Abstract: The method includes creating a signed output instruction for outputting a vehicle certificate, having a data record characterising the vehicle, using the blockchain, in the case of a valid signature, receiving the vehicle certificate, outputting the vehicle certificate, wherein the output vehicle certificate includes a machine-readable code, wherein the machine-readable code includes a private cryptographic key of an asymmetric key pair, wherein a public cryptographic key of the asymmetric key pair is identified in the blockchain as a check value for checking a signature of a read request for reading vehicle data of the vehicle certificate from the blockchain.

Abstract: The method includes performing a remote security inspection of the security infrastructure of a mobile device by a personalization server over a network; receiving a result of the inspection; upon a positive result of the inspection, sending a key generation request of a provisioning component of the ID application program to a security element of the mobile device; in response to the key generation request, generating two asymmetric key pairs assigned to the ID application program by the security element; sending a certificate request by the provisioning component to the personalization server with the public cryptographic keys of the two asymmetric key pairs to the personalization server, receiving a certificate of the ID application program generated by the personalization server with the first public cryptographic key and a root certificate of a root instance of a PKI; and storing the certificate and the root certificate on the mobile device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method sending a revocation request to the banknote, in response to the revocation request, receiving a cryptogram signed by the banknote, wherein the first cryptogram includes an identification number of the banknote and a revocation confirmation, and forwarding the signed cryptogram to a blockchain server of a blockchain for entering the revocation confirmation of the banknote identified by the identification number in the blockchain.

Abstract: The invention relates to a security feature for a security and/or value document which comprises a mixture of electrically conductive field displacement elements which are electrically insulated within the security or value document, and a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles, which mixture is applied to a security and/or value document by means of a printing technology. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS: Cux, My, Xz. Here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; 0<x?0.002; 0<y?0.00015; and 0?z?0.00050.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for personalising a security applet (114) installed on a first security element (112) of a mobile terminal (100).

Abstract: A security feature is presented for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS:Cux, My, Xz; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0<x<0.002 and 0::; y<0.00015 and 0::; z<0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum.

Abstract: The present invention firstly relates to a security feature for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS: Cux, My, Xz; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0<x<0.002 and 0?y<0.00015 and 0?z<0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum.

Abstract: In order to increase the security of value or security documents 100, a multi-luminescent security element 400 is provided which contains at least one first luminescence means 510 and at least one second luminescence means 520. The first luminescence means 510 can be excited under first excitation conditions Sp-1 for the purpose of luminescence, and the second luminescence means 520 can be excited under second excitation conditions Sp-2 for the purpose of luminescence, said second excitation conditions Sp-2 differing from the first excitation conditions Sp-1. The multi-luminescent security element 400 is additionally equipped with at least one absorber means 600 which prevents an excitation of the at least one first luminescence means 510 under the second excitation conditions Sp-2 for the purpose of luminescence.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for securely providing a personalized electronic identity on a terminal (2) which can be used by a user (1) for identification purposes when claiming an online service. In the method, an identification application is ran on a terminal (2), which is assigned to a user (1), in a system comprising data processing devices (9; 10; 11; 12) and said terminal (2), and additionally a personalization application and an identity provider application are ran.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes computing composite cryptographic data by executing a plurality of first cryptographic algorithms, wherein the composite cryptographic data are computed as a function of input data, wherein the plurality of first cryptographic algorithms are selected and/or the plurality of first cryptographic algorithms are combined according to a first control algorithm; computing results data using a receiver cryptosystem as a function of the composite cryptographic data by applying one or more of the second cryptographic algorithms, wherein the one or more second cryptographic algorithms are selected and/or combined according to a second control algorithm; and automatically executing a software and/or hardware function using the receiver cryptosystem according to the results data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a banknote (100) having a processor (124) and a memory (120). An identification number (116) of the banknote (100) is stored in the memory (120) of the security element (102) and identifies an anonymous banknote account managed by a central bank (220) issuing the banknote (100) and individually assigned to the corresponding banknote (100). A banknote-specific cryptographic key (118) is stored in a protected memory area (122) of the memory (120). A payment method executed with the banknote (100) comprises: receiving a payment request for a payment with the banknote (100), generating a payment-specific cryptogram for authorising the payment with the banknote (100), wherein the cryptogram is generated from the identification number (116) of the banknote (100) and a payment-specific code as input values using the banknote-specific cryptographic key (118), sending a payment authorisation comprising the payment-specific cryptogram.

Abstract: A banknote includes a security element with a processor and a memory. A private cryptographic key of an asymmetric key pair of the banknote is stored in a protected memory area of the memory. The asymmetric key pair is assigned to a banknote-specific blockchain address in a blockchain. A payment method executed with the banknote includes receiving a payment request for a payment with the banknote in the form of a transaction of an amount to be paid from the blockchain address of the banknote to a blockchain address of a payee, signing a transaction approval with the private cryptographic key of the banknote, and sending the signed transaction approval.

Abstract: The present invention firstly relates to a security feature for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide lurninophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide lurninophore has the general chemical formula ZnS: Cux, My, Xz; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0 < x < 0.002 and 0 ? y < 0.00015 and 0 ? z < 0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cryptographically secure storing a file (101) using a web application executed by a web browser (106) on a user computer system (104, 162, 168) of a user (102, 160). The method comprises: encrypting the file (101) on the user computer system (104, 162, 168) by the web application, providing a distribution plan by the web application, fragmenting the encrypted file (101) on the user computer system (104, 162, 168) by the web application into a plurality of file fragments (F1-F4) according to the distribution plan, sending the resulting file fragments (F1-F4) by the web application over the network (178) to the storage services identified by the distribution plan (SD1-SD6).

Abstract: A method for storing data in a tamper-proof manner in a data block structure. The method includes, for a group of data blocks, determining functions, which are assigned to the data blocks of the group and dependent on the data stored in the corresponding data block; creating a combination of all functions assigned to the data blocks of the group; and determining a combination-dependent coefficient for each function of the combination, so that the combination meets a predefined condition; and for each data block of the group, determining a control group of data blocks of the group assigned to the corresponding data block; and storing the coefficient that was determined for the function of the corresponding data block in all data blocks of the control group.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a blockchain structure includes providing a first data block and a second data block, wherein a first data processing rule is assigned to first data of the first data block, and a second data processing rule is assigned to second data of the second data block. The first data processing rule is linked to the second data processing rule to obtain a third data processing rule, wherein the first data processing rule is executed before the second data processing rule when the third data processing rule is executed. The second data processing rule is linked to the first data processing rule to obtain a fourth data processing rule. When the fourth data processing rule is executed, the first data processing rule is executed after the second data processing rule. The third data processing rule is stored in the second data block and the fourth data processing rule is stored in the first data block to obtain the blockchain structure.

Abstract: The authentication mechanism provides a personalized, server-specific authentication of a user with respect to a service server using an authentication token. The method includes a registration of a user with a service server, which includes a creation of a personalized user account for the user with the service server. Furthermore, a server-specific, asymmetric cryptographic key pair is generated for the user by an authentication token, the key pair including an authentication key and an authenticating key. The authenticating key is made available to the service server and assigned to the personalized user account thereby.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for authenticating (400) a current user of a mobile, portable communication system (100) with respect to a server (150) by means of a behavior-based authentication. The server (150) comprising a first interface and a second interface. The first interface is configured to communicate with at least one activatable device (152), and the second interface is configured to communicate with a mobile, portable communication system (100). The method for authentication comprises: receiving at least one classification result (600) by the server (150) from the mobile, portable communication system (100); evaluating the at least one classification result (600) by the server according to a predefined examination criterion (800); and activating the device (152) by the server (150) by means of a control signal.

Abstract: The method includes creating and sending a change request for a change to the system configuration of the hardware system by means of a first hardware component of the plurality of hardware components, receiving the change request by means of the further hardware components of the plurality of hardware components, checking the change request by means of the further hardware components for compatibility of the change request with the configuration of the particular receiving hardware component by using configuration data of the receiving hardware component, in the case that the requested change to the system configuration is compatible with the configuration of the receiving hardware component, generating and sending an approval of the change to the system configuration by means of the receiving hardware component, and in the case that an approval quorum of the hardware components that is necessary for consent is achieved, entering the requested change to the system configuration of the hardware system into th

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the tamper-proof storage of data in an electronic store using a bidirectionally linked blockchain structure. The method comprises the steps of: providing a first family of functions, which comprises a plurality of functions, wherein the functions differ by at least one first parameter and are uniquely identifiable using the first parameter of each; generating an additional block to extend the blockchain structure which comprises the data to be stored; creating a first block-dependent bidirectional linking function for bidirectional linking of the last block to the additional block.