(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IT security solutions provider GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com) announced on Tuesday it has expanded Electronic Apostille Services via Adobe Systems' (www.adobe.com) Certified Document Services program in New Zealand.
CDS is digital signing solution that lets authors create Adobe Reader PDF files that automatically certifies the recipient that the author's identity has been verified by a trusted organization.
Electronic Apostille Services says it offers a "carbon footprint-friendly and highly efficient and secure alternative to the time consuming paper based system."
The Apostille Convention facilitates the distribution of public documents among signatory states, authenticating the signature of a notary or approved public official.
This is typically a separate paper certificate, sealed by the competent authority in the country of origin, which is attached to the document requiring authentication.
The Hague Conference, which co-operates the Convention's operation along with other stakeholders, been promoting the development and use of an electronic Apostille (www.e-app.info/) within member states.
GlobalSign has been working closely with the Department of Internal Affairs' Authentication Unit in New Zealand to deliver a fully electronic document lifecycle management system based on the CDS.
The international language support in the free Adobe Reader for PDFs, combined with the automatic authenticity and integrity checks of the embedded digital signature information within the certified PDF provided the ideal vehicle for Authentication Unit to launch their services.
"The interoperability of electronic signatures across jurisdictional boundaries and the need to support digital signatures in the long term is a critical issue," says Steve Roylance, business development director for GlobalSign. "The acceptance of the PDF-based signature format (ETSI/ESI 102 778) in the EU and the increasing use of PDF based digital signatures by Governments around the world pave the way for greater eBusiness across all industries."
Representatives from the Authentication Unit in New Zealand will recognize the project's success in London, UK on June 13 during the 5th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Pilot Program and Digital Authentication hosted by the International Union of Notaries and the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
 |
PREVIOUS: AtMail Enhances Email Archiving Software | | | NEXT: Cisco to Build $184M Data Center in Dallas |  |
Read Back Issues of WHIR Magazine
October 2009 - Web Hosting's All Star Team
This has been, for us, one of the most interesting, exciting and challenging build-ups to an issue of the magazine yet, Web Hosting's All Star Team. The balloting process was our first experiment with a kind of user participation we're planning to do a lot more with in the months to come. We had thousands of ballots submitted, with hundreds of write-in suggestions and a demonstration of user engagement that has us feeling super positive about the project.
About This Issue | Read Digital Edition
July 2009 - What am I Worth?
One of the interesting luxuries of working on a project like the printed WHIR magazine is that it allows us to play with things like our point of view from one issue to the next. In recent months we've been giving added attention to the kind of practical and applicable advice aimed at smaller hosts and resellers. This issue carries on with that point of view, asking, in our cover story, "what am I worth?" It's a complicated question without a clear-cut answer.
About This Issue | Read Digital Edition
May 2009 - The Blueprint for a Small Web Host
I was a little surprised by how difficult it became to see this idea through. We set out to assemble a blueprint for a small hosting business, but butted up pretty quickly against the general impossibility of covering all the territory that was out there to be covered. The basic constraints of a printed magazine, and the less-than-infinite amount of time we had available forced us to face the fact that we could never produce an exhaustive guide to starting a hosting company.
About This Issue | Read Digital Edition
Comment anonymously or log into your WHIR account
Logging in allows enhanced commenting features (such as external linking) in news, features, blogs and more.