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ISO releases new standard for authenticity of electronic signatures

Tuesday 26 February 2013 07:36 CET | News

International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the world’s developer of voluntary International Standards, has released a new standard which will help business and governments guarantee the long-term authenticity of electronic signatures, increasingly used in e-commerce and e-government.

The newly introduced standard will also ensure the interoperability of electronic signatures when the documents they authenticate are transferred and processed through different information technology systems. The new standard is divided into two parts:
• ISO 14533-1:2012 - Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration – Long term signature profiles – Part 1: Long term signature profiles for CMS Advanced Electronic Signatures (CAdES);
• ISO 14533-2:2012 - Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration – Long term signature profiles – Part 2: Long term signature profiles for XML Advanced Electronic Signatures (XAdES)

Electronic signatures facilitate the use of electronic contracts and records in commerce and government by ensuring their validity.
 


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Keywords: ISO, e-commerce, electronic signatures, Swirzerland
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