What are digital signatures?

Like the signature you use on written documents today, digital signatures are now being used to identify authors/co-signers of e-mail or electronic data. Digital signatures are created and verified using Digital Certificates. Today, the international and also Belgian legal community is preparing legislation that will make digital signatures as legally binding and universally accepted as the written ones. To sign information, to conduct a secured transaction, you will need your own unique Digital Certificate.

Digital signatures can provide major important functions such as: authentication confidentiality, data integrity and non-repudiation.