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A digital boost for Europe as the collaboration platform for Gaia-X makes it possible to use European identity card for access<\/em><\/p>\n

Berlin, October 20 2021<\/em> – Nextcloud GmbH, the company behind the worlds\u2019 most deployed on-premises content collaboration platform announces support for European e-ID identity card authentication, developed on behalf of the German Federal Office for Information Security. Citizens are now able to log into the European digital sovereign communication and collaboration platform used by Gaia-X and many others.<\/p>\n

To date, organizations in Europe have largely relied on proprietary, foreign collaboration platforms due to a lack of viable alternatives. This leads to dependency and a quasi-monopoly position for mostly US and China-based software and service providers while also introducing data protection and privacy concerns. Nextcloud supports businesses, governments and individuals in data protection-compliant digitalization, providing a complete, modern solution for communication and collaboration. Nextcloud has been proven in tens of thousands of organizations with tens of millions of users across the globe and is widely adopted by businesses and government organizations across Europe.<\/p>\n

The German eID Card (\u201cPersonalausweis\u201d), which has been certified at the highest possible level of assurance with the eIDAS<\/a>-Regulation, can be used by all citizens for electronic identification (eID) and for strong pseudonymous authentication on the Internet. Until now, this has been used in a range of special applications mostly in the German government sector.<\/p>\n

With the \u201ceID-Login\u201d App for Nextcloud developed by ecsec GmbH<\/a> on behalf of the Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt f\u00fcr Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, BSI), it is now possible to use the German eID Card in Nextcloud for strong authentication. The technology is published under an Open Source<\/a> license and available at no cost. This makes Nextcloud an even more viable platform for use in e-government or data protection critical use cases.<\/p>\n

It is great to see the German governments\u2019 interest in supporting Nextcloud as the first popular collaboration and cloud solution with support for the German eID Card for strong authentication and identification. This enhances its strength s a platform already used by tens of millions of users in government, education, finance and health care for real-time collaboration in a secure, compliant and privacy-respecting manner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— Frank Karlitschek, CEO and Founder of Nextcloud<\/p>\n

The early and consequent consideration of relevant security aspects according to the \u201eSecurity by Design\u201c<\/a> principle and the publication of the \u201ceID-Login\u201d App for Nextcloud as Open Source<\/a> ensure that a very high level of trustworthiness is achieved. Thanks to the SkIDentity<\/a> service, which is provided without fee for the project, the (German) eID card can now be used free of charge for strong authentication in Nextcloud.<\/p>\n

About Nextcloud GmbH<\/h2>\n

Nextcloud Hub is the industry-leading, fully open-source, on-premises team productivity platform and Germany\u2019s number one collaboration solution. It combines the easy user interface of consumer-grade cloud solutions with the security and compliance measures enterprises need. Nextcloud Hub brings together universal access to data through mobile, desktop and web interfaces with next-generation, on-premise secure communication and collaboration features like real-time document editing, chat and video calls, putting them under the direct control of IT and integrated with existing infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Nextcloud\u2019s easy and quick deployment, open, modular architecture and emphasis on security and advanced federation capabilities enable modern enterprises to leverage their existing file storage assets within and across the borders of their organization. For more information, visit nextcloud.com<\/a> or follow @Nextclouders<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n

About ecsec GmbH<\/h2>\n

ecsec (https:\/\/ecsec.de\/en<\/a>) is a specialized vendor of innovative solutions in the sector of security in the information and communication technology, security management, smart card technology, identity management, web security and electronic signature technology. Based on experiences from several consulting projects with international reach ecsec GmbH counts to the leading providers in this sector and supports well known customers within the conception and implementation of tailor-made solutions. Due to the observance of current results of science and technology and current and future international standards, an excellent consulting quality and sustainable customer prosperity are guaranteed. For example, ecsec developed the Open eCard App and the Open eCard Library, which was the world’s first Open Source “eID-Client” or “eID-Kernel” to be certified by the German Federal Office for Information Security and received numerous international awards for its innovative SkIDentity service, which enables “Mobile eID as a Service”.<\/p>\n

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