Keynectis to attend Gitex Dubai

On that occasion, Keynectis will perform demonstrations of its PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) solutions for:

- Digital identity and travel document management
- Electronic signature of documents and transactions

Digital identity and travel document management:

The increase in threats and identity theft has led the international community to strengthen border control security, and as a consequence travel document reliability.

One major benefit of electronic passports is that they significantly improve protection against document falsification. This level of security relies on public key cryptography, ensuring data integrity, authenticity and privacy.

To facilitate scanner access to the chip, various methods were defined, according to how critical is the data.

Sequoia e-passport is an extension of Keynectis' PKI Sequoia software suite, specially packaged to seal biometric passport data. Thus, Sequoia e-passport enables the generation of electronic certificates used by passport scanners. The e-passport solution forces the passport scanner to provide strong authentication to the integrated chip prior to gaining access to the data.

Electronic signature of documents and transactions:

The need for dematerialisation is growing, and all private as well as public organisations are progressively following the trend. One of the challenges is to increase confidence in digital exchanges within the confines of an organisation, but also with customers, suppliers and partners. Digital signature meets this need for confidence, which is in keeping with the France Numérique 2012 governmental plan.

With respect to digital signatures, Keynectis proposes several offers:

1 - K.Sign for PDF

Available as a USB stick, K.Sign for PDF allows one to sign all PDF documents electronically. This electronic signing of documents helps guarantee the signer's identity and the document's integrity (it cannot have been modified), as well as securely dating and time-stamping it.

Using K.Sign for PDF to sign a document is done in a native, intuitive way directly within Adobe Acrobat. A visual return makes it easy to check the electronic signature. Any version 6 or greater Adobe Reader in any language has standard electronic signature reading capability, without the need to install a software module. If the signature is valid, a blue ribbon is hence displayed in the upper part of the document in Adobe Reader.

To sign a document, one simply inserts one's customised K.Sign for PDF cryptographic USB stick into the laptop's USB port. A dialogue box opens, prompting for a PIN code. The user may then sign in a few clicks.

2 - K.Websign

K.Websign is a basic, secure electronic signature platform, which works along the same lines as commercial website e-payment platforms. No prior equipment is required on the customer station. This solution meets one market expectation in terms of customer confidence in solutions that require neither technical prerequisites, nor significant deployment costs.

It plays the role of a third party in proof management and can if required help the customer demonstrate the legal value of the signed document.

K.Websign can also be combined with any powerful authentication means such as SMS, OTP (One-Time-Password) or SSLv3 authentication certificates.

The solution manages the document's electronic signature by the issuing site, single or multiple signature(s) by internet users - an 'original' document signed by both parties -, the creation of a proof file, the document's date and time stamping, the archiving of the proof file for 10 years, and the handing over and restitution of proof elements in the event of a dispute.