Businesses in Denmark are on the brink of a new digital horizon, according to German IT security specialist, Cryptovision. Beginning January 1, 2014 the authorities of the Scandinavian country will change all their correspondence to digital. In order to receive a message from a public agency, a digital certificate will be necessary. This new legal situation requires that every organization and citizen with a VAT number registered in Denmark will require a digital certificate. This certificate will be used for, among other things, communication with the financial authorities which in-cludes digitally signed tax declarations. As a result of this transition, the demand for digital certificates in Denmark has risen considerably. The main provider of digital certificates in Denmark is the national Certification Authority, DanID. More than 60,000 business users are already DanID customers. Currently, the private keys issued by DanID are typically stored as software files, although this is neither secure nor user-friendly. Liga Distribution ApS, a Copenhagen based company serves the smart card market with their own security solution named SmartSignatur. This consists of a smart card or smart USB token, smart card middleware, and special PDF signature software. The security token middleware used in this bundle is cv act sc/interface, which is developed by cryptovision. Since cv act sc/interface supports all popular cards and tokens it enables Liga to offer cover Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X users.
