CRYPTOMATHIC BLOG

 

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E-signatures in elections: The key to preventing voter fraud?

Election season in the US is upon us - and with it, comes the typical questions of how to secure ballots and prevent voter fraud. In the US, UK, and...

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How Digital Signatures and Blockchains Can Work Together

Everywhere you turn in the security world, an interesting word keeps popping up: “Blockchain”. Just like the word “cloud”, this concept has taken...

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Using The AdES Standard for Mobile and Distributed Environments

AdES stands for Advanced Electronic Signature, which embraces a family of eIDAS-compliant standards for digital signatures including PAdES, CAdES and...

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The Role of Central Signing & Authentication in e-Government Security

Year after year, more stories surface about large scale data loss from e-government systems across the world.

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Expert’s Guidelines on how to document a Key Management System

This article discusses the importance and usage of documentation for a key management system within an organization.

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Why Banks Need Non-Repudiation of Origin & Emission

Have you ever heard the kind of sweet and innocent voice saying, “I didn’t eat my brother’s ice cream”, while the kid’s mouth and t-shirt are covered...

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Layered Policies for Cryptographic Key Management

This article discusses the functions and use of hierarchical layers when establishing a cryptographic key management policy, and how the policy...

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Whitfield Diffie: Celebrating the 2015 Turing Award

On June 11, 2016, Whitfield Diffie, a Technical Advisory Board member at Cryptomathic, and Martin E. Hellman, Professor Emeritus of Electrical...

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What is a Qualified Digital Certificate for Electronic Signatures in eIDAS

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What is an eIDAS Qualified Certificate for Electronic Signatures?

Under the eIDAS Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, a qualified certificate for electronic signature refers to “a certificate for electronic signatures,...

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