Paul Bastian

Paul is an expert on digital identity management at Bundesdruckerei. His focus is on identity credentials, wallet security, holder binding, device binding and initial trust for the upcoming decentralized identity ecosystems. Paul participates and advises in the discussions on eIDAS 2.0, evaluating and improving the technological solutions and contributing to international standardization. He studied IT science at Humboldt university in Berlin and gained 12 years of experience in Bundesdruckerei's innovation team researching on the German ID card, physical access protocols, smartcards, biometrics, cryptography and Self-sovereign Identity.