Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

AssureSign launches Document NOW XML interface for electronic signatures

Monday, April 14, 2008

Orlando, Florida-based AssureSign has unveiled its DocumentNOW XML Interface Facility to permit users of the company’s AssureSign Electronic Signature Technology to integrate the technology into their existing business processes.

With DocumentNOW, customers submit information digitally for insertion into a document and process the document for signature. The patent-pending electronic signature software provides forensically identifiable evidence of contractual acceptance with digitized electronic signatures that can be matched for authentication in much the same way as a traditional signature.

AssureSign guarantees full compliance with the requirements and standards of both the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (E-SIGN) Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) for all AssureSign Electronic Signature products. [end] 

Access IS is gearing up for Security Document World (SDW) 2012 where it will be showcasing its latest range of security document readers.

There the company will introduce its new passport reader - the OCR601 - which is able to quickly and accurately verify the machine readable zone (MRZ) and enables the data in an e-passport’s chip to be read, all in a single action.

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The Ministry of Public Security in China announced the country will start to issue a new type of passport bearing an electronic chip containing the holder’s personal information, according to the China Daily.

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Swedish contactless smart card reader and terminal producer Arcontia Technology AB has released its CAS2340 dual interface smart card reader, designed for use with both contact and contactless applications.

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GlobalPlatform released a security upgrade for managing the content of applications on secure chip technology compliant to GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2. The technical document references new cryptographic schemes based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography and up-to-date RSA algorithms and keys.

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In an effort to promote efficiencies and reduce paperwork costs, three leading identity trust hubs and a certification authority have signed an agreement to promote the use of digital identities and public key infrastructure (PKI) for employees in both the private and public sectors.

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Massachusetts-based Aware Inc. has announced it’s won three contracts to provide biometrics software and services for three large-scale border management systems in Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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