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Digital Signatures (7)

Person using their smartphone to write a digital signature on a blockchain-based app

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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 and 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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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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Trust Service Providers according to eIDAS

Under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (eIDAS), a Trust Service Provider (TSP) is defined as “a natural or a legal person who provides one or more trust...

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A large red shipping container with eIDAS printed on the side, representing an Associated Signature Container

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What is an Associated Signature Container and How Does it Work?

When an electronic signature is created, it must be associated to the data that it is being used to secure. This is accomplished by creating a data...

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Understanding ZertES, the Swiss Federal Law on Electronic Signatures

On December 19, 2003, ZertES, the Swiss Federal law regarding the use of certification services with electronic signatures was approved into law.

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What Is An Electronic Signature Policy and How Do You Create One?

This article explains what an electronic signature policy is from the perspective of a CISO or other person required to maintain information security.

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Introduction into XAdES for Trust Service Providers

The term XAdES stands for XML Advanced Electronic Signatures, which specifies a set of extensions that are used with the W3C recommendation for XML...

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