ZUS signs IT deal with Siemens Business Services

In a press release issued yesterday, the Social Insurance Administration (ZUS) revealed that it had signed a contract with Siemens Business Services (SBS), a supplier of IT systems and computer programs for the business sector, operating as part of the Siemens company in Poland. The contract, estimated at zł. 5.4 million in value, concerns implementation of an IT system aimed at tightening ZUS's electronic security. As part of the agreement, SBS will implement a so-called timestamp service, enabling verification of the authenticity, as well as confirmation of the exact timing, of the electronic signature of an authorized user. According to the agreement, the implementation of the system should be completed by the end of October this year. (Parkiet, p. 6; www.rmf.pl) K.Ż.