Simplify Signing process by using Single Sign On with Secured Signing – ideal for Enterprise customers Posted on March 27, 2018 - 8:41 pm by John Webster Secured Signing offers Single Sign On (SSO) functionality with our Enterprise Plans. Choose between Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) or Azure Active Directory (AD) and take advantage of a seamless end to end experience. With the growing number of systems, applications and websites that we use regularly, it is getting harder to remember so many passwords. Nowadays, more companies implement single sign-on across their infrastructures to provide a better user experience. “We know that our users access other applications relating to productivity and collaborations during the digital signing process. This why the sign once and done experience is becoming so popular” said Mike Eyal, Managing Director of Secured Signing. SSO provides users with the convenience of having to remember only a single set of credentials. This also improves security as users find it easier to remember their credentials and do not have to write them down, allowing for a more efficient user logon process. Aside from better user experience, there are other benefits to SSO. For instance, with SSO you can improve your security by enforcing a uniform enterprise authentication and authorization policies across the enterprise. SSO systems have more secure storage of authentication credentials and encryption keys. Companies will also find SSO allows for easier accounts management. In one go you can see what system access is available to which users. Another advantage is the ability to control identity management and permissions across all integrated systems. You can set up roles to cover access rights for multiple user groups and multiple systems. “We are excited to offer our customers the ability to choose SSO with Secured Signing. It enables a smooth user experience, boosts efficiency whilst being cost effective as it reduces their maintenance burden. This is another important step in providing our customers more choice” says Eyal. About Secured Signing:Secured Signing provides a one stop digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion and eSigning capabilities. Using advanced personalised X509 PKI Digital Signature technology it is more secure than a plain electronic signature. Secured Signing enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency and enhances customer service in a green environment.
Secured Signing simplifies access for Enterprise customers with Single Sign On Posted on March 27, 2018 - 8:41 pm by John Webster Secured Signing, the premier digital signature service, announces single sign on capabilities for Active Directory, removing the need for enterprise customers to enter a username and password when inviting customers to sign documents online. Authenticating users with their network credentials combines security with maximum convenience and ease of use. The last thing any of us needs is another username and password to remember. Single Sign On for Secured Signing means enterprise customers can access the speed and convenience of the online digital signatures platform without having to manage yet another username and password. Authentication against the corporate Active Directory effectively makes the Secured Signing platform part of the corporate IT infrastructure. “Simplicity and ease of use is a key focus for us at Secured Signing. That extends from the person signing a document right back to the document owner inviting them to sign.” said Mike Eyal, Founder and Managing Director of Secured Signing. “Integrating to Active Directory provides our enterprise customers with a single sign on experience and delivers on this core goal of ours.” Single sign on is just one of the benefits of Secured Signing’s enterprise plans. The Enterprise Portal provides a broader range of reporting options and finer configuration capabilities. Email templates, branding, reminder schedules, reports, cost centres, as well as a range of system behavior’s can all be configured globally or to specific accounts. The procurement team need a different invitation email template to the human resources team? No problem! Secured Signing is the cornerstone of an organization’s ability to do business electronically. The convenience of filling and signing forms and documents online is what customers expect. Removing the paper from processes is faster and reduces cost and effort. The authenticity and reliability of embedded digital signatures that are independently verifiable provide the strongest legal compliance now and for decades into the future.About Secured SigningSecured Signing provides a comprehensive and secure SaaS digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion and eSigning capabilities combining advanced personalized X509 PKI Digital Signature technology with easy-to-use, simple-to-deploy, compliant solutions. Secured Signing enables its users to utilise smartphones, PCs, any tablet device and any browser, to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency and enhances customer service in a green environment.
Secured Signing Digital Signature Platforms Provides Proof of Identity and Document Security Posted on February 1, 2018 - 9:25 am by John Webster Security underpins everything we do, it’s in our name, and with this passion in mind we continue to ensure we offer our customers secure digital signing technology. With increasing cyber fraud, document and user security is more important than before.While the current digital signing process is already very secure, there is always room for improvement to avoid signature fraud. Secured Signing offers additional methods for proof of identity, resulting in enhanced security and identity validation. Video confirmation, driver license and passport ID Checks – document verification, RealMe and data matching can be included in the signing process in Secured Signing. Our video confirmation feature provides proof of who signed the document by capturing the identity of the signer in real time. The video recording captures the signer performing gestures specific to the document, which are then recorded in the document log. The location and password for the confirmation video are also contained in the signed document. To enhance security even further, a tamper proof mechanism of the digital signature ensures the video confirmation details cannot be altered without invalidating the signature. This complements the inherent authenticity and reliability of public key infrastructure (PKI) digital signatures.Invitees can also verify their driver license or passport with ID Check process, with matching mechanism to document content as part of the signing process verifying ID documents as valid. Alternatively, select government online proof of identity platforms which are integrated with Secured Signing, such as NZ RealMe. Put simply, Secured Signing is a highly secure way to sign documents online. The combination of ease of use for the signer and absolute compliance confidence for the document owner is without peer.Check out this quick video showing how video technology is used in the signing processIf you want to protect your business from cyber risk, be sure to contact Secured Signing today. Till next time,John Webster
Secured Signing latest 2018 release continues to deliver leading eSignature enhancements Posted on January 24, 2018 - 8:41 pm by John Webster Secured Signing continues to advance its digital signature and workflow platform with the latest 2018 release. This release is full of new enhancements and features, providing users the complete platform for online signing.The start of a new year marks another exciting upgrade to Secured Signing’s digital signing platform with multiple enhancements and features, keeping with the brand known as the one stop solution for all your eSigning needs. Secured Signing prides itself on implementing enhancements and new features which are inspired on customer feedback and therefore add value to the customer experience, this latest release is no exception. The 2018 latest release includes the following enhancements and much more: Automatic recognition of form fields in PDF editable documentsFree verification service to verify signed PDF document with the PKI Digital Signature. Validate that the document has not been altered after it was signed and verify the signatories’ authenticity.Signing key length increased to 4096 bit for most advanced document security for long termUpload several files in different formats and Secured Signing will merge them into one document ready for signing workflow.Add multiple number of signatures fields for the same witnessMultipage signing, add signatures fields in multiple pages in one click. “We are thankful to our customers for their continued input. Like them, we share the view that anything is possible and in this rapidly changing landscape we are flexible and open to trialling new things” says Mike Eyal, Founder and Managing Director. Mike also points out the continued importance of document security in this upgrade. “Document security is a key priority for us and our area of expertise. Increasing our signing key length makes our PKI user based cryptography technology future ready ”. For full information on the release click here. About Secured SigningSecured Signing provides a one stop digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion and eSigning capabilities. Using advanced personalised X509 PKI Digital Signature technology it is more secure than a plain electronic signature. Secured Signing enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency and enhances customer service in a green environment.
Secured Signing upgrades its digital signature platform with latest 2018 Release Posted on January 17, 2018 - 12:17 pm by John Webster Secured Signing continues to develop its digital signature and workflow platform with the latest 2018 release. This release is full of new enhancements and features, providing users the complete platform for online signing. The new release includes the following functions: We Sign form fields You can now add Form Fields in the We Sign document preparation process. The document owner is able to add the required form fields when preparing the document for signing. The invitee will be asked to fill in the fields before signing the document. Secured Signing automatically recognizes form fields in PDF Editable documents Now you can upload an editable PDF document in the We Sign and Form Filler functions. Secured Signing system will automatically recognize these fields and present them to be completed online. Increased signing key length Secured Signing user’s PKI Digital Signature signing key is now 4,096 bits. We’ve also upgraded to SH2 cryptographic hash function with 384 bit in the signing process.. These improvements mean Secured Signing has very high quantum computing resistance and enhanced document’s security for the long term. Free verification service Secured Signing’s free verification service enhancement allows you to verify signed PDF document with the trusted Digital Signature (PKI). You can validate that the document has not been altered after it was signed and also verify the signatories’ authenticity. The Secured Signing free verification service is available online or offline on your desktop. Please note: download the latest Secured Signing Root Certificate for any documents signed after January 6th 2018. Signature Image System enhancement now support better image quality and image transparency when drawing your signature on mobile device or desktop. If the signature size is too small, the system will notify the invitee and request to redraw the signature. Multiple Witness Signatures At times a witness signature is required in several positions throughout a document. Now you can add multiple number of signatures fields in a document for the same witness. Single Sign On (SSO) Supports ADFS 4.x Reroute signing invitations Enable reroute functionality to your email invitations. This allows your invitees to forward on your signing reques to another person. For enterprise users, you can limit the reroute function only to users within your organization. Combine files Upload several files in different formats to Secured Signing from your desktop or preferred cloud storage. Secured Signing will merge them into one document ready for signing process. Documents negotiation Now you can use document negotiation when selecting Face to Face (F2F) signing process. Travel to meet your customers / invitees face to face and complete the document negotiation on your tablet. No need to print agreements to be signed. This is a popular functionality for users working in the real estate industry, especially for signing sale and purchase agreements. Please don’t hesitate to contact our support team on support@securedsiging.com for any further assistance or questions regarding this release. Secured Signing’s goal in 2018 is to continue on delivering exciting enhancements and value adding features for our users. Secured Signing is the one stop solution for all your signing needs.
Simple, no fuss collaboration with Secured Signing shared folders Posted on November 6, 2017 - 3:58 pm by John Webster Some great new features have been introduced to Secured Signing that make it even easier to collaborate with colleagues, partners and customers. Your folders in Secured Signing can now be shared with your colleagues so you can all see the progress of documents being signed. The integrations to Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive have been enhanced making Secured Signing a seamless part of how you share documents and folders with customers and partners. Let’s drill into each new capability in a little more detail. Creating folders in “My Documents” is a great way to keep all the documents for a project or customer together and quicker to locate. Folders work across the entire signing workflow so documents will move from “Inbox”, to “In Progress” and signed in the folder they are assigned to. With the introduction of Shared Folders, you can choose to share a folder with one or more of the users in your Secured Signing account or accounts within your Enterprise Plan, allowing them to track the documents in that folder through the signing process. It means everyone in your team can see where things are up to and if people are away unexpectedly, the process doesn’t get held up. Select the Share With option in the Folder Menu and choose the people you want to share the folder with. Simple as that! Google Drive, One Drive, and Dropbox are popular tools to give everyone in the team access to the documents needed to get the job done. Secured Signing now has complete round trip integration with these services. You can add documents to Secured Signing directly from Google Drive, One Drive, and Dropbox. Using Google Drive, you can send documents for Secured Signing right from Google Docs or Google Drive. You can also connect Google Drive or One Drive or Dropbox as your preferred cloud storage to save your signed documents. It means everyone in the team will have immediate access to the signed document without waiting for you to download it and save it to folder you share with the team. In “My Settings”, turn on the “Preferred Cloud Storage” option and choose the location you want to connect to your Secured Signing account. These great new capabilities make it easy to embed Secured Signing into your collaboration workflow. Shared Folders in Secured Signing allow teams to work together to get documents signed more quickly and with less effort. Plugging Secured Signing into your Google Drive or Dropbox provides a seamless round trip to add documents to Secured Signing and return signed documents back to the folder you share with customers, partners and colleagues. Secured Signing customers have access to these handy new capabilities right now. They are available to all Secured Signing accounts, so register for your free account today and try them for yourself.
FastTrack360 Onboards Secured Signing into its Marketplace Posted on September 5, 2017 - 12:00 am by John Webster Sydney, Australia – Secured Signing is now available in the FastTrack360 Marketplace enabling secure, online signing within the document generation process. Adding Secured Signing capabilities to the FastTrack360 Marketplace equips recruiters to generate and post documents to candidates with a single click, providing an exceptional, convenient and quick customer experience. The integrated process ensures signed documents are saved to FastTrack360 with zero administrative effort. “The FastTrack360 Marketplace enables our customers to turn on additional functionality they want, to make the way they Recruit, Time, Pay and Bill smarter, easier and more efficient than ever before.” says David Page, CEO of FastTrack. “Secured Signing delivers an absolutely vital piece of additional functionality in providing a convenient and simple, yet highly secure platform for online signing of contract documents. We are very excited to offer this additional value to FastTrack customers via the FastTrack360 Marketplace.” – David Page, CEO of FastTrackThe addition of Secured Signing to the FastTrack360 Marketplace gives recruitment consultants single click access to the convenience and security of online signing, directly within the document generation process. Secured Signing provides a great experience for candidates with the convenience of a simple click to sign, no usernames or passwords, and saves them the hassle of printing, signing and scanning documents sent to them by email. There are no apps or plugs-in to download, so the candidate can sign on any device, anywhere and at any time. Secured Signing customers have advised that they can save as much as a day a week on document approval. This means that for recruitment consultants, they can on-board candidates and have them working faster than their competitors. Consultants simply generate and post the documents for signing from the FastTrack360 platform, with the document automatically saved in the document management area of the candidate record. Secured Signing manages the entire signing process with a completely configurable schedule of automated reminders to ensure candidates remember to sign, no signatures are missed, so you get the documents you need faster. “We have always been warmly embraced by the recruitment industry” notes Mike Eyal, Founder and Managing Director of Secured Signing. “Recruiters were amongst the first to identify the value of online signing and we have had the pleasure of working across the board with specialist providers right through to the largest recruitment companies in Australia and New Zealand. The opportunity to provide FastTrack customers with the process improvements so many of their peers rely on every day is something we are eagerly looking forward to.” About FastTrack FastTrack provides the business platform of choice for leading staffing organizations globally. Core to this is the innovative FastTrack360 end-to-end Recruit-Time-Pay-Bill cloud-hosted software solution. FastTrack360 provides an intelligent system you can access anywhere, anytime that simplifies recruitment operations, leverages smart compliance checks, reduces human touch points, makes processes quicker and more accurate – allowing leading staffing organizations to focus on value-adding activities with clients and candidates. With its open Application Program Framework (API) through the FastTrack360 Marketplace and API Developer portal, means you can also connect with the marketing leading apps to further increase your competitive advantage. To find out how FastTrack360 can help you and your business www.fasttrack.com.au About Secured Signing Secured Signing provides a comprehensive and secure SaaS digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion and eSigning capabilities combining advanced personalized X509 PKI Digital Signature technology with easy-to-use, simple-to-deploy, compliant solutions. Secured Signing enables its users to utilize smartphones, PCs, any tablet device and any browser, to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency and enhances customer service in a green environment. To learn more about Secured Signing, visit www.securedsigning.com Press ContactDavid SchulzSecured SigningE-mail: david@securedsigning.com
Know Your Customer (KYC) with Video Confirmation and Secured Signing Posted on August 8, 2017 - 1:13 am by John Webster It seems obvious but it bears repeating. Being absolutely clear on who is signing your document, not only makes good business sense, it is also a compliance requirement for many industries. Adding video confirmation to Secured Signing’s usual signing process ensures there can be no doubt about who signed your document. Even if your business is not subject to anti money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CTF) legislation, robust customer due diligence practices will give you a competitive advantage, limit your exposure to the risk of loss and protect your business from damage to its reputation. It’s also just plain good sense. If there is ever a dispute, being able to simply and clearly demonstrate who signed your document will ensure you are best placed to recover monies owed or the return of equipment hired or leased. It is not just banks and other lenders that need to comply with the customer due diligence requirements of AML/CTF legislation. A recent mutual evaluation of Australia’s AML/CTF frameworks gave an overall pass mark, but highlighted key areas of concern. Research by AUSTRAC, the Australian government’s financial intelligence agency, indicates the outcomes around customer due diligence (CDD) vary from very high confidence to closer to 50% confidence in customer identity. This is an area that needs to improve as AUSTRAC rightly identifies that knowing your customer is “the cornerstone of an effective AML/CTF regime.” It is not surprising that regulatory reform proposals recommend both more explicit CDD requirements and the application of CDD requirements to a broader range of industries. Secured Signing’s video confirmation capability is a simple yet powerful tool to demonstrate you know exactly who is signing your documents. Customers expect to be able to transact business with you online. Inviting your customers to sign documents online with Secured Signing gives you the capability to meet this expectation of customer convenience while enjoying the security, authenticity and reliability that only tamper proof digital signatures can provide. Adding a video confirmation to your online signing process gives you complete confidence you know who you are dealing with and in particular who signed your agreement. When you ask customers to use video confirmation in the signing process, they are prompted to record a short video before they sign the document. The whole process takes no more than 10 seconds. The video records a specific gesture which is recorded in the Secured Signing document log and the video’s secure location is appended to the document and sealed with the PKI digital signature, ensuring the details cannot be modified without invalidating the signature. If your non face to face transactions don’t give you this degree of confidence in knowing who your customer is, it is time to closely evaluate the benefits Secured Signing can give you. The best first step is to open a free evaluation account and try video confirmation of signing yourself. Secured Signing’s website provides a lot more detail on how video confirmation works to deliver unquestionable confirmation of signer’s identity. As always, if you have specific questions, please get in touch and someone will contact you personally.
Secured Signing releases world first Video Confirmation of identity for eSignatures Posted on May 23, 2017 - 8:41 pm by John Webster Adding video confirmation to the eSigning process bolsters the independent signature verification of PKI user based digital signatures to deliver unparalleled document security and compliance for Secured Signing’s customers.Secured Signing expands its already impressive identity confirmation capabilities with a world first use of video confirmation as part of the online signing process to deliver signed documents that provide unchallengeable proof of agreement. Video confirmation in the signing process is live on Secured Signing today and available to all customers at no extra cost. This new method to confirm the identity of the signer continues a sustained release of new capabilities over the last year, making Secured Signing the most comprehensive and, certainly, the most innovative platform for online signing available in the market. “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,” says Mike Eyal, Founder and Managing Director of Secured Signing. “Video confirmation does exactly that, taking just a few seconds for the signer while giving the document owner a signed document that cannot be reasonably challenged.” Capturing video of the signer, in a way that is uniquely tied to the document being signed, is a more sophisticated use of biometric authentication than the fingerprint and image based methods that are now familiar. While much has been made of the bypasses for these static methods, a moving image is a much stronger authentication method. Secured Signing’s video confirmation also varies the specific confirmation process each time. Analysis of the video in real time for a match to the confirmation process determines an authentication pass or fail. Holding an image to the camera will not pass the video confirmation analysis. Video confirmation enhances the already sophisticated tamper proofing and signer verification mechanism inherent in Secured Signing’s use of PKI user based digital signatures. Put simply, Secured Signing is now the most secure way to sign a document online for financial services and contracts signing. The combination of ease of use for the signer and absolute compliance confidence for the document owner is without peer. About Secured SigningSecured Signing provides a comprehensive and secure SaaS digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion and eSigning capabilities combining advanced personalized X509 PKI Digital Signature technology with easy-to-use, simple-to-deploy, compliant solutions. Secured Signing enables its users to utilize smartphones, PCs, any tablet device and any browser, to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency and enhances customer service in a green environment.
Keep your attachments up to date with Secured Signing’s document library Posted on May 19, 2017 - 12:05 pm by John Webster We are continuing to explore the raft of new features that came online with the Summer 2017 release of Secured Signing. This time let’s look at the all new document library. When you send a document for a customer to sign, you may need to provide additional information as background to the document being signed. For example, if a financial planner is recommending her client purchase a new financial product, there will be a legal requirement to supply a product disclosure statement, a statement of advice and so on. In Secured Signing, documents that are provided as information and do not need to be signed, are called attachments. One or many attachments can be added to the email invitation for each invitee or signer. You have always been able to add attachments to an invitation, that’s not new. Customers asked us for a way to be sure that the attachments being added to invitations are the most current version. When a document owner is selecting an attachment from their local computer, there is a chance they may make a mistake and grab an out of date version. Selecting an attachment from the Secured Signing document library is not only quicker and easier for document owners, it also ensures that everybody is using the same version of the document. When a new version of an attachment is published, the document library can be updated, avoiding the need to send everyone in the team a copy. The document library provides a single place to keep up to date and reduces the chance that an out of date version is sent in error. The Secured Signing document library is managed in the “My Account” page under the “My Setting” tab. Each document in the library can be categorized into groups for quicker browsing and selection of attachments. Documents from the library can be attached to both Smart Tag and Form Direct signing processes. The document library is available to all Secured Signing customers. You can get started today for greater control over the attachments your document owners are using. It’s another way Secured Signing improves your compliance outcomes.