The possibility to handle business processes on an electronic way allows to cut costs, error rates and process runtimes. Therefore paper bound documents are digitalized and replaced by electronic documents and automated processes.

As certain business processes – due to legal or security requirements – require the application of handwritten signatures, there is consequently often a need for electronic signatures. Especially if qualified electronic signatures are applied, one needs to consider the specific legal requirements which have to be met within the creation, verification and the long time preservation of evidence of signatures and signed documents.

ecsec GmbH is supporting its customers within the analysis and optimization of business processes and the conception, implementation and accreditation of tailor-made signature solutions. This in particular involves

• general consulting and training in the area of electronic signatures,

• analysis and optimization of business processes with the goal of transition to electronic execution,

• consulting and training with respect to secure and legally compliant substitutional scanning of documents compliant with BSI TR-03138 (TR-RESISCAN),

• consulting and training with respect to the long term preservation of evidence for cryptographically signed documents compliant with BSI TR-03125 (TR-ESOR) and related international standards,

• consulting with respect to the selection of suitable system components, services and processes for electronic signatures,

• consulting and training with respect to European and international standards in the area of electronic signatures,

• conception and implementation of tailor-made solutions for the substitutional scanning and long-term preservation of evidence for electronic signatures and

• support with respect to the auditing and accreditation of corresponding solutions.