GlobalSign® Digital IDs

Digital signatures are used to authenticate (authenticate: The process of verifying that people and products are who and what they claim to be. For example, confirming the source and integrity of a software publisher's code by verifying the digital signature used to sign the code.) digital information — such as documents, e-mail messages, and VBA macros — by using cryptography delivered through a GlobalSign Digital ID. Digital signatures help to establish the following assurances:

Authenticity - the digital signature helps to assure that the signer (such as the document author or the email sender) is who he or she claims to be.

Integrity - the digital signature helps to assure that the content of the document or email has not been changed or tampered with since it was digitally signed.

Non-repudiation - the digital signature helps to prove to all parties the origin of the signed content. "Repudiation" refers to the act of a signer's denying any association with the signed content.



GlobalSign offers a range of Digital IDs for use across the suite of Microsoft® Office products including Microsoft® Word®, Microsoft® Excel®, Microsoft® PowerPoint® & Microsoft® Outlook®. Digital IDs can be used for:

Email encryption and email signing, the signing of Office documents, signing of Office / Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros to allow Macros to run and to prevent macro viruses and prove developer identity.