Business electronic signature solutions

Electronic signatures – sometimes known as digital signatures – are the electronic equivalents of written signatures; they allow businesses to sign documents and carry out business transactions electronically. They provide assurance that the authors and signatories of e-mails or electronic files are who they claim to be.

An electronic signature is not a picture of your handwritten signature; it is an electronic means of connecting individuals with important electronic documents and e-mails, which also verifies the sender’s identity and ensures that the content is uncorrupted. It makes the process overall easy and it makes it a great deal more automated in terms of how a signature can be completed for the benefit of a business. They offer added security and when used properly it is impossible for someone to copy your signature, and your electronic signature applies to the whole document and not just the last page. It can and does make the running of a business so much more of a safer entity and it can make this more rewawding too in terms of how processes can be delivered.

Where there might be doubt about the validity of your signature, you can add a digital certificate to authenticate the signature itself. A digital certificate vouches for information about your identity – your name, e-mail address and the name of your business, as well as the date the certificate was issued and by whom, and key data belonging uniquely to you.

Electronic signatures solve no end of commercial problems in the greater running of a business and businesses large and small, providing the confidence that allows you to realise the benefits of secure electronic transactions for your business. Electronic signatures are not merely convenient alternatives to written signatures – they have the potential to offer much more to your business.