Capture the whole signing context
For more complex use cases, a comprehensive review can be critical. The requirements workshop is designed to capture the business, policy, security, legal, procedural and technical requirements that shape how signatures will be created, augmented and validated.
Questions the workshop explores
- Which business process will use the signatures?
- Are signatures serial, parallel, counter-signed or witnessed?
- Which legal or regulatory frameworks apply?
- What legal effect and level of assurance are required?
- What commitment or responsibility does the signer assume?
- Is the signing entity a natural person, legal person or device?
- Which attributes, such as signing time, need to be associated with the signature?
- What augmentation and validation requirements apply over time?
From workshop to usable output
The resulting requirements can inform signature formats, configurations and procedures. Where needed, they can also provide a basis for formal signature, augmentation and validation policies and for a wider service architecture.