Adobe Rallies Industry to Drive Open Standard for Cloud-Based Digital Signatures
June 28 2016 - 12:01AM
Business Wire
New Industry Consortium to Pioneer Open Digital Signatures
for Mobile and Web
On July 1, 2016, a new European Union signature regulation
(eIDAS) will go into effect, helping pave the way for global
adoption of secure digital signatures. Aligned with this milestone
that will help take digital signatures mainstream, Adobe
(Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Cloud Signature Consortium, a
group comprised of leading industry and academic organizations
committed to building a new open standard for cloud-based digital
signatures across mobile and web – so anyone can digitally sign
documents from anywhere.
Digital signatures are the most advanced and secure type of
electronic signature, increasingly used by businesses and
governments around the world. However, using standards-compliant
digital signatures today can be a cumbersome, time consuming
process that keeps people tethered to their desktop. In many cases,
they need certificate-based IDs stored on a physical device, like a
USB token or smart card. This approach doesn’t meet increasing
consumer and business expectations for simple and engaging
experiences that work anywhere, on any device.
And, while some cloud-based digital signature solutions exist,
they are proprietary and fragmented, rather than an open approach
that offers a choice of certificate providers. As a leader and
founding member of the new consortium, Adobe is collaborating with
industry leaders to develop an open standard that will bring the
world’s most secure form of electronic signing to over seven
billion mobile devices around the globe.
“Adobe has a history of pioneering and advancing industry
standards like PDF. We embrace open standards and, where none
exist, we help create them,” said Bryan Lamkin, executive vice
president and general manager of Digital Media, Adobe. “With more
than six billion digital and electronic signature transactions
processed each year through Adobe Sign and Adobe Document Cloud, we
are focused on moving the signature industry forward. Today, in
collaboration with the Cloud Signature Consortium, we are proud to
advance an open standard for cloud-based digital signatures.”
Why an open standard is needed
The new standard created by the consortium will be critical to
furthering digital transformation of business on a global scale by
giving everyone access to secure digital signature solutions across
a full range of cloud applications and mobile devices. Once
implemented, the standard will benefit processes where signer
identification is critical, such as applying for a marriage or
business license, social security benefits, or signing for a large
loan. While initially focused on the EU, the Cloud Signature
Consortium aims to build a global network of industry contributors
and intends to release new standard specifications by the end of
2016—with the first cloud-based implementations to follow shortly
thereafter. The consortium was inspired by the need to meet the
highest level requirements of the European Union’s Regulation on
Identification and Trust Services (eIDAS), but its impact is
expected to be global as demand for highly secure digital solutions
continues to rise.
“Adobe has a long history of successfully helping to establish
and drive the adoption of open standards,” said Melissa Webster,
vice president of content and digital media technologies, IDC. “An
open standard focused on cloud-based digital signatures will not
only help companies save time and resources, but ultimately move an
entire industry forward with best practices that benefit all.”
In addition to Adobe, initial Cloud Signature Consortium
members, which span EU cloud-based digital signature providers,
trust services providers, academics and standards and security
focused organizations, include:
Asseco Data Systems – Poland Intesi Group – Italy
Bundesdruckerei / D-Trust – Germany Izenpe – Spain Cryptolog
/ Universign – France Safelayer – Spain Docapost /
Certinomis – France SwissSign – Switzerland InfoCert – Italy
Graz University of Technology – Austria Intarsys Consulting
– Germany Unibridge – Norway
About Adobe Document Cloud
At the heart of Document Cloud is Acrobat DC, the world’s best
PDF solution; Adobe Sign, the leading e-signature solution that
allows anyone to electronically sign and send documents from any
device; and powerful companion mobile apps. More than six billion
digital and electronic signature transactions are processed through
Document Cloud each year, including global businesses like
AmerisourceBergen, Diners Club, JLL, The Royal Bank of Scotland and
Verizon, which rely on Document Cloud and Adobe Sign for fast,
secure and mobile e-signatures. Adobe Sign, Acrobat DC, and Acrobat
Reader enable digital signatures that already meet eIDAS
requirements. In fact, Adobe was the first major software vendor to
incorporate support for the European Trusted Lists (EUTL) to
support document signing and validation using EU-accredited
CA’s.
Helpful Links:
- Learn more about the Cloud Signature
Consortium
- Learn more about eIDAS
- Learn more about Adobe Digital
Signatures and Adobe Document Cloud
- Learn more about the Cloud Signature
Consortium on our blog
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About Adobe
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For
more information, visit www.adobe.com.
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