Company News

• October 05, 2012

  Ascertia Docs v5.5 released

  The latest release of Ascertia Docs features optimized viewing/signing and allows easy integration with existing web applications. Ascertia’s on-line document workflow and signing service, SigningHub.com has been updated and is powered by Ascertia Docs v5.5. The improvements can be seen at SigningHub and the site blogs contain more information. Information on website integration is provided here.

• October 01, 2012

  UAE: Ascertia attends Gitex!

  Ascertia senior staff will be attending the leading IT show Gitex in Dubai, UAE on the 14th-18th of October 2012. Ascertia is interested in discussing document workflow requirements and the use of advanced digital signature solutions, plus advanced PKI and eID management systems. To book an appointment with Ascertia at the event please use this contact us form. Visit us on the SquareOne stand (Hall 7 B7-30).

• September 30, 2012

  Netherlands: Ascertia Partner Evidos delivers ADSS Signing Server to AZL

  Another European business has selected ADSS Signing Server for bulk signing in conjunction with ADSS Auto File Processor. The quick and simple way that ADSS Server can be installed and configured is a real advantage in limiting the overall costs of a PDF signing solution.

• September 28, 2012

  Malaysia: Ascertia attends National eID & ePassport Conference!

  Ascertia is interested to discuss how national electronic IDs (eIDs) can be integrated with e-signing and workflow applications such as Ascertia Docs, and also how application such as SharePoint can easily have long-term, timestamped digital signatures added using Ascertia's ADSS Server.

• September 28, 2012

  Netherlands: JustID extends the use of ADSS Server

  The Netherland Ministry of Justice (JustID) has extended the capabilities of ADSS Server by ordering support for more trusted CAs and more signing tablets from Signotec and SOFTPRO. The new ADSS Go>Sign Applet will be used to deliver these advanced options.

• September 25, 2012

  ADSS Trust Monitor released

  Ascertia has now released a new product – ADSS Trust Monitor – this combines a new ADSS Server based version of OCSP Monitor with the well-proven CRL Monitor. All the existing benefits of ADSS Server accrue, such as a secure web-based interface, alerting using email, SMS, SNMP, Log4j approaches, optional dual control and advanced reporting. Existing OCSP Monitor v2 customers will be upgraded as part of their support service contracts.
  

• September 25, 2012

  ADSS Server v4.6 released

  The latest release of ADSS Server has been released with a completely new ADSS Go>Sign Applet architecture that uses an ADSS Go>Sign Service on ADSS Server to control the increasingly sophisticated functionality of Go>Sign Applet using easy to configure ADSS Server profiles. Also supports Turkish characters, able to enable/disable storing input/output documents in the verification service and other minor improvements.

• September 10, 2012

  USA: Ascertia partners with Velvetech in the USA for document signing solutions

  Velvetech (www.velvetech.com) based in Chicago has signed up as an Ascertia reseller for the USA focusing on document and data signing solutions, especially those requiring integration with bespoke document management systems as well as SharePoint, Alfresco and Documentum. An initial customer delivery is already in process.

• August 04, 2012

  Ascertia launches SigningHub iPAD app

  Digital signature creation using iPAD has got one step simpler with SigningHub iPAD app. The long awaited Free SigningHub iPAD app is now available on App stores. This iPAD app provides a quick way to review your pending documents and then using the iPAD driven hand gestures to create your own personal hand signature. Find out more at: https://www.signinghub.com/e-signature-for-iPad.aspx

• July 12, 2012

  USA: SSA orders ADSS CRL Monitor and ADSS OCSP Monitor

  The Social Security Administration has evaluated and selected Ascertia’s trust monitoring products to enable them to ensure that federal PKI infrastructure services are operating effectively. Ascertia is the only company to offer such advanced CRL and OCSP monitoring products.

• July 05, 2012

  ADSS SCVP Server is FIPS 201 compliant

  ADSS SCVP Server has been FIPS 201 certified and is now on the GSA Approved Products List #682. It is Federal PKI PD-VAL certified and the first SCVP product to pass the updated SHA-2 NIST PKITS path discovery and validation test suite and thus demonstrably meets the RFC 5055 SCVP standard for full path validation of X.509 e-ID certificates. Read more here:
  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/7/prweb9745942.htm. Ascertia now has an unmatched capability in certificate validation with its existing FIPS 201 certified ADSS OCSP Server validation authority (APL #583).

• May 25, 2012

  ADSS Server and ADSS Go>Sign Applet supports e-signatures using Wacom signing pads

  ADSS Server and ADSS Go>Sign Applet v4.5.6 now support the use of signature pads/tablets so that end-users can draw their own hand-signature and have this immediately captured. Ascertia has integrated with the Wacom STU LCD signature tablet and captures the hand signature image and places this within a digital signature field on a PDF. This is in addition to the hand signature image options. Ascertia’s first user for this is JustID in the Netherlands so that citizens can sign documents and have them notarised to record the date/time of signing.

• May 01, 2012

  France: Orange Business Services (Almerys) selects Ascertia ADSS TSA Server and ADSS Archive Server

  Almerys has evaluated and selected Ascertia’s products to provide essential trust services for their managed health service solutions in France. ADSS TSA Server provides trusted timestamps for inclusion within archived data records. ADSS Archive Server provides refreshable long-term evidence archive records to show that information remains original and unchanged during its archive retention period.

• April 27, 2012

  Middle East: Ascertia to exhibit at Cards Middle East 15th - 16th May 2012, book a meeting now...

  Ascertia will be exhibiting at Cards Middle East on 15th and 16th May 2012, sharing the stand with our secure token partner SecureMetric. Visit us for demos on document signing, verification, timestamping and workflows. To book a meeting with Ascertia at this event please use this contact us form

• April 27, 2012

  Global: Ascertia's SigningHub.com selected by GlobalSign for document signing & workflow

  GlobalSign selects Ascertia’s SigningHub.com solution to provide a unique solution for aiding internal document workflow and digital signature approval using high trust certificates. The ease of use and ability to create long-term signatures using high trust GlobalSign certificates were a key part of the decision. The Enterprise service plan assigned enabled 30 senior staff to sign important documents using GlobalSign’s USB Token based keys and certificates and GlobalSign’s Timestamp authority.

• April 13, 2012

  Global: Ascertia successfully completes latest ETSI XAdES advanced XML digital signature plugtest

  Ascertia showed its commitment to supporting the important international standards by participating in this important remote ETSI Plugtest. Vendors use this to aid the standardization process and demonstrate the areas in which interoperability is clear. Ascertia’s performance in creating and verifying signatures through all the detailed tests was as strong as expected. The Ascertia management team has a very strong focus on R&D in this key area since it is essential for EU and world-wide business.

• April 01, 2012

  UAE: Al Hilal Bank selects ADSS Server to power bank trust services

  Al Hilal Bank in Abu Dhabi has selected Ascertia’s advanced PDF Signing products to provide core trust services to protect customer documents against unauthorized change. ADSS Signing Server makes it easy for core banking applications to access PDF signing services. Ascertia was also selected to supply Secure Metric's Secure OTP tokens to strongly authenticate client login and signature requests.

• March 12, 2012

  Africa: Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) selects ADSS Server for document signing

  The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has selected ADSS XML Server for to enable ETSI XAdES signatures to authenticate data approval and ensure on-going data integrity for business data. Support for multiple keys within an HSM, easy integration using ADSS Client SDK and support for standards including OASIS DSS and ETSI advanced electronic signatures for both signing and verification were key decision criteria.

• February 13, 2012

  Norway: Commfides Norge AS selects Ascertia Docs (ADocs) for document signing & workflow

  Ascertia and Commfides Norge AS have agreed to work as solution partners in the Norwegian market. Commfides will provide cloud-based document workflow and signing services using Ascertia Docs (ADocs) and ADSS Server products and leverage the existing trust infrastructure and client base that Commfides already has in Norway. The ability of ADocs to work with the existing high trust USB based keys and certificates issued by Commfides and the ability to work with PDF and PDF/A documents and provide ETSI PAdES Part2 (as well as Part 4 and Part 5) long-term signatures were key selection criteria. Ascertia will work with Commfides to ensure that ADocs fits the Norwegian market requirements including the checking of national IDs.

• January 18, 2012

  Europe: QuoVadis selects Ascertia OCSP Monitoring tools for its high-trust validation services

  Ascertia is pleased to announce that QuoVadis has chosen its highly effective OCSP Monitor and OCSP Crusher products to monitor and confirm the performance of the QuoVadis OCSP service. Many OCSP providers have no service monitoring tools and the first they know of a problem is when a customer raises an issue. QuoVadis is once again at the forefront in providing high availability, high-trust certificate management services. QuoVadis is a leading international Certification Authority, issuing SSL certificates as well as digital certificates for End Users with its Trust/Link Enterprise managed PKI offering. QuoVadis is accredited as a Qualified Certification Services Provider (CSP) in several countries, and an issuer of Swiss SuisseID and Dutch PKIoverheid certificates. QuoVadis is audited to both WebTrust and ETSI qualified standards.

• January 10, 2012

  Europe: The Netherlands Government selects ADSS Server for document signing

  The Netherlands Ministry of Innovation and agriculture has selected ADSS XML Server for its ability to delivery ETSI XAdES signatures to authenticate data approval and ensure on-going data integrity for business data. Support for multiple keys within an HSM, easy integration using ADSS Client SDK and support for standards including OASIS DSS and ETSI advanced electronic signatures were a key part of the decision criteria.

• December 29, 2011

  Europe: Ascertia selected by COMTEC NET for Digital Signature and Long-term Archive Services

  Ascertia has been selected by COMTEC NET SRL to provide the digital signature and timestamp services that underpin its next generation of e-business services. COMTEC NET is headquartered in Bucharest and specialises in providing EDI services and e-Invoicing solutions. Ascertia ADSS Server was selected to power the digital signature creation and verification services and timestamp based Long-Term Archive and Notary Services (LTANS) needed to satisfy the legislative demands for on-line business. The relevant legislation is Romania’s Fiscal Code law 571/2003 the EC recommendations 1994/820/E. Ascertia was selected because of the strong support ADSS Server provides for ETSI PAdES and XAdES signatures on PDF documents and XML data, and its ability to secure such data in a long-term well-managed archive solution.

• December 12, 2011

  Europe: The Netherlands Ministry of Justice extends its use of Ascertia ADSS Server

  The Netherlands Ministry of Justice (JustID) has awarded Ascertia with another contract increasing the number of ADSS Server licenses used for document digital signature creation, verification, timestamping and archiving. This new order reflects on the fact that Ascertia continues to extend the features and clever flexibility of ADSS Server and ADSS Go>Sign Applet to handle a variety of business integration and workflow requirements.

• November 24, 2011

  Europe: Ascertia participates in ETSI PAdES Plugtest

  Ascertia showed its commitment to supporting the important international standards by participating in this important remote ETSI Plugtest. Vendors use this to aid the standardisation process and demonstrate the areas in which interoperability is clear. Ascertia’s performance in creating and verifying signatures through all the detailed tests was as strong as expected. The Ascertia management team has a very strong focus on R&D in this key area since it is essential for EU and world-wide business.

• November 16, 2011

  Europe: Ascertia speaks at GITI conference in Georgia

  Ascertia was invited to speak on the subject of “Leveraging e-ID trust Infrastructure for Business and Citizens” at this year’s GITI conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. Supported by local partner Next Generation Technology (NGT.ge) Ascertia spoke at the conference and in various meetings afterwards about the importance of having an effective digital signature framework that enabled and supported the types of interactions that are most important for government, financial and other interactions with corporate, retail and citizen interactions. Such a framework allows effective digital security measures to enable new online services, particularly using cloud based solutions which can be enhanced and extended as needed and thus provide much greater flexibility than local software.

• November 07, 2011

  Global: Global CA Provider selects Ascertia ADSS Server OCSP validation authority

  A global certificate managed service provider has selected Ascertia ADSS OCSP Servers as part of providing browser rooted high strength identity services to a world-wide customer base. ADSS Server was selected because of its robust, high-volume performance and ease of management when responding for multiple CAs. The ability to be able to quickly deploy and re-use existing hardware used by an old technology was considered key in selecting Ascertia.

• October 17, 2011

  Iceland: Ascertia powers Skyrr’s SaaS PDF signing solution

  Skyrr hf has selected Ascertia’s ADSS TSA Server, ADSS PDF Server and ADSS Go>Sign Applet products to power their signing service solution for the Icelandic market. Using ADSS Go>Sign Applet and ADSS Server enables PAdES, XAdES and CAdES long-term signatures to be created on a variety of documents for Skyrr’s government, financial and other clients. These security services build on the trust provided by the Icelandic National ID infrastructure service that also uses Ascertia ADSS OCSP Server, OCSP Monitor, CRL Monitor and test tools.

• October 03, 2011

  Global: Ascertia delivers PDF signing solution to major pharmaceutical company

  Ascertia has successfully delivered a custom PDF signing and verification in solution to one of leading multi-national pharmaceutical companies. Ascertia was selected because of its proven expertise in creating and delivering PDF signing products and solutions and was recommended by Adobe. This custom solution enables Adobe® Acrobat® to work with Entrust Authority certificates and to meet the advanced security requirements of the pharmaceutical sector. Ascertia complements users of Adobe PDF documents with a range of document workflow and PDF signing products for Windows and Linux Servers, Windows desktop, and Windows, Linux and Mac based web-browsers.

• September 26, 2011

  Brazil: Ascertia delivers PDF (PAdES) and PKCS#7 (CAdES) signing solution

  Ascertia working with local partner CertSolutions was awarded the contract to supply a PDF and PKCS#7 digital signature server for a technical services company needing to sign and secure invoice and other documents and data. ADSS Server offers unique flexibility in the way it can handle multiple document and signature types while using multiple keys from various trust providers.

• September 12, 2011

  Europe: Ascertia to attend workshop on EU Signature Policy

  Ascertia senior staff will be attending an EU workshop on the future of electronic identification, authentication and signature policy in Brussels on 3rd October 2011. The aim of this project is to study the feasibility of a comprehensive EU legal framework for identification-related electronic credentials required to secure electronic transactions (including ancillary services). To book a meeting with Ascertia at this event please use this contact us form.

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