GlobalSign offers a range of PersonalSign Digital IDs with varying levels of trust, issued to individuals or organization departments.
PersonalSign Digital Certificates
Allows users to Encrypt Email, Sign Microsoft Office Documents, and Authenticate their Identity Online.GlobalSign Digital IDs can be used to create digital signatures that are used to authenticate digital information such as documents and e-mail messages.
Digital IDs are used 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's PersonalSign Certificates:
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PersonalSign 1 |
PersonalSign 2 |
PersonalSign 2 Pro |
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Trust Level |
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Digital ID Class: |
Class 1 |
Class 2 |
Class 2 |
For Customers Requiring: |
General Use Digital ID |
Consumer Digital ID to represent themselves |
Digital ID for person representing company |
ID Attests to: |
Ownership of email address |
Ownership of email address plus identity assurance of individual |
Ownership of email address plus identity assurance of individual plus assurance of Organization existence |
Email Signing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Office Document Signing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Validity |
1-3 Years |
1-3 Years |
1-3 Years |
Secure Email
PersonalSign Digital IDs will allow your customers to send email safely and securely by simply using the Encrypt and Digitally Sign ribbon buttons already available in all popular email clients such as Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird.
PersonalSign Digital IDs ensure secure email remains confidential by encrypting the message and its attachments. Only the intended recipients will be able to 'unlock' it (even when sending it through unsecure networks like the Internet).
Digitaly Sign Microsoft Office Documents
PersonalSign Digital IDs also allow users to add digital signatures to Microsoft Office documents, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
A digitally signed document confirms authorship and origin and alerts recipients to any unauthorised changes.
Authentication & Access Control
PersonalSign Digital IDs can also authenticate users to online service via the inbuilt SSL VPN capabilities of browsers. As more business processes are brought online, it is critical for commercial and compliancy reasons to start closing what would have previously have been open networks.
To reduce risk and comply with security and privacy regulations, organisations can use PersonalSign Digital IDs to enable their Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Further Training Resources:
PersonalSign Datasheet
Our PersonalSign Datasheet contains a more comprehensive look at the features and benefits of Globalsign PersonalSign Certificates
PersonalSign Web Copy
Download pre-written PersonalSign content for use on your website.
Code Signing Certificates
Enable developers to digitally sign and bind their authenticated publisher identity to the software they distribute.
PDF Signing Certificates
Enable users to digitally sign Adobe PDF documents by creating to prove authenticit, authorship, and time of creation.
