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Azerbaijani Communications and IT Ministry develops mechanism for issuing e-digital signatures

ICT Materials 17 July 2010 14:48 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, July 17 / Trend H. Valiyev /

The Azerbaijani Communications and Information Technologies Ministry is developing a procedure for issuing keys for electronic digital signatures, Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Elmir Valizada told Trend.

He said that digital signature will be issued on payment basis. The ministry is developing a mechanism of its issuance.

Deputy Minister said that the test work carried out under the project is under completion.

"The procedure for issuance of electronic signatures will be implemented in accordance with accepted international standards after studying international experience. With regard to pricing policy for issuing digital signature, it will not be fixed directly by the Ministry. It will be formed on the basis of proposals of different organizations," Gulmammadov said.

According to the project, Azerbaijan plans to use three centers for issuing digital signatures, two of which will carry out maintenance of public and private entities, and one will be the lead.

An electronic signature is a sequence of symbols received through the transformation of the source document through a special software. When sending a digital signature is added to the original document. As a result, the authorship and the immutability of the information contained in the document, are confirmed. While making any changes to the original document, electronic signature becomes invalid.

Getting a digital signature allows to be sure of the authorship and contents of documents exchanged by the organization through the Internet. It is impossible to forge e-signature. The document, certified by digital signature, and a signed document, are recognized as equivalent.

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