Monday, December 7, 2009
Digital signature software (sometimes referred to as Advanced or Secure Electronic Signatures) is the result of a cryptography operation. The digital signatures software technology guarantees data integrity and non-repudiation of transaction.
Electronic signature software contains electronic images that are physically or logically attached to the signed data. Example like adding a sentence "I, John Doe, sign this document" is good enough to be considered as an electronic signature.
*Definition for both signature are taken from www.arx.com
Difference between both of this signature are digital signature cannot be copied, altered or corrupted but electronic signature are easy to forge or copy. From here we can see that digital signature is more restricted in term of security. In Malaysia, the matter concerning the authentication of electronic data message is addressed by introducing the Digital Signature Act 1997.
www.arx.com also state that digital signature and electronic signature can be merge by using CoSign® digital and electronic signature solution
By using CoSign, both signature will be secure and easily organize. The signature can also be validated ensuring the authenticity of the user.
