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Approval Profiles

Issue 3 Profiles

The Issue 3 Profiles are now available. The previous Issues are now out of date. Please click here for digests & registration (Issue 2s are no longer avaliable)

Supporting Documents

tScheme Approval process: advice and guidance documents

tSd0244_1-01

 Required Assessment Procedures - procedures that are required to be followed by all parties participating within tScheme Assessments (Issue 1.01)
tSi0101_3-00 Preparing for an Assessment (Issue 3.00)
tSd0230_4-01 Model Specification of Service Subject to Assessment (S3A) (Issue 4.01)
tSd0320_1-00 Model Specification of Service Component Subject to Assessment (C3A) (Issue 1.00)
tSi0250_2-03 Guidance for Assessments (Issue 2.03)
tSi0271_1-00 Current Interpretation Responses (Issue 1.00)

Model Assessment Reports
tSd0238_2 Model Assessment Report - Service (Issue 2.00)
tSd0239_1 Model Assessment Report - Component (Issue 1.00)


Company Documents
tSd0070_3-01 tScheme Articles of Association as adopted 7th of June 2005
tSd0071_4-00 tScheme Rules as adopted 7th of June 2005
tSd0072_2-01 tScheme Memorandum of Association as adopted 7th of June 2005


Model agreements, application forms and tScheme Glossary
tSi0075_2 Application for Membership of tScheme (Issue 2.03)
tSi0076_2

Letter requesting Registered Applicant Status (Issue 2.02)

tSd0226_2

Glossary of Terms (Issue 2.00)

tSd0252_3

Model Assessors Agreement (Issue 3.01)
tSd0253_3 Model contract for Registered Applicants (Issue 3.01)
tSd0254_4 Model contract for Trust Service Approval & use of tScheme Mark (Issue 4.01)

 

tScheme papers and presentations

tSi0261

tScheme response to the Government's consultation paper on Entitlement Cards and Identity Fraud (Website for the Entitlement Card Unit: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/comrace/entitlements/index.html)

ts155

tScheme response to FSA discussion paper on e commerce (FSA website: http://www.fsa.gov.uk)

ts150

tScheme response to DTI consultation on E-signatures Directive (DTI website: http://www.dti.gov.uk)
tSp0259_4-00 Standard presentation on tScheme (Q1 2004).
tSi0156_01 Report from a joint tScheme, DTI and office of the e-Envoy sponsored decision analysis workshop.
tSi0256_1 Full Guide to Securing Electronic Transactions.

 

External Standards and Guidelines

tScheme originally worked with the Government in producing two documents that were to be used in the registration process for the Government's Gateway project.

These were "Guidelines for the Verification of Identity of Organisations" and "Guidelines for the Verification of Identity of Individuals".

Following consultation during 2002, the Government have now produced their requirements, based on these documents, and these are now 'In Force' and have been published on their website as:

HMG's Minimum Requirements for the Verification of the Identity of Individuals v2.0
HMG's Minimum Requirements for the Verification of the Identity of Organisations v2.0

These are detailed technical documents supporting the Registration & Authentication Framework, and describe the minimum evidence that needs to be presented by an organisation or an individual in order to be issued with a digital credential (password or digital certificate) for use with e-government services.

These documents are recognised by tScheme and any TSP undergoing an Assessment leading to Approval against the Registration Profile (tSd0042) or the Identity Services Profile (tSd0108) can ask their Assessor to assess them against either or both of these requirements documents as part of their tScheme Assessment.

These documents are two of a number of publications maintained on the website of the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA), please see:

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/csia/publications/index.asp

 

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