The Benefits of Secured Signing’s Video Confirmation and ID Verification Posted on May 16, 2023 - 10:13 am by John Webster As businesses continue to shift towards digital processes, the need for secure identity verification becomes increasingly important. Remote identity verification solutions such as Secured Signing’s Video Confirmation with optional Identity Document Verification (IDV) provide a faster and more secure way for businesses to verify the identities of their clients. Traditional identity verification processes can be time-consuming, expensive, and susceptible to fraud. Manual processes such as document verification and in-person identity checks can take days or even weeks to complete, delaying transactions and increasing operational costs. In addition, traditional identity verification methods can be susceptible to fraud, such as fake or stolen documents. Remote identity verification solutions such as Video Confirmation with the addition of IDV provide a faster and more secure way to verify identities. The solution allows businesses to remotely verify the identity of their clients in real-time, using advanced facial recognition and liveness detection technology. This provides a faster, more secure, and more cost-effective way to verify identities, reducing the risk of fraud and improving operational efficiency. Four of the Benefits of Secured Signing’s Video Confirmation and IDV include: Improved Compliance: Secured Signing’s Video Confirmation with IDV helps businesses comply with regulatory requirements such as Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations. Faster Verification: Video Confirmation with IDV provides a faster way to verify identities, reducing the time it takes to complete transactions, log verification and improving operational efficiency Increased Security: The solution uses advanced facial recognition and liveness detection technology to ensure that the person being verified is who they claim to be, reducing the risk of fraud and identity theft Cost-Effective: Adding Video Confirmation to an outbound emailed agreement for signature adds NO COST to the transaction. Adding IDV provides additional identity security for a cost-effective way to verify identities, reducing the operational costs associated with traditional identity verification methods. As businesses continue to shift towards digital processes, remote identity verification solutions such as Secured Signing’s Video Confirmation and IDV become increasingly important. The solution provides a faster, more secure, and more cost-effective way to verify identities, reducing the risk of fraud and improving operational efficiency. By leveraging advanced facial recognition and liveness detection technology, businesses can securely verify the identities of their clients in real-time, paving the way for the future of secure transactions that are non-reputable.
Secured Signing announces Remote Online Notarization (RON) platform is Compliant for New York Businesses Posted on April 6, 2023 - 10:38 am by John Webster Secured Signing recognized as one of the first Compliant Platforms with New York RON Statue 19 NYCRR, Chapter V, Subchapter E, Part 182 Mountain View, CA – Secured Signing, a premier provider of electronic signature and remote online notarization (RON) solutions, is proud to announce its recognition as one of the first compliant platforms with the New York Remote Online Notarization (RON) statute, 19 NYCRR, Chapter V, Subchapter E, Part 182, which went into effect on January 25, 2023. The new requirements for Remote Online Notarization present challenges for both independent and in-house enterprise New York notaries. Secured Signing’s platform addresses these challenges by offering: 1. Accurate Geolocation: Secured Signing’s system reviews the user’s browser to determine geolocation, rather than the VPN. A critical addition is the presentation of a popup avocation than must be elected by the notary, prior to beginning the RON session. Entered into the audit log this avocation affirmed by the notary declaring their located to be within the state of New York during the RON session. Providing both evidence and intent to comply, ensuring that the notary, enterprise, and New York licensing bureau are confident in the security, compliance, and integrity of the transaction. 2. Compliance with NIST Standard SP 800-63-3: Secured Signing’s platform complies with the NIST Standard SP 800-63-3 (updated on 3.02.2020) for remote identity verification level IAL2, utilizing a unique combination of identity valuations. 3. Exemplar Certificate Issuance: Secured Signing’s New York Exemplar certification document allows notaries to complete the required form for submission and issuance of their electronic notary commission, in compliance with the new regulations. “We are thrilled to be one of the first platforms recognized for compliance with the New York RON statute,” said Bill Gimbel, VP of Business Development, at Secured Signing. “Our innovative solution ensures that notaries and enterprises level clients can continue to provide secure and efficient remote online notarization services in New York.” For more information on Secured Signing’s compliance with the New York RON statute or to enlist as a compliant New York electronic notary, please contact the company at info@securedsigning.com About Secured Signing Secured Signing is a leading provider of electronic signature and digital solutions, helping businesses and organizations streamline their document signing processes. With its easy-to-use platform, customers can quickly and easily get their agreements signed and returned, saving time, and increasing efficiency. Secured Signing provides a trusted, tamper-proof Digital Signatures platform to the eSignature market with their legally binding document management solution that enables simple and secure eSigning, streamlined document workflows, and remote online notarization (RON) in a single cloud-based platform. The company’s Digital Signature, Video Signing, and RON platform enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. To learn more about Secured Signing visit, www.securedsigning.com.
Secured Signing’s CEO, Gal Thompson on Video Confirmation in the eSigning process Posted on March 23, 2023 - 10:38 am by John Webster In a recent interview, Gal Thompson, visionary CEO of Secured Signing, discussed how the company provides enterprise businesses with elevated security features that reinforce identity confirmation capabilities within the eSigning process. As digital signatures become increasingly essential for organizations, Secured Signing’s commitment to security, privacy, and trust is more important than ever. The company continues to lead the industry in identity confirmation capabilities, with its advanced Video Confirmation Technology as part of the online signing process. This advanced feature is available to all customers at no additional cost, further solidifying Secured Signing’s position as the most comprehensive and cutting-edge platform for online signing in the market. Gal Thompson, CEO of Secured Signing, stated, “Our primary goal for Secured Signing is to make it quick and simple for the document signer while delivering the most secure, authentic, and reliable outcome for the document owner. Video confirmation achieves that, taking just a few seconds for the signer while providing the document owner the confidence of non-repudiation.” Recently, there has been a significant surge in demand for this feature, driven by the increasing prevalence of fraud and other security concerns in the digital landscape. By incorporating Video Confirmation, Secured Signing has provided its users with an extra layer of security, ensuring the authenticity of all parties involved in the signing process. Thompson emphasized the need for stringent security measures in the rapidly expanding digital landscape. She explained that in a world where businesses regularly rely on electronic signatures to authenticate and validate contracts, ensuring the authenticity and integrity of these signatures is crucial. As the world becomes more interconnected and cyber threats continue to evolve, Secured Signing’s commitment to safeguarding their clients’ sensitive information remains unwavering, and their Video Confirmation feature stands as a testament to this dedication. The CEO shared details on the company’s advancements in identity confirmation technology. “Our goal is to create an environment where enterprise businesses can confidently rely on digital signatures, knowing they are protected by cutting-edge security features,” Thompson said. Secured Signing has been at the forefront of digital security and innovation for years, and their Video Confirmation feature is a prime example. This cutting-edge solution has been available within the Secured Signing platform for the last five years, demonstrating the company’s commitment to staying ahead of the curve. The CEO went on to explain the additional security measures implemented by Secured Signing: “For enhanced security and fraud prevention, the Video Confirmation cannot be downloaded, and every event is meticulously documented in both the Document Log and the Signing Completion Certificate. This powerful feature is an integral part of the Secured Signing product offering.” To further bolster identity verification and security, Thompson highlighted the option to integrate additional authentication levels into the signing process. “When combined with SMS, Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA), or Identity Verification (IDV) mechanisms, the Video Confirmation feature adds an extra layer of protection, ensuring that the person signing the document is indeed the intended signer,” Thompson concluded. Thompson emphasizes the company’s commitment to supporting enterprise businesses with advanced security features: “At Secured Signing, we understand the unique challenges faced by enterprise organizations when it comes to securing sensitive documents and verifying signer identities. With our video confirmation tool available in the eSigning process, we offer an elevated level of security that not only reinforces identity confirmation capabilities but also gives our enterprise customers the utmost confidence in their online signing processes. This innovative solution showcases our dedication to providing unparalleled security and peace of mind for businesses of all sizes.” About Secured Signing Secured Signing provides a trusted, tamper-proof Digital Signatures platform to the eSignature market with their legally binding document management solution that enables simple and secure eSigning, streamlined document workflows, and remote online notarization in a single cloud-based platform. Secured Signing’s Digital Signature, Video Signing, and RON platform enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime.
March 2023 Product Updates & Enhancements – Secured Signing Posted on March 8, 2023 - 10:16 am by John Webster In today’s fast-paced world, time is of the essence. And when it comes to signing documents, the traditional pen-and-paper method can be a tedious and time-consuming process. Luckily, Secured Signing is here to revolutionize the way we sign documents with their latest improvements to Form Filler Templates- Conditional Logic and Formulas. With the introduction of Conditional Logic and Formulas, Secured Signing has taken the functionality of their Form Filler Templates to a whole new level. These new features provide users with a more flexible and customized document signing experience. Check out our latest video on how to use Conditional Logic and Formulas: Conditional Logic The conditional logic fields allow users to create templates that adapt to the recipient’s responses, showing only the relevant information and fields. This not only saves time but also increases efficiency and accuracy, resulting in great signing experience. Formulas The addition of formula fields enables users to create complex calculations and decision-making rules that further automate the signing process, minimizing the risk of errors and improving accuracy. For more information on how to use Conditional Logic and Formulas please read our user guide here. Example Use Cases for Conditional Logic and Formulas Rental Car Forms: Streamline rental forms by prompting renters to provide additional details based on their input, such as asking for a supervisor’s details when entering a restricted license type or displaying the total rental cost by multiplying the number of rental days by the daily rental rate and adding any optional extras. Additionally, prompt renters to provide a more detailed description of their reason for renting when selecting “Other” in a dropdown menu. Sales and Order Forms: You could use conditional fields to display additional production options or calculate prices based on the user’s product selections or order quantity, such as showing discounted prices for bulk orders or upselling related products. Healthcare Forms: You could use conditional fields to show additional questions or prompts based on the patient’s medical history or symptoms, such as asking about allergies or pre-existing conditions when the patient reports specific symptoms or requesting additional information about a medication when the patient indicates they are taking it. See how a signer would experience a Secured Signing Form Filler document with Conditional Logic and Formulas below: Form Filler Templates – Edit By We have added a quality-of-life setting to our Form Filler Templates feature by allowing creators of a template to share the right to edit a template with other users on their organization’s account. Before only the creator of a template was able to edit it. This new setting is located within the template settings under “Edit By”. Secured Signing’s collaborative team are always at the helm in developing amazing, new, and innovative ways to engage business by delivering new features and platform enhancements that help simplify the process. The new features, paired with Secured Signing’s automated platform, allows companies to focus on building better business, while we focus on making your job easier, making you look good, and keeping your document processes secure and compliant!
The Difference between Electronic Signature and Digital Signature Posted on January 8, 2023 - 2:27 pm by John Webster
December 2022 RON product updates and enhancements – Secured Signing Posted on December 7, 2022 - 10:01 am by John Webster Secured Signing’s Remote Online Notarization Platform is even better with New Notary Queue and Snapshot Features! Keep reading for our tip of the month! That’s right! Work just got a whole lot easier for companies requiring notarized documents… especially for those using the Secured Signing RON platform. Our new features focus on empowering organizations requiring an immediate notary professional, with quick and easy access to an available notary, ready when you are to complete the task! New Feature: Notary Queue Let’s face it… We all know that receiving, placing, and returning requests for a RON notary is a time sensitive issue… Sound familiar? The requestor wants immediate confirmation that the job has been received and will be taken care of. Often, schedulers are buried in tedious tasks and fulfilling these requests can be daunting, due to special circumstances or the “end of month” chaos. Rather than delaying the process, you can experience automated speed without any setback! Secured Signing’s new notary queue feature allows for a quick notary assignment to post into queue. Simple, smart, and secure… Through our innovative technology, the request is immediately processed and assigned to a notary queue where an available notary can proceed with the job and the session invite forwarded to the signer. Notary Queue is perfect for medium to large companies performing frequent signing services and have remote, in-house RON certified Notaries able to perform RON for the entire company. The new feature supports the ability to have different roles/people assigned to the document that can prepare and tag as needed, a meeting host and a notary. The feature also allows for the company to run the notary signing service within the queue feature. Using Secured Signing’s API or a manual entry process, the scheduler enters the data and assigns it into a queue. A pool of your company’s notaries can pick up the assignment or you can assign it directly to a specific notary of choice. This is also a great solution for enterprise clients who plug into a pool of notaries that fulfil session requests on a shift basis. Any notary on duty can pick up the assignment for immediate or future fulfilment. If they pick up the assignment by mistake or cannot complete the assignment, they simply return it to the queue for pick up by another notary. Add Queues – Setting Admin Users within Team (up to 10 users/ Notaries) or Enterprise account (unlimited number of users/notaries) plan can setup unlimited queue and can assign available notaries to the queue. An admin user can set up multiple queues based on types of transactions, time of the transaction or special language requests etc. You can create as many queues as you required. Watch a video on how to set up Notary Queue here. Assign To me (Notary) – Notary is taking the Job Once a preparer has submitted a document to the Notary Queue, the notary can accept the job, complete the document preparation, and invite principle/signer to join the Remote Online Notarization meeting. Once the scheduler/preparer selects an assignment to fulfil the task, they can prep the document for signature and assign it for pick up by a notary in the queue. The session invite is simultaneously sent to the signer(s) advising them of an upcoming RON meeting. The admin can monitor the queue to ensure all sessions are picked up or they can assign it from the queue to a specific notary for fulfilment. All queue members (notaries) will receive an email notification that job is posted to a queue. The principle (signers, witness, guests) will also receive an email notification that the job was assigned to a notary queue, and someone will be in touch, shortly. Job not for me – Assign back to the Notary Queue In case Notary took a job but cannot perform the task, they can assign it back to the queue for another available notary. Watch a video of how to assign a job to the Notary Queue or how to take a job from the Notary Queue here. Notary Queue Management Admin users within a Team or Enterprise account plan have full visibility and control of the notary queues. The admin or those assigned in a queue have visibility of the queue for management and monitoring of the process, ensuring all submitted requests are fulfilled! New Feature: Snapshot Often times, a notary has the need to collect or capture an image of supporting documentation, credentials, or stipulations during the RON session. With Secured Signing’s new Snapshot feature, you can capture that image, crop, edit and label on the fly. The Snapshot feature allows for capture of up to 10 images per signer. They can be downloaded along with the document as a separate exhibit. Please note that after 7 days these images are removed from the platform. Watch a video on how to use Notary Snapshot here. TIPS OF THE MONTH TIP#1 Did you know you can add and remove signatures and form fields DURING a live video signing session with your clients? By clicking on a field, you are given the option to remove it. You can also insert additional signature fields using the “Add Signature” button in the top right. Watch a video on how to add or remove signature or form fields here. TIP#2 Did you know that you can use Secured Signing platform to fill in and sign documents? Our simple, smart, and secured platform allows you to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. Secured Signing’s collaborative team are always at the helm in developing amazing, new, and innovative ways to engage business by delivering new features and platform enhancements that help simplify the process. The new features, paired with Secured Signing’s automated platform, allows companies to focus on building better business, while we focus on making your job easier, making you look good, and saving you money!
Secured Signing’s CEO, Gal Thompson, introduces Notary Queue and Snapshot to its Remote Online Notarization and Digital Signature SaaS platform Posted on December 6, 2022 - 10:38 am by John Webster Secured Signing today announced the latest Product Updates and Enhancements across its Remote Online Notarization and Digital Signature platform with the introduction of Notary Queue and Snapshot. “We are excited to release these incredible new features,” says Gal Thompson, CEO at Secured Signing. “Notary Queue comes at a pivotal moment for Secured Signing, as interest for an Enterprise remote online notarization solution has risen significantly across many different markets. “While Snapshot, gives notaries the ability to collect or capture an image of supporting documentation during a live remote online notarization session. The new features empower platform users with smart tools that create quick and easy business solutions designed to streamline document workflows”. Notary Queue is perfect for medium to large companies performing frequent signing services and have remote, in-house RON certified Notaries able to perform RON for the entire company. The new feature supports the ability to have different roles and people assigned to a document process with the ability to prepare and tag documents as needed. Using Secured Signing’s API or a manual entry process, the scheduler enters the data and assigns it into a queue. A pool of the company’s notaries can pick up the assignment or these can be assigned directly to a specific notary of choice. “We discovered the need for companies to schedule and assign notarial tasks in a way that was scalable,” says Mike Eyal, CTO and Founder at Secured Signing. “This led to extensive research and development of the Notary Queue, which allows for a quick and easy notary assignment to be posted into a queue. Snapshot comes with the functionality that everyone is accustomed to when editing images including crop, editing, and labelling, all done within the live session”. Secured Signing’s platform continues to deliver an all-in-one, comprehensive product that provides notaries with the ability to schedule live RON sessions, complete identity proofing and credential analysis checks on customers and clients, fully tag a document with data collection fields, and edit fields within a live signing session with the add or remove field functionality. “Our R&D team continue to keep a pulse on our user base. We listen, learn and bring new logic, features and enhancements that make sense to market”, added Thompson. About Secured Signing Secured Signing provides a trusted, tamper-proof Digital Signatures platform to the eSignature market with their legally binding document management solution that enables simple and secure eSigning, streamlined document workflows, and remote online notarization in a single cloud-based platform. Secured Signing’s Digital Signature, Video Signing, and RON platform enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime.
Secured Signing for Bullhorn: Features, and enhancements Posted on November 9, 2022 - 10:11 am by John Webster Are you ready to experience something AMAZING? We’re excited to share the latest updates to Secured Signing for Bullhorn! This month’s New Features and Enhancements focus on empowering recruiters across the onboarding and recruitment lifecycle within Bullhorn’s CRM/ATS. Secured Signing’s collaborative team are always at the helm in developing amazing, new, and innovative ways to engage Bullhorn users by delivering new features and platform enhancements that help simplify the process. Here are some exciting capabilities we’re rolling out across our platform for Bullhorn users this month: Form Filler Templates – Share Templates Collaboration just got easier with the more ways to share Form Filler templates with other Bullhorn users in your team. If you are a Secured Signing Admin user, you can now go to your Bullhorn template list, and click the “share” button. You can then select which user accounts or groups to share the template with. Now you can do the following with Secured Signing for Bullhorn Settings Page: Notes Management You now have greater control over which notes are saved into Bullhorn. Within your account settings, you can select save all notes or only ones that you have selected. Form Filler Template and Form Direct File Type Now, you can setup the file type for documents that are signed using Form Filler or Form Direct. This can be done within your account settings. Choose where signed documents are saved Now, you can choose if you want to save all signed documents back to Bullhorn or you can select based on document, templates, or file type. You can leverage Secured Signing’s cloud storage integration such as OneDrive, DropBox, Google Drive, or SharePoint. Template Management – Sort By Name or Last Change Date We have added sort functionality to Templates to help users better manage their templates. You can also sort by how many lines of templates you want to view. Your preferences will be saved for the next time you visit your Template Management list. Enhancements to SSO with Azure AD If you are using SSO with Azure AD, Admin Users can now disconnect it’s organisations users without requiring Secured Signing password authentication. Clarifications to Manager Role in Bullhorn Someone with a Manger role in Bullhorn is not automatically a Secured Signing Admin user therefore they cannot connect users to our service. To connect and disconnect users of Secured Signing, you must have a Secured Signing Admin user privileges. TIP: It is important to click the “Save Setting” button every time you make changes to your settings. Through continuous technology development, Secured Signing’s Simple, Smart and Secured platform aims to continuously deliver more streamlined, inclusive experiences across the Bullhorn communities they serve. Want to learn more about other features and enhancements? Read more about our previous Secured Signing for Bullhorn release here.
Digital Signature Security and Legal Compliance Posted on October 28, 2022 - 3:33 pm by John Webster Secured Signing conforms Secure trusted service Secured Signing web service uses Digital Signatures PKI technology for digitally signing documents. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology has been proven to be the ONLY technology available today that ensures non-forgeable signatures. In a PKI system, you will get as a user, two keys: a public key and a private key. These keys are used for encrypting and decrypting information, digitally signing electronic information and verifying the authenticity of their owner. While the public key is distributed widely, the corresponding private key is held and encrypted in Secured Signing hardware (HSM) device and only the private key’s owner able to access and use it. The EU Directive 1999/93/EC for Digital Signatures recognised and defined a stronger type of electronic signature, the Advanced Electronic Signature. Only Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) digital signatures meet the requirements for such signatures. Legally binding service Digital signatures that use PKI technology sustain signer authenticity, accountability, data integrity and non-repudiation of documents and transactions. In 1999, the EU passed the “EU Directive for Electronic Signatures” and on June 30, 2000, President Clinton signed into law the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (“ESIGN”), which made signed electronic contracts and documents as legally binding as a paper-based contract. In recent years, most countries worldwide have adopted legislation and regulations that recognise the legality of a digital signature and deem it to be a binding signature. Many of them have an Electronic Transactions Act in place. These legislations create a uniform standard for all electronic transactions and encourage the use of electronic signatures, giving electronic signatures the same legal effect as pen-and-paper signatures. “Signing documents online with Secured Signing is the online equivalent of the signatories being in the same room together” Rick Shera, Partner, LOWNDES JORDAN Barristers & Solicitors Secured signing service complies with ESIGN, UETA, Electronic Transactions Acts and many more. Some Legislation worldwide: Australian Capital Territory -ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2001 Australia, New SouthWales (NSW) – ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 Australia, Northern Territory (NT) – ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 Australia, QLD – ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2001 Australia, VIC – ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (VICTORIA) ACT 2000 Australia, SA – ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 Australia, WA – ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2003 Australia, Tasmania – ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 Canada – Uniform Electronic Commerce Act (UECA) China – Electronic Signature Law of the People’s Republic of China Europe – EU Directive for Electronic Signatures (1999/93/EC) Europe – EU VAT Directive New Zealand – ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2002 South Africa – Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 UK – Electronic Communications Act 2000 (chapter 7) U.S. – Electronic Signature in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN) U.S. – Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA)- adopted by 48 states Please Note: Nothing on this page constitutes Legal advice
Introduction to Digital Signatures Posted on October 28, 2022 - 3:28 pm by John Webster The Process & Validity behind Digital Signature Technology. Public Key Infrastructure – PKI A cryptographic system that uses two keys, a public key known to everyone and a private key, the private key has full control to the key owner, and has to keep in secured environment. A unique element to the public key system is that the public and private keys are related in such a way that only the public key can be used to encrypt messages and only the corresponding private key can be used to decrypt them. Moreover, it is virtually impossible to deduce the private key if you know the public key. When David wants to send a secure message to Donna, he uses Donna’s public key to encrypt the message. Donna then uses her private key to decrypt it. Public key cryptography was invented in 1976 by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman. It is also called asymmetric encryption because it uses two keys instead of one key (symmetric encryption). Digital Signatures Process Using David and Donna, we can demonstrate how digital signatures are work. From David’s point of view, the signing process operation is simple. But few steps are happening while signing process is started. : Generating a Private and Public Key For digitally sign documents, David needs to obtain a Private and Public Key – a one-time process , it’s done by Secured Signing Service while user registered. The Private Key isn’t shared and is used only by David sign documents. The Public Key is available for all, used for validate the signatory’s digital signature. Certificate Authority Private & Public keys Certificate User Digitally Signing Document Create a Digital Signature A unique document’s hash that represent the document is created using a math scheme (like as SHA-1). Added the Signature to the Document The hash result and the user’s digital certificate that includes user’s Public Key are mixed into a digital signature; it’s done by using the user’s Private Key to encrypt the document hash. The resulting signature is unique to both the document and the user. Finally, the digital signature is embedded to the document. David sends the signed document to Donna. Donna uses David’s public key (which is included in the signature within the Digital Certificate) to authenticate David’s signature and to ensure the document didn’t alter after it was signed. Donna: Document validation process starts Decrypts David’s digital signature with his Public Key and gets sent document Compares David’s document hash with Donna calculated Has –Donna calculates the document hash of the received document and compares it with the hash document in the digital signature. If both hashes are same, the signed document has not been altered. Signing the document: Verify signed document: Certificate Authority (CA) CA issued certificates to ensure the authenticity of the signatories. Certificates are similar to ID Document. When you want to identify a user in the system you check his certificate. This certificate issued in registration process once all require information filled in. In PKI world the CA uses the CA’s certificate for authenticating user’s identity.