The term Digital Services refers to the electronic delivery of information including data and content across multiple platforms and devices like web or mobile. Information is presented in a way that is easy to use and understand and typically involves transactional services such as submitting forms for processing and receiving benefits. Think of passport renewals, driver license renewals, immigration forms, parking tickets, hotel room reservations, digital signature etc. The term is more widely used in government circles in terms of making the overall interaction of citizens with the public sector a more pleasant and efficient experience. However, this is equally important in the private sector in terms of improving the customer experience while boosting productivity.
A digital signature is equivalent of a handwritten signature or stamp seal, but its offering security. Digital signature authenticates or verifies electronic documents in a manner similar to a handwritten signature, which authenticates the printed documents. Digital signatures can provide the added assurances of evidence to origin, identity and status of an electronic document, transaction or message, as well as acknowledging informed consent by the signer. Our digital signature provides authenticity, integrity and Non-repudiation to electronic documents. Digital signature provides safe and secure medium for e-Commerce and e-Governance.
Class 1 certificates shall be issued for both business personnel and private individuals use. These certificates will confirm that the information in the application provided by the subscriber does not conflict with the information in well-recognized consumer databases.
This provides a basic level of assurance relevant to environments where there are risks and consequences of data compromise, but they are not considered to be of major significance.
These certificates will be issued for both business personnel and private individuals use. These certificates will confirm that the information in the application provided by the subscriber does not conflict with the information in well-recognized consumer databases.
This level is relevant to environments where risks and consequences of data compromise are moderate. This may include transactions having substantial monetary value or risk of fraud, or involving access to private information where the likelihood of malicious access is substantial.
This certificate will be issued to individuals as well as organizations. As these are high assurance certificates, primarily intended for e-commerce applications, they shall be issued to individuals only on their personal (physical) appearance before the Certifying Authorities.
This level is relevant to environments where threats to data are high or the consequences of the failure of security services are high. This may include very high value transactions or high levels of fraud risk.
