A Qualified Electronic Attestation of Attributes is a digitally signed statement about a person's attributes (such as age, qualifications, or professional status) issued by a Qualified Trust Service Provider under eIDAS 2.0.
QEAA stands for Qualified Electronic Attestation of Attributes. Under eIDAS 2.0, a QEAA is a digitally signed statement about a person's attributes issued by a Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP). QEAAs enjoy automatic legal equivalence to paper attestations across all EU member states.
QEAAs can attest to attributes like age (over 18), professional qualifications, educational credentials, or organizational roles. The key innovation is selective disclosure: a QEAA can prove "this person is over 18" without revealing their date of birth or any other personal information.
No QTSP has been fully certified for QEAA issuance yet, creating a first-mover opportunity. The estimated cost for QTSP certification is 1-3 million EUR with a timeline of 12-18 months using a hybrid approach with pre-certified infrastructure.
The revised EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services, mandating digital identity wallets for all EU citizens by December 2027.
A Qualified Trust Service Provider is an entity certified under eIDAS to issue qualified electronic signatures, seals, timestamps, and attestations of attributes.
A cryptographic technique allowing users to share specific attributes from a credential without revealing all information it contains.
Selective Disclosure JSON Web Token (RFC 9901) is a standard for creating JWTs where individual claims can be selectively disclosed to verifiers.
