Industry experts are today welcoming the move by the US House of Representatives to recognise digital signatures as legally binding. Mark Reeves, VP EMEA at RSA Security, said the importance of digital signatures should not be underestimated.
However, the MEFI will not issue the electronic signature certificates required for secure transactions. It admitted that due to the expected rate of response its own systems would not be able to issue sufficient digital signatures.
The technology will be provided by SmartTrust's wireless public key infrastructure (PKI) software, which allows mobile users to generate legally binding digital signatures for online mobile transactions and use them in same way they would use a...
A European Commission directive 18 months ago has come into force today meaning digital signatures have the same legal status as handwritten ones. Contracts sent on email with an electronic signature are legally binding in Europe as of today.
Electronic signatures will play a role in the e-government scheme as well. Siemens will provide hardware and software for the technology, while a law allowing the use of e-signatures is progressing through in the Turkish Parliament.
The digital signatures, which use public key cryptography, are viewed as unforgeable. Signatures by authorised third parties are permitted as well, which is useful for outsourced email. The draft standard that the Internet Engineering Task Force...
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