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Certificate Issue
DigitalSign now issues Qualified Electronic Attestation of Attributes (QEAA), the so-called verifiable credentials. In addition, this new service is added to those already provided by the company in digital identity, onboarding, KYC, electronic signature and life cycle management.
In addition, the certification, validated by a European external auditor, ensured DigitalSign was first included in the EU Trusted List as a supplier of verifiable credentials integrated into an EUDI Wallet. It thus becomes the first European QTSP to achieve this status.
A qualified electronic attestation of attributes shall digitally prove a specific attribute of a person or organisation, such as age, professional qualification, powers of representation or office. This certificate has the same legal value in any country in the European Union.
Unlike a paper document, it is instantly verified and protected. In addition, it enables selective disclosure: the holder only shares the necessary data without exposing the rest of his identity.
Verifiable credentials have direct application in various sectors. Among the cases of use with the greatest impact, we highlight:
Thus, the need for this type of credentials grows as the European Union advances to the European Digital Wallet (EUDI Wallet), planned to reach all citizens and organisations of the Member States at the beginning of 2027.
In fact, already in January 2027, banks, insurers, public entities and human resources companies should accept and issue this type of attestation as part of the routine of identity verification and qualifications, thus facilitating professional mobility, trade and other trade in the European area.
This step confirms a strategy that DigitalSign has been working on in recent years: consolidating itself as a provider of trusted reference services in Europe, as digital identity ceases to be a technical niche theme and becomes part of the daily lives of citizens and organisations.
In addition, the emission of QEAA is added to services already provided by DigitalSign in electronic signature, authentication and management of the certificate life cycle and is already available to customers in Portugal and other Member States.
With eIDAS 2.0, regulated sectors such as banking, energy, telecommunications and large digital platforms will have to accept the European Digital Identity Card and the attributes contained therein.
Still, this obligation can become an opportunity. After all, organisations that anticipate turn this legal requirement into a competitive advantage against competition.
