Does your business require digital signatures to be verifiable months, years or even decades later? In this blog, we discuss long-term signatures and what you should look for when choosing a provider.
Long-term signatures - the essential features
ADSS connector for SharePoint supports Active Directory authentication
Ascertia is delighted to announce the ADSS Connector for Microsoft SharePoint now supports Active Directory authentication for digital signatures. In this blog, we explain how this new feature benefits businesses.
New HTML-based digital signature designer
We're delighted to announce the new HTML-based digital signature appearance designer.
The ADSS Server Signing Service can create PDF digital signatures or all common ETSI PAdES formats (PAdES Part 2,3,4) and it can also create and apply visible signature appearances where requested.
Protect mass key generation with ADSS CA Server
In this blog, we discuss how Ascertia's ADSS CA Server protects mass key generation using Hardware Security Modules (HSMs). HSMs are a vital part of any digital security solution. Understanding how this impacts your high-trust business is vital.
Timestamp authority server - the must have features!
This article describes why RFC3161 compliant Time Stamp Authority (TSA) servers are needed and what to look for when choosing a TSA server.
ETSI TS 101 861 and TS 102 023 also places important requirements for TSA services providers and these are also considered in this hot topic.
ADSS Server & MS Active Directory integration
ADSS Server v4.8+ supports clever integration with Active Directory and other LDAP-compliant directories, enabling seamless and automatic management of each user’s digital certificate, including generation, revocation and re-issuance.
Certificate transparency – quick fraud detection
In this blog, we discuss certificate transparency and how it can help quickly detect fraudulent certificates.
SSL trust issues
India's National Informatics Centre (NIC) has joined the infamous Dutch CA DigiNotar in issuing fake and unauthorised digital certificates. Yet again, this activity damages the faith we place in Certification Authorities (CAs) to provide high-trust identity assurance.
Importance of certificate whitelist checking
Certificate whitelist checking is a must. Usage of PKI-based digital certificates has become a widely accepted means of electronic identity authentication for all kinds of purposes, from logical and physical access control to document signing, server authentication for ecommerce sites and software code authentication.
Understanding PDF signatures
PDF documents have been common use within business for many years. Protecting PDFs against change is fast becoming a hot topic. Digitally signing PDFs with a certifying signature protects the content and also shows who signed or approved the document. This article explains how you can easily digitally sign PDFs, what is needed to electronically sign PDF documents and the different types of PDF signatures.
Online document signing - the must have features
Online document signing has significant business benefits. Getting a document approved and signed-off is a crucial part of any business, be it an order, sales contract, claim forms, internal HR documents or any other type of document that needs to be clearly agreed and approved preferably with a clear audit trail.