Lithuania's Information Society Development Committee (IVPK) was responsible for the project. E-Lock's partner in Lithuania - Santa Monica Networks - was instrumental and played a key role in liaising with IVPK, participating in a public tender and eventually delivering the E-Lock solution to public sector institutions via IVPK. The first phase of the project commenced in 2003 with a pilot project using E-Lock ProSigner. Five public institutions began to exchange E-documents. They were the Government Chancellery, the Transport Ministry, the Economics Ministry, the Department of Archives and the Information Society Development Committee. In the second phase (end of 2004), approximately 20 Lithuanian public institutions will be using E-signature services.
"IVPK, as a project manager of e-signature and e-documents project in Lithuanian Public Sector was looking for an easy to use solution, implementing open standards (PKCS#7) and with a free verification utility for digitally signed documents, which could be easily integrated in to office systems" said Gytis Nemanis, from the Information Society Development Committee (IVPK).
"As our Lithuanian Public Sector shifts towards e-Government and starts digital signing of documents, it is important that the electronic signature solution addresses the key issues of authentication, data integrity and non-repudiation" said Tauras Talandis, Technical Center Manager of Santa Monica Networks, Lithuania. "E-Lock's solution is simple to use for end users and powerful behind the scenes, which provides an ideal mix of user friendliness combined with strong backend security."
"We are pleased that IVPK has chosen E-Lock ProSigner for its state wide signature requirements," said Dr. Nimish Shah, VP Business Development for E-Lock. "Over the past year, E-Lock Solutions - which are compliant with the EU digital signature law - have witnessed a rapid deployment across government, financial and other organizations in Europe. IVPK's selection of our product attests to the quality and reliability of our digital signature solution."
Quelle: MediaSyndicate, 08.12.2004
