The link between digital signatures and business

By Gerard Volegna


There are lots of questions that are pondering when it comes to digital signature. Lots of people want to be knowledgeable on what could be the help of digital signature especially in business and also companies today. Now is the time to talk about and discuss all about digital signature and what could it do to be helpful.

Nowadays, transactions are done mostly online in a form of faster, easier and more convenient way. However, it has been a challenge to carry out these transactions safely and in an authenticate way. As we rely more on online mediums for transactions, communication and even exchange of messages, files and data, the security for those becomes more vital and critical.

Now that they are using online transaction, business and companies are now having safety when it comes to transactions and giving authentications and looking for solutions to have the best security in files and documents that needs them as well as signatures that would be distributed in authorized persons only. The main solution for the signatures that are distributed is the digital signature technology. Because of this, the signatures that are used in transaction online are faster and easier. The technology is giving the company easy way to transact to their clients with the use of this.

This digital signature is used to sign agreements in contracts or in receipt and vouchers. Nowadays, the signature that is digital have a high level of security compare to the first time it has been used. Now these signatures are being secured so that it could not be copied or used to illegal things. When you do purchase online products that would be dealing with digital signature, make sure that you are choosing a secured digital signature that would be used in our company or in your business.

To be able to make this work, you have to use special software to obtain a message hash. Then you will use your private key which has given to you by the public-private key authority for you to be able to encrypt the hash. Take note that message encryption is optional, you can send unencrypted message with a digital signature if it doesn't matter to you who see the message and you're only after the assurance of the receiver that it is from you. The encrypted hash that you have now is then your digital message. The receiver then makes a hash of the message to ensure that it is from you and it is intact. After that, public key is used now to decrypt the hash message and if the hashes matched it is then valid.




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1 comments:

  1. The use of digital signature is truly appreciating. With it we can save up a lot of time which can make one more productive by using the time saved on activities. It also helpful in terms of identity and security.
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