Digital Signature Certificates Benifits
The Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) utilized in India effectively serve as the digital equivalent of a handwritten signature which has extra data attached electronically to any message or document. DSCs also ensure that no alterations are made to the data once the document has been digitally signed. A DSC is normally valid for one or two years, after which it can be renewed.
Digital signatures are provided in the form of a USB token and are easily transportable. Any person can apply for the Digital signature if their document is approved by the provider site and also in genuine amount. It cannot be imitated by someone else and can be automatically time-stamped. Furthermore, the ability to ensure that the original signed message arrived means that the sender cannot easily repudiate it later.
All DSCs contains the digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority so that anyone can verify that the certificate is real.
The Information Technology Act (2000) provides for use of DSCs on documents submitted in electronic form in order to ensure the security and authenticity of the documents filed electronically. This is the only secure and authentic way that a document can be submitted electronically.
Benefits of Digital Signature:
Class 3 digital signature certificates are considered the most secure and the safest of all certificates. It is mainly used in matters of high security and safety such as e-filing, online trading, and e-commerce, where a huge amount of money or highly confidential information is involved. There are some class 3 certificate places where we use Class 3 e-Tendering, Patent and Trademark e-filing, MCA e-filing, Income Tax e-filing, LLP registration, Customs e-filing, e-Procurement, e-Bidding, e-Auction, GST Application filing and etc.
There is another type of Certificates who could buy, people and organizations from India and outside India can buy our certificates, there is an appropriate application form for a different user for their different purposes are:-
- Individuals DSC is for Indians, who do not want their organization name to be part of the certificate.
- Organization DSC is for companies (any type of entity), who want their organization name to be part of DSC.
- Foreign Individuals DSC is for foreigners and would like to use our certificate in their name.
- Foreign Organization DSC is for Organizations registered outside India that would like to use our Digital certificates.
- Document Signer Certificates are intended to use our certificate for bulk signing of documents, you could use our Bulk Signer Certificates. We would offer this certificate in the PFX file for Class 2 and is sold to Organizations only.
- IET Certificates is a special Digital Signature certificate for IEC code holders, this certificate is specifically used for the DGFT portal.