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CoSign Digital Signature Solution Automates Your Approvals Affordably
The CoSign® digital signature solution is simple, scalable and quick-to-deploy, allowing you to automate your approvals, cut costs and assure data integrity. CoSign makes it easy to digitally sign all standard file formats, including Adobe® PDF® Reader®, Acrobat®, PDF/A and LiveCycle® ES, by issuing a digital certificate, embedding your digital signature directly into the document, and sealing it. CoSign includes graphical signatures and multiple signatures per document, and ensures compliance. CoSign comes in two flavors: CoSign Desktop for individual signers and CoSign Central for small to very large organizations.
CoSign Central Digital Signature
» Benefits
Globally Accepted - Documents digitally signed with CoSign are legally enforceable across industries and geographies and are verifiable by anyone, anywhere, anytime, using the free Adobe Reader.
» Centrally Controlled - CoSign leverages existing user management systems for tight control over signer privileges, providing a quick deployment and minimal ongoing management overhead. This translates to enhanced security and a very low total cost of ownership.
» Workflow Integrated - CoSign is integrated seamlessly with leading workflow and content management systems such as Adobe LiveCycle ES, enabling automated formal approval processes from within your organization’s existing workflow systems.
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How does it work? |
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ARX's CoSign digital signature (standard electronic signature) solution takes a centralized approach to deploying digital signatures within an organization, allowing an extremely quick deployment. Once the CoSign appliance is installed on the company’s network, CoSign will work in sync with the company’s user directory (e.g. Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory) to generate signing keys (Private Keys) to all users.
The technology behind CoSign digital signatures is based on an industry standard known as "Public Key Infrastructure" (PKI). With PKI, each user has a key-pair, a Private Key, and a Public Key used in every signature. Click here to learn more about how CoSign uses PKI.
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CoSign Signature - Process Flow
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CoSign End-user Signature Services under Adobe LiveCycle ES deployments |
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CoSign extends customer’s existing directory/LDAP to provide end user signing capabilities with Adobe Acrobat & Reader without traditional PKI pains. |
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CoSign keeps the end-user's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) low by providing the following: |
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- Built-in CA for certificate management services or leverage 3rd Party CAs. |
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- High assurance signatures without smartcards or tokens. |
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- Creating and verifying digital signatures in Acrobat/Reader without plug-ins. |
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- Web signatures without any client installations by serving as a Roaming ID server (ASSP). |
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- Working with Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions to enable signing in Adobe Reader. |
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Customers can leverage CoSign with Adobe LiveCycle solutions to enhance assurance, auditability, and regulatory compliance for signing processes utilizing the following authentication and security qualifications: |
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- User/name password or two-factor authentication options like one-time password (OTP) tokens and biometrics. |
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- FIPS 140-2 level 3 key protection. |
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Adobe LiveCycle CoSign Solution
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CoSign Business Benefits
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Seals documents - Provides evidence of signer’s authenticity with proof of signer's identity, intent and document integrity. |
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Automates Business Processes – CoSign eliminates the inefficiencies and significant costs of printing, handling, mailing, scanning and archiving paper documents. |
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Quick deployment – CoSign’s centralized approach ensures rapid deployment allowing users to sign within hours of initial deployment. |
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Simple to use – CoSign is designed to allow users to add a signature within seconds. Users will see their graphical signature, resembling the way they are used to sign paper documents. |
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Quick ROI – Reducing the paper in the office and the cost of printing, handling, filing, faxing, mailing, scanning and archiving of paper documents as well as expediting & automating businesses processes will help your organization realize a quick ROI. |
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Legal Compliance - CoSign digital signatures enable organizations to comply with regulations worldwide, such as: FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, E-Sign (Electronic Signature in Global and national Commerce Act), EU Directive and VAT Directive. Learn more about CoSign compliance by clicking here. |
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CoSign Features
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Graphical signatures – Before the document is sealed, CoSign will add the user’s graphical signature (wet-signature). This enables a smooth transition from “rational” signatures to an electronic system. |
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Multiple signatures - Allows for multiple signatures on the same document. |
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Batch (bulk) signing – With high throughput, CoSign can sign millions of documents; making it an ideal solution for bulk signing needs such as eInvoicing & eArchiving. |
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Extensive 3rd party application support – Works with many standard applications including Adobe Acrobat and many more. |
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Syncs with standard user management systems – CoSign will work within your existing infrastructure, and is easy to use and manage. |
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Scalability – Scalable from a few signers to several million users, and will work in your existing authentication environment. |
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Legal Compliance and Industry RegulationsCoSign protects your business in a court of law and will not be questioned for compliance.
Certifications
CoSign also follows the internationally approved Common Criteria security standard (ISO/IEC 15408), by using smartcards that are Common Criteria CWA 14169 certified within the CoSign hardware enclosure. The Common Criteria SSCD validation provides compliance with EU Electronic Signature Directives (European Union Directive 1999/93/EC on Electronic Signature).
Typical legislation requirements for Digital Signature Directives
Digital signature regulations vary from country to country. Taking the European Electronic Signature Directive (EC Directive 99/93 on Electronic Signatures) as an example, the requirements for a standard (advanced) Electronic Signature are:
Legislation
Industry Regulations and Standards
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Technical Specifications
Signature Features:
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Worldwide Verifiable |
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Multiple Signatures per Document |
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Graphical Signatures |
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Multiple Graphical Signatures per User |
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Sectional Signing (Word and Excel) |
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Unattended and Batch Signing |
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Audit Trail |
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Secured Time Stamp |
CA Support:
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CoSign Internal CA |
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Subordinate to an Existing External CA |
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External CA |
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Webtrusted CA service |
Authentication methods:
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User Name/ Password |
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One-Time Password (OTP) |
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Tokens (Smart Cards, USB-based security tokens) |
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Biometric |
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RADIUS-based authentication |
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Lexis Nexis® InstantID® |
Supported APIs
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Microsoft® CAPI |
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PKCS#11 |
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JCA/JCE |
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CoSign Signature API (SAPI) |
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Web Services (compliant to OASIS DSS, Adobe Roaming ID, and SPML) |
Other:
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High Availability |
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Load Balancing |
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User Directories:
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Microsoft® Active Directory |
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Novell NDS |
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Oracle Internet Directory (OID) |
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LDAP-based Directories |
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Directory Independent Installation |
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Sun Directory Services |
Security Standards:
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FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated. |
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ETSI TS 101 733 |
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Appliance with Common Criteria EAL 4+ CWA 14169 certified signing components available |
Client OS Support:
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Windows Vista New! |
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Windows 2000 |
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Windows XP |
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Windows 2003 |
Regulation Compliance
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FDA Title 21 CFR Part 11 |
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) |
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Sarbanes Oxley |
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EU VAT Directive |
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SAFE BioPharma Association |
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
Physical Dimensions -
4U Rack-Mountable
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(W x D x H): 19.0" x 17.5" x 7.0"
48.3 cm x 44.5 cm x 17.8 cm |
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Weight 30 lbs /13.6 kg |
1U Rack-Mountable
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(W x D x H): 17.32 " x 22.0 " x 1.75 "
43.99cm x 55.88 x 4.45cm |
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Weight 28 lbs / 12.7 kg |
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