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.
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.
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 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.
In this blog, we discuss certificate transparency and how it can help quickly detect fraudulent certificates.
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.
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.
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 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.
PEPPOL is a large-scale European Commission project, working on allowing any company in the EU to be able to communicate electronically with any EU governmental institution for all procurement processes.
Within Europe a new digital signature format “PAdES” is gaining traction. PAdES stands for “PDF Advanced Electronic Signatures” and is a set of standards published by ETSI (TS 102 778 parts 1 to 5) to support European requirements for electronic signatures. The purpose is specifically for creation of long-term signatures that are verifiable for years or even decades.
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