When deeper analysis is useful
Some organisations need a comprehensive analysis before electronic signature technologies and trust services can be adopted safely and effectively. This is often the case when multiple processes, signature types, systems, legal effects or assurance requirements must work together.
The framework can consider
- Complex processes and workflows with different signing commitments and signature types.
- Natural-person signing and organisational sealing.
- Long-term validation, signature augmentation and preservation needs.
- Integration with existing applications, APIs and infrastructure.
- Automated or high-volume signing and sealing.
- Organisation-managed and third-party service components.
- Applicable legal, regulatory and standards requirements.
- Signing, augmentation and validation policy requirements.
- Supporting services such as electronic time stamps.
Potential outputs
Depending on scope, TrustAssert can help derive electronic signing and trust-service requirements, create a supporting policy framework, define an architecture and plan the integration of electronic signatures within the organisation.