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Document Signing Certificate Document Signing Certificate

Document Signing Certificate

Document signing certificates provide trusted assurance of authentication for electronically transmitted documents by validating author and document. The digital certificate enables electronic documents more secure and reliable. Sectigo and DigiCert Document Signing certificates can sign a variety of document types including PDFs, ODF, DOCX and XML on these platforms, such as Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, Open Office, etc. Only 3-5 business days to get your signing certificate!

Features of Document Signing Certificate

Document Signing by an Individual

Document Signing by an Individual

  • Verify the individual identity
  • iKey USB token
  • Unlimited signatures
  • Display signer's name and signature
  • Valid in one, two or three-year terms
  • Support most PDF file formats, including Adobe PDF
Document Signing by an Organization

Document Signing by an Organization

  • Verify the organization identity
  • iKey USB token
  • Unlimited signatures
  • Display organization, department or group signature
  • Valid in one, two or three-year terms
  • Support most PDF file formats, including Adobe PDF

How Document Signing Certificate Works

Validation team sends USB with your certificate

Validation team sends USB with your certificate

Open supported platforms like Adobe Acrobat and follow the prompts

Open supported platforms like Adobe Acrobat and follow the prompts

Digital signature appear on your document

Digital signature appear on your document

Why do you use a Document Signing Certificate?

FAQs on Document Signing Certificate

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What is a Document Signing Certificate?

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A Document Signing Certificate is an electronic file issued by a Certificate Authority (CA). It contains a pair of secure digital key for assuring signer’s identity authentication and integrity of electronically transmitted documents.

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How do digital signatures work?

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Digital signatures, like handwritten signatures, are unique to each signer. It uses public key infrastructure (PKI), which is considered the gold standard for digital identity authentication and encryption. PKI relies on the use of two related keys, a public key and a private key, that together create a key pair to encrypt and decrypt a message using strong public key cryptography algorithms. Using both public and private keys that are generated to provide the signer with their own digital identity, a digital signature is generated and encrypted using that signer’s private key, and also a timestamp of when the document was signed using the key. These keys are normally saved in a secure manner; for example, Sectigo and DigiCert sends USB with your certificate and keys to you.

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What need to know before you place an order?

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Validation is an important part of certificate issuing process. As such, every CA has followed stringent validation policies and procedures to strengthen the security of certificate operations and the validation processes. Take Sectigo for example, and this is the validation materials needed below:

  • The identity of the Applicant
  • The identity and address of the entity to confirm its physical existence
  • That the entity has authorized the issuance of the certificate

The validation work is done by Sectigo. You are required to respond to emails, follow instructions and provide the requested documents.