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Digital authentication - factors, mechanisms and schemes
Indiana University defines authentication as "the process of determining whether someone or something is who or what it is declared to be."...
Digital Signatures (7)
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US Court Rejects DocuSign E-Signatures for Digital Authorization
Stefan Hansen: 20. December 2016
An interesting case arose in the state of California this year regarding a bankruptcy lawyer who utilized DocuSign for many official legal documents.
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eIDAS Impact on US: Key Considerations
On July 1st 2016, eIDAS was introduced in the EU to replace the almost 20 year old European Signatures Directive. The directive was originally built...
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Understanding non-repudiation of origin & non-repudiation of emission
This article sheds light on the two approaches to achieve non-repudiation of an electronic message: non-repudiation of emission and non-repudiation...
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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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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...