At the beginning of July 2025, IDEMIA, the current Estonian card issuer, will start issuing ID-cards with a new platform. The main change is the transition to the new Cosmo X platform, while the basic features…

Siin saate katsetada oma ID-kaardi toimimist.

This article is about the new ID-card manufacturer Thales pre-live test cards.

The new version 2.7.0 of the RIA DigiDoc mobile application has been updated with existing features and the addition of the ability to sign with an ID-card using NFC technology. This update makes signing significantly more convenient and contactless for users, providing an alternative to signing with a card reader.

By selecting „ID-card“, you must use an ID-card and a card reader connected to a smart device to sign, while by choosing „NFC“, you can sign contactless with the ID card, i.e. without a card reader.

The acronym „NFC“, which stands for Near Field Communication, refers to short-range communication. Short-range communication is a technology that allows wireless data transmission over short distances using radio waves.

In this article, you will find answers and solutions to the most common questions related to NFC technology.

Estonian ID cards can also be used to authenticate users in Microsoft’s Entra ID environment. Technical instructions for using an ID-card in the Entra ID environment (December 2024, in Estonian) Technical instructions for using an…

On December 6, the new DigiDoc4j library release candidate 6.0.0-RC.1 was announced. The most important update of the release candidate is LTA (long term archival) support, which allows digital signatures to be repeatedly timestamped and…

Today, on 7 October, the Information System Authority (RIA) released the new version 2024.9 of the ID software, which, among other updates, changed the name of the DigiDoc4 application and the main digital signature library.…