Azerbaijan, Baku, July 28 / Trend, H.Veliyev /
Digital signatures are expected to be issued to Azerbaijan's enterprises and organizations by late 2010, Azerbaijani Deputy Communications and IT Minister Elmir Valizade said July 28.
He said at present the project is under completion. The Ministry conducts test operations on informational component of the system.
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, is recognized as equivalent.