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Electronic Seal: What It Is and How It Works

Gabriele Scodinu — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:40:00 +0000

What is the Electronic Seal and What Function Does It Serve?

What is the Electronic Seal?

The electronic seal is a digital technology that confirms the authenticity, integrity, and origin of the digital documents to which it is attached. It is regulated by the EU eIDAS Regulation (910/2014), which describes it as a set of data in electronic form, logically associated with other digital data to guarantee the origin and integrity of the document. Considered the digital equivalent of a physical stamp, the electronic seal provides certification of provenance and protection against unauthorized alterations.

Qualified Electronic Seal (QeSeal)

The qualified electronic seal represents the most secure and reliable form of seal available according to the eIDAS regulation. This type of seal is particularly suitable for organizations that need to ensure the integrity and authenticity of their digital documents at a high level of security. A qualified electronic seal is generated using a Qualified Signature Creation Device (QSCD). These devices are designed to be highly secure and resistant to tampering attempts, ensuring that the seals created are robust and secure.
• Certification and Compliance:
Each qualified electronic seal is supported by a qualified certificate, issued by a recognized certification authority. The certificate contains the identifying information of the legal entity responsible for the seal, ensuring transparency and traceability. Compliance with the requirements of the eIDAS Regulation ensures that these seals are recognized and accepted in all EU member states.
• Practical Applications:
The qualified electronic seal is used in a variety of business contexts, ensuring the security of important documents such as contracts, statements, and administrative documentation. It is frequently used in regulated sectors such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector, where the need to protect sensitive information is particularly critical.
• Strategic Advantages:
Adopting the qualified electronic seal allows companies to improve operational efficiency, reduce the risk of document fraud, and enhance trust in electronic transactions. Its implementation can significantly reduce operational costs associated with managing paper documents, contributing to the digital transformation of the company.

How to Obtain It

To obtain an electronic seal, an organization must undergo a rigorous verification process by a certification authority recognized by AgID. InfoCert is one of the leading providers recognized in Europe for the qualified validation of electronic seals, enabling German companies to use such seals for various applications, including registration with the European EPREL database for product energy classification.

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Why choose Legalinvoice by InfoCert for e-invoicing

Gabriele Scodinu — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:00:46 +0000

Why choose Legalinvoice by InfoCert for e-invoicing

InfoCert: market leader in e-invoicing

Since 2019, when mandatory B2B e-invoicing was first introduced in Italy, Legalinvoice has been offering to Italian customers a cutting-edge e-invoicing solution: secure, trusted and innovative.

Legalinvoice is an e-invoicing solution that prioritizes the highest data security standards, providing added value and advanced features beyond basic invoicing functionalities.

Since 2024 the e-invoicing obligation for companies has also been adopted in Romania and, thanks to infoCert, it is now possible to comply with the law using Legalinvoice. Legalinvoice in fact, declined in various packages according to different business needs, allows all companies to adapt to the mandatory electronic invoicing.

Some of Legalinvoice key differentiators

What makes Legalinvoice a high level product and not a simple invoice tool?

Legalinvoice is an innovative and comprehensive e-invoicing solution tailored to the needs of businesses, particularly SMEs. It is cost-effective and easy to use, it allows to save time and increase productivity.

Legalinvoice embodies strength, size, tech-savviness, reliability and extensive experience, making InfoCert a powerhouse in the e-invoicing landscape.

Legalinvoice is an e-invoicing solution that prioritizes highest standards of data security, offering advanced features that go beyond basic invoicing functionalities as many Italian and international case studies can confirm.

What are some of the differentiating features of Legalinvoice?

TEAM WORK: Integration and Collaboration
Legalinvoice supports environment sharing with accountants or collaborators

PERSONALIZATION: Customization and Preferences
A visual editor for customizing document templates and various user preferences is provided

VISUAL TRACKING: Comprehensive financial analysis dashboards
This feature goes beyond basic invoicing functionalities, empowering businesses to make informed decisions and optimize their operations based on real-time data

INTERNATIONAL: Multilingual invoicing
The capability to create invoices in different languages is a valuable feature for businesses operating in diverse markets and countries

InfoCert wants to enable all users to achieve their business goals through its solutions, with high-level products and dedicated multilingual support.

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Electronic Signature Software: What is it and What is it for?

Gabriele Scodinu — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:26:01 +0000

What is and what is the purpose of digital signature software

An electronic signature software is a tool that allows documents and contracts to be digitally signed with full legal validity, manage all signing processes, and affix time stamps to multiple files and folders.

By using digital signature software, individuals, professionals and companies can manage signature processes using the latest cryptographic technologies, which guarantee the authenticity and integrity of the document and ensure that it is not subsequently altered by unauthorized modifications. Its use is now widespread due to its ability to facilitate operations and processes that would otherwise require more time and resources. In fact, digital signature applications make it possible to digitize, automate and speed up processes, avoiding the use of paper and decreasing Co2 emissions.

Using e-signature software it is possible to sign agreements, transactions, contracts and business documents by managing approval and signing processes more efficiently. These digital solutions also streamline and optimize workflows, eliminating costs related to document printing, mailing and paper filing.

How electronic signature software works

These IT solutions integrate advanced encryption and authentication technologies that ensure the security and legal validity of signatures affixed to documents. Initially, it is necessary to choose a signature certificate (simple, advanced, or qualified), which guarantees the identity of the signer and the authenticity of his or her signature.

After completing the personal identity recognition required to obtain the digital certificate, and after installing the electronic signature software, the user follows an authentication procedure, often based on a combination of username, password, and sometimes additional identifying factors. From this point, e-signature software can be used on one’s device: the user loads a document into the software and signs it using the chosen digital certificate.

These IT solutions allow documents to be signed in electronic formats (PDF, P7M or XML) and can vary depending on the operating system or the specific needs of the user. In addition, a time stamp can be affixed, providing proof of the exact moment the document was signed, offering an additional level of security and reliability.

Cutting-edge e-signature software includes features dedicated to document organization, integration with enterprise cloud storage and ERP services, and management of deadlines, urgencies and notification modes. One example is InfoCert’s GoSign the advanced, easy-to-use electronic signature platform that enables the digitization of transactions and approval processes while ensuring the full legal value of signed documents.

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Digital Signature VS Electronic Signature

Gabriele Scodinu — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 09:11:28 +0000

What is a digital signature and how does it work?

In the form of a coded message, a digital signature securely links a signer to a document in a recorded transaction. Digital signatures employ a standardized and widely accepted format known as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to ensure the utmost levels of security and universal acceptance. PKI entails the use of a digital certificate for identity verification.

How do digital signature works?

Digital signatures, similar to handwritten signatures, are unique to each signer. Providers of digital signature solutions, such as InfoCert, adhere to a specific protocol known as Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI. PKI mandates that the provider utilizes a mathematical algorithm to generate two long numbers, referred to as keys. One key is public, and the other is private.

When a signer electronically signs a document, the signature is formed using the signer’s private key, which is securely held by the signer. The mathematical algorithm functions as a cipher, creating data that matches the signed document, known as a hash, and encrypting that data. The resulting encrypted data constitutes the digital signature. Additionally, the signature is timestamped with the time of document signing. If the document undergoes changes after signing, the digital signature becomes invalid.

For instance, John signs an agreement to sell a timeshare using her private key. The buyer receives the document along with a copy of John’s public key. If the public key cannot decrypt the signature (via the cipher used to generate the keys), it indicates that the signature either does not belong to John or has been altered since it was signed. In such cases, the signature is deemed invalid.

To uphold the integrity of the signature, PKI mandates that the keys be created, managed, and stored securely. This often involves the services of a reputable Certificate Authority (CA). Digital signature providers, like InfoCert, comply with PKI requirements to ensure secure digital signing.

What’s the difference between an electronic signature and a digital signature?

A digital signature is a form of electronic signature that demands a higher level of identity verification through digital certificates.

The broader category of electronic signatures (e-signatures) encompasses various types of electronic signatures. This category includes digital signatures, which represent a specific technological implementation of electronic signatures. Both digital signatures and other e-signature solutions enable the signing of documents and authentication of the signer. However, distinctions exist in terms of purpose, technical implementation, geographical usage, and the legal and cultural acceptance of digital signatures compared to other types of e-signatures.

Notably, the utilization of digital signature technology for e-signatures varies significantly between countries following open, technology-neutral e-signature laws, such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, and those adopting tiered eSignature models favoring locally defined standards based on digital signature technology. This includes many countries in the European Union, South America, and Asia. In the European Union, governed by the eIDAS regulation, two levels of digital signatures exist: Advanced Electronic Signature (AES) and Qualified Electronic Signature (QES).

Furthermore, certain industries also endorse specific standards rooted in digital signature technology

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What is SSL Certificate and How Does it Work?

Fabrizio Ciampini — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:58:16 +0000

Secure Sockets Layers

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) was the most widely deployed cryptographic protocol to provide security over internet communications before it was succeeded by TLS (Transport Layer Security) in 1999. Despite the deprecation of the SSL protocol and the adoption of TLS in its place, most people still refer to this type of technology as ‘SSL’.

SSL Certificate provides a secure channel between two machines or devices operating over the internet or an internal network. One common example is when Secure Sockets Layer certificate is used to secure communication between a web browser and a web server. This turns a website’s address from HTTP to HTTPS, the ‘S’ standing for ‘secure’.

What is an SSL Certificate?

SSL Certificates are small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to an organization’s details. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser. Typically, Secure Sockets Layer is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins, and more recently is becoming the norm when securing browsing of social media sites.

How Does an SSL Certificate Work?

Secure Sockets Layer Certificate use something called public key cryptography.

This particular kind of cryptography harnesses the power of two keys which are long strings of randomly generated numbers. One is called a private key and one is called a public key. A public key is known to your server and available in the public domain. It can be used to encrypt any message.

If we look at this in terms of a website, the communication is happening between a website and a server.

Why Do I Need an SSL Certificate?

SSL digital certificates protect your sensitive information such as credit card information, usernames, passwords etc. They also:

Keep data secure between servers
Increase your Google Rankings
Build/Enhance customer trust
Improve conversion rates

Secure now your transactions!

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FORM INGLESE

Fabrizio Ciampini — Fri, 12 May 2023 07:37:51 +0000

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Careers

Valentina Morgante — Mon, 08 May 2023 03:17:00 +0000

Work with us

If you want the opportunity to build a solid profession through learning, experimentation and innovation InfoCert is the place you are looking for

Company

InfoCert – We are a team of professionals highly specialized in accompanying all types of organizations on the path of adopting paperless solutions. We propose innovative solutions that have always influenced market evolutions.

Innovation and Creativity – For us, innovation is a way of being. We experiment every day with new technologies and new creative approaches to make work increasingly “lighter” and safer.

Sharing and Collaboration – They enable us to reach new goals all the time. People make the difference with us, which is why we invest in them and their development.

Reliability and Efficiency – Our solutions are born out of listening to customers, understanding their needs, the regulatory framework and the operating environment in which they operate. We support the smooth transition from traditional organizations to the most modern Paperless Organizations, ensuring the success of the implemented solutions.

Social Commitment – We strive to share the value we generate, bringing the enthusiasm and positive energy that characterizes us outside our company as well.

BenEssere – Being well together is as important as being fit. Running is the metaphor we chose to represent the link between Personal Well-Being and Organizational Well-Being.

Send your application

If you are looking for a reality where you can put yourself out there and where you can grow professionally, you are exactly who we are looking for! Send your application east

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Digital Onboarding: Definition and Benefits | Infocert.digital

Valentina Morgante — Sun, 07 May 2023 15:25:48 +0000

What is digital onboarding?

Digital onboarding is an online process whereby an individual signs up with a company or a government/institutional service or, in the case of finance, banks, in order to later access the products and services there.

The individual provides their personal data, and if required, some biometric information such as a fingerprint or face scan for biometric authentication. The digital onboarding process allows the individual to be easily and securely identified at a later date.

What are the benefits of digital onboarding?

Despite the traditional onboarding processes that see new clients forced to find a space in their busy schedules to visit your organization onsite for a time-consuming activity, digital onboarding has several benefits that deserve to be mentioned:

1. Streamlining administrative processes

Digital onboarding process allows people to sign any document at any time, saving time for paperwork and administrative process: by digitising the entire experience, anyone involved in the process of onboarding new customers or employees saves time and money often spent on burdensome back-office activities.

2. Reducing operative costs and environmental impact

While traditional onboarding entails paperwork and printing, digital onboarding solutions allows to digitize each step of the process without any lost efficiency.

Moreover, by digitizing documentation and reducing paper waste, companies can approach their business in a more sustainable way, contributing also through the reduction of frictional mobility to CO2 savings. This can be functional to a potential increase in the ESG rating, both for the reduced environmental impact and the implementation of a transparent and user-friendly solution that also brings benefits at the social and governance level.

3. Ensuring compliance

Digital customer onboarding means you can continually leverage compliance processes that effectively check and onboard new clients according to the most recent regulations.

4. Enhancing engagement and customer experience

Today’s users are increasingly demanding and looking for easy-to-use and efficient solutions. Digital onboarding enables companies to improve consumer engagement and establish a more profitable working relationship.

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LEI’s Terms of Use | Infocert.digital

Valentina Morgante — Sun, 07 May 2023 14:23:17 +0000

Terms of use

Provided by InfoCert

InfoCert Legal Entity Identifier is a service provided by InfoCert S.p.A. (company subject to the direction and coordination of Tinexta S.p.A.) — Piazza Sallustio, 9, Rome, 00187 — regarding the look-up and download of LEIs and LE-RD from this website by anyone.

Introduction

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is a not-for-profit foundation incorporated by the Financial Stability Board in Basel/Switzerland under the laws of Switzerland.

GLEIF and its partnering Local Operating Units (“LOUs”) operate a system of worldwide unique Legal Entity Identifiers (“LEI”, “LEIs”) and LEI repositories with certain additional information about the relevant legal entities (“Legal Entity Reference Data”, “LE-RD”).

The website https://infocert.digital/lei allows users to access the LOU’s LEI Repository. Any such access might use file downloads, access via Web Interfaces / APIs or by any other technical means, as provided in the InfoCert discretion. Any LEI data and LE-RD access from https://infocert.digital/lei is subject to the terms of use as set out herebelow (the “Terms of Use”).

1. Definitions

“Access Service” shall mean the facility provided by InfoCert under these Terms of Use and further described below, provided on this website https://infocert.digital/lei

“LOU’s LEI Repository” shall mean the database and/or Common Data File Format file output operated by InfoCert with at least all LEIs and LE-RD managed by InfoCert.

“GLEIF Trademark and Logo” shall mean the trademark and logo of GLEIF as shown on http://www.gleif.org

“GLEIS” shall mean the Global Legal Entity Identifier System operated by GLEIF and the LOUs.

“LEIs” shall mean one or many Legal Entity Identifiers issued by GLEIF and the LOUs.

“LEI Reference Data” and “LE-RD” (singular and plural) shall mean the information available in the LEI Repository in relation to an LEI. The categories of data currently in-cluded in the LE-RD are listed on InfoCert.

“LOU” or “LOUs” shall mean the Local Operating Units who have entered into a Master Agreement with GLEIF and who are accredited by GLEIF to accept applications by legal entities for LEIs and to issue LEIs. A list of the accredited LOUs can be found on In-foCert is an authorized LOU.

“We”, “us”, “our” or equivalent terms shall refer to InfoCert.

“User”, “You”, “your” or equivalent terms refer to any user of the Access Service.

2. Access service

The Access Service enables Users to look-up and/or download individual LEIs and/or re-lated LE-RD and/or the entire set or a subset of LEIs and/or pertaining LE-RD from the LOU’s LEI Repository and/or Common Data File Format file.

The Access Service on the website https://infocert.digital/lei is provided for free and without any technical barriers.
The data available through the Access Service are provided under the CC0 licence, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
In order to protect the GLEIS and the fundamental principles underlying it as set out in the Governance Principles of the GLEIS, in particular in the event of any use of the Access Service which is contrary to, or threatens to undermine, those fundamental principles or the public benefit for which LEIs and LE-RD are provided, we do have to reserve the right to suspend or modify the Access Service or any of the Terms of Use.

The technical requirements you have to observe in order to be able to use the Access Service are described on https://infocert.digital/lei

3. Service level

We take every reasonable effort that the website https://infocert.digital/lei and the Access Service will function and be available without interruptions or errors. Howev-er, their operation may be interrupted due to maintenance, updates or system or network failures. Service windows are – whenever possible – announced in due time on https://infocert.digital/lei

4. Conditions of use

By using our Access Service, you agree with the following terms:
You acknowledge that you do not have, and will not acquire, any intellectual proper-ty or other proprietary rights in the LEIs and LE-RD as provided by the Access Ser-vice, and that you do not, and will not, claim such rights.
You agree that you access LEIs and/or LE-RD on https://infocert.digital/lei only by way of using the Access Service, and that you refrain from trying to obtain access to our LEI Repository or any other of our files or databases other than through using the Access Service as offered by us and, in particular, that you refrain from try-ing to circumvent technical restrictions or infecting the LEI Repository with malware of any kind.
If you wish to use the GLEIF Trademark and Logo, which is a registered trademark, please contact GLEIF at the address indicated on https://www.gleif.org.
You agree that you shall refrain from creating, in whatever way, the impression that data and/or services, except the original LEIs and LE-RD downloaded by you through the Access Service, are provided or supported or authorized or granted or otherwise associat-ed by or with GLEIF or InfoCert.

You further agree to refrain from any actions or statements which may mislead the public and/or your customers to believe that any products or services provided by you, even if LEIs and LE-RD may be a part of such product or service, are services or pro¬ducts of GLEIF or any LOU, or that you are part of, or in a special relationship to, GLEIF and/or the GLEIS and/or any LOU.

You agree that GLEIF and InfoCert may take any appropriate steps, including but not limited to court action and to preliminary injunctions, if you do not comply with these Terms of Use, and that you are, provided applicable law allows, liable to a payment of liquidated damages in the amount of € 90.878,50 for any single case of non-compliance.

5. Disclaimer of warranties and waiver of liability

The leis and the le-rd made available to you through the access service are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, thereto. you expressly agree that any use thereof is at your sole risk.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim regarding leis and le-rd all warranties, express or implied, and liability, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. we will not be liable for any damages of any kind (including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages) arising from the use of the access service or the leis and le-rd.

In particular, without limitation, you recognize that the issuance of leis and collection of le-rd is based on applications and information provided by third parties. we cannot and do not represent or warrant that such information is accurate, correct, up-to-date or that a certain lei is the only lei issued for a certain legal entity.

In particular, without limitation, we disclaim all liability for damages caused by any interruptions or errors in the functioning of the access service or the website https://infocert.digital/lei. furthermore, we disclaim all liability for any malfunctioning, impossibility of access, or poor use conditions of the services or the website due to inappropriate equipment, disturbances related to internet service providers, to the saturation of the internet network, and for any other reason. furthermore, we do not warrant that the services, information and contents included on or otherwise made available to you through the services or the website https://infocert.digital/lei are free of viruses or other harmful components.

The reservations of the licence (see section 4) apply.

6. Applicable law and jurisdiction

These Terms of Use, and your use of the Access Service, shall in all respects be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the substantive laws of Italy with-out regard to Italian conflict of law rules. The Parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Italy, for all disputes arising out of, or in connection with, these Terms of Use.

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Download page: The Disruptive Power of eIDAS

Valentina Morgante — Sun, 07 May 2023 09:43:12 +0000

Download page: The Disruptive Power of eIDAS

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