Document Signing Certificates

Document signing certificates provide trusted assurance of authentication for electronically transmitted documents by validating author and document. 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!

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Why do you use a Document Signing Certificate?

Signature verification globally trusted

All document signing certificates Root certificate have been entered into the root Adobe and Microsoft root certificate library trust lists, which means that document signatures are fully recognized and trusted, and support global use.

Automatic Tamper resistance function

When a digitally signed document is modified, an "X" will be printed at the signature area to remind the user that the document has been modified after signing, ensuring the integrity, authenticity, and legality of the document.

Support for multiple document formats

Support all mobile platforms, Adobe series products and Office series products for document signature formats.

High security level protection

The private key of the document signing certificate is stored in a UKey or encryption machine, providing a high level of security protection for the certificate while also possessing the characteristics of convenience and time saving.

Having legal effect

The document signature certificate meets the legal and regulatory requirements for electronic document signing in multiple countries and industries, including the Electronic Signature Law, HIPAA, FDA, eIDAS, ESIGN and UETA in the United States.

Signature is permanently valid

By using a timestamp, even if the certificate originally used for signing has expired, the signed document signature will never expire.

Document Signature Certificate Renderings

Adobe PDF Document Signature Effect

Adobe PDF Document Signature Effect

Office Word Document Signature Example

Office Word Document Signature Example

Application scope of document signing certificate

Financial Services Industry

Financial institutions have a large number of paper documents (such as investment contracts, insurance agreements, bank statements) that can be signed using document signature certificates to ensure that electronic document signatures comply with relevant laws and regulatory review requirements, ensuring their authenticity, validity, legality, and compliance.

Financial Services Industry

What do I benefit from Document Signing Certificate?

Paperless & efficient

Paperless & efficient

Document Signing Certificate is designed to apply in paperless office operations to digitally sign any document.

Confirmed sender identity

Confirmed sender identity

Document signing certificate can authenticate sender's identity and the recipient also can review a trusted digital signature on the document.

High-level security

High-level security

Compliant with industry standards, Document Signing Certificate support RSA algorithm, 2048+bit keys, SHA256-bit encryption to protect critical business documents.

Legally binding

Legally binding

Documents signed with the trusted Document Signing certificates comply with the U.S. Federal ESIGN Act, European Union's eIDAS and other international laws.

Never expiration

Never expiration

Digital signatures created by Document Signing Certificates can be timestamped and include an audit trail that never expires.

Unlimited signatures

Unlimited signatures

Sectigo Document Signing certificate offer unlimited signatures in its lifetime.

FAQs on Document Signing Certificate

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What is a Document Signing Certificate?

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?

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.

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What need to know before you place an order?

Validation is an important part of certificate issuing process. 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.