the signature right received electronic digital signatures (EOC) and actively use them," he noted.

“Currently two e-services operate in the tax sphere: electronic accountings and electronic tax counting system. The customers present their information through these two services. One should have e-signature to work in the sphere,” Abelyan said.

Das britische Unternehmen Quizid Technologies hat in London eine Sicherheits-Lösung als Alternative zu digitalen Zertifikaten und Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) vorgestellt. Das System beruht auf der Quizid Card und der dazu gehörenden ASP-Infrastruktur, dem Quizid Vault. Die Quizid Card ist ein Hardware-Token, das bei jedem Einloggen einen neuen nur einmal gültigen Code generiert.

Especially in the last few months, thousands of activations have been reported, with the factors of online safety, authenticity and identity in transactions having an increasingly significant impact. In order for an authorised signature or a secure electronic identity function to be used online, a mobile signature or the citizen card function of the eCard is required.

UK banks plan to establish a standard for physically authenticating online transactions early next month, allowing them to create greater consumer confidence in internet security.

The growing threat of identity fraud is forcing banks to find stronger means of securing their customers' accounts, such as providing a physical device that can generate unique codes to secure online transactions.

AuthentiDate hat im Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (BMWA) einen zentralen und automatisierten Dienst zur Ausstellung von qualifizierten Zeitstempeln gemäß Signaturgesetz installiert. Damit können interne Prozesse rechtssicher und beweiskräftig elektronisch abgebildet werden, ohne dass zusätzliche Papierdokumente erzeugt bzw. archiviert werden müssen.

Provision of citizens with e-government services not only simplifies the access for social services, but also contributes to the transition to the digital government in the country.

The National Certification Center issued 20,376 certificates of e-signature in the first half of 2019, said the Information Computing Center under Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan.

Consultant of the Ministry’s Information Society Development Department Etibar Umudov has reported that demand for e-signature will rise after launch of e-government portal , when it becomes main tool for use of electronic services for authentication.

The 3rd international “PKI Forum Ukraine 2016” ends today in Kiev, Ukraine, which is the information venue for discussion and exchange of best practices in the spheres of PKI, e-ID and trust services between international experts and representatives of government sector, business and public unions.

The audience of the forum consists of the representatives of public authorities, cybersecurity specialists, e-ID and signature developers, mobile network operators and providers of online payment services as well as private investors.

Head of the Development of Information Society department of the Ministry Isfandiyar Aliyev told the statement while commenting on reducing prices for large-scale usage of e-signatures by university entrants, Gun.Az reported referring to the Ministry.

“Today ICT is successfully applied in any area in Azerbaijan. The implementation of effective projects is underway in our country in the field of e-education, e-tax, e-health, e-agriculture, e-customs, e-commerce and other directions. All the services are reflected in “Electronic Government” model”, the Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, Ramin Guluzade said in his interview to “Impact” magazine".

According to him, the services of more than 40 government agencies are provided to citizens on the portal E-government: “Through the mobile application of the portal, users are sent notifications for communication, utilities, penalties and so on in real-time mode. This can be considered a successful start for building a “mobile government””.

The National Certificate Services Center has a certification service center for governmental agencies and e-government certification service center aimed at providing e-signature services to state agencies, citizens and businesses, the Ministry said.

The initiative of the Communications and High Technologies Ministry of Azerbaijan on application of certified USB-keys for access to e-services is an important step in addressing the problems of popularization of e-signatures’ use.

Osman Gunduz, a coordinator of the Public Council for e-Government Services Promotion at the ASAN-service under the President of Azerbaijan, announced about this while talking to Trend on September 21.