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over 10 years of securing identities, web sites & transactions

Best  prac*ces  in  Cer*fying  and  Signing  PDFs  

 Paul  van  Brouwershaven    

Business  Development  Director  EMEA,  GlobalSign  @vanbroup  on  TwiEer  

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INTERNATIONAL  FOOTPRINT  Customers  spanning  all  industries  

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GlobalSign  History  PROVEN TRACK RECORD

Issued over 1.4m digital certificates / digital IDs to people, web sites & machines

Issued over 200,000 SSL Certificates

Over 20 million certificates worldwide rely on the public trust provided by the GlobalSign root

§  Founded in 1996 by BE Chambers of Commerce, ING Bank & Vodafone.

§  Acquired by GMO Internet Inc (ticker symbol Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9449) & re-launched in 2006 as true worldwide operation. §  GMO parent to over 50 Internet technology & hosting

companies, including largest hosting company in Asia. §  Current shareholders include Yahoo!,

Morgan Stanley & Credit Suisse. §  GlobalSign is Digital Certificate

security division of global group. §  Web services & offline services for

provisioning Digital Certificates for enterprise, Government, developers, hosting & Cloud services.

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GlobalSign  Products  |  Visible  Trust  in  an  online  world  

Server, Database & Network Security

SSL Certificates Managed SSL

Developer Solutions Code Signing

Embedded SSL

Secure Email Digital IDs for Individuals Digital IDs for Depts Managed Digital IDs

eDocument /File Security & Compliance Adobe CDS for PDF Microsoft Office Encrypting File System (EFS)

Automated SSL for Web Hosts

SSL Reseller Program One-Click SSL

PKI & Root Signing Trusted Root for CAs

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Digital  Cer*ficates  –  An  Introduc*on  

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Authen*city  and  Integrity  

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A  normal  cer*ficate  VS  an  Adobe  one  

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Adobe  Cer*fied  Document  Services  

•  GlobalSign is an authorized Adobe CDS provider

• Web-Trust Certified, third party Certificate Authority

• Governed by Adobe Certificate Policy

• Only CDS issued digital IDs are instantly trusted in Adobe Reader 7.0+ (SHA-256)

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“Meet  or  exceed  FIPS  140-­‐1  Level  2”  

“Subscriber key pairs must be generated in a manner that ensures that the private key is not known by anybody other than the Subscriber or a Subscriber’s authorized representative. Subscriber key pairs must be generated in a medium that prevents exportation or duplication and that meets or exceed FIPS 140-1 Level 2 certification standard.”

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EV Guidelines state: Code signing keys are to be protected by a FIPS 140-2 level 2 (or equivalent) crypto module. Techniques that may be used to satisfy this requirement include: §  (A) Use of an HSM, verified by means of a manufacturer’s certificate; §  (B) A hardware crypto module provided by the CA; §  (C) Contractual terms in the subscriber agreement requiring the

Subscriber to protect the private key to a standard equivalent to FIPS 140-2 and with compliance being confirmed by means of an audit.

EV  Code  Signing  -­‐  Private-­‐Key  Protec*on  

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Adobe  Cer*fied  Document  Services  

•  Allows recipients of PDF documents to know:

•  who signed the document •  the content is intact •  the time the document is

signed •  Recipients only need to have the

free Adobe Reader 7.0+ (installed on >800M computers worldwide)

Strong Authentication Data Integrity Non Repudiation

Recipients of Certified PDFs need no special software, plug-ins, or special configuration!!!

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Simple  and  effec*ve  GUI  

Trusted Modified Changed

Signed Certified Unknown Author

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Without  *me  stamping  and  CRL  Services  

Certification without time stamping and CRL Services. The validity of the signature expires with the validity of the digital certificate used to sign the document.

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What  about  revoca*on?  

With a “Revocation Event” the validity of the signature expires with the revocation of the digital certificate.

Basic Signatures are not suitable for Long Term Validation signing (Documents)

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ETSI  TS  102  778    

With “Services” the validity of the signature applied to the document never expires even if there is a revocation event.

Part 1: "PAdES Overview - a framework document for PAdES"; Part 2: "PAdES Basic - Profile based on ISO 32000-1"; (Best Practice) Part 3: "PAdES Enhanced - PAdES-BES and PAdES-EPES Profiles"; Part 4: "PAdES Long Term - PAdES-LTV Profile"; Part 5: "PAdES for XML Content - Profiles for XAdES signatures".

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Where  do  customers  use  CDS?  

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§  A constantly changing landscape §  No single EU wide solution for

compliance* §  Recommendations by PWC for 2013

already changing the requirements on a country by country basis.

§  No consistent approach to preserve authenticity and integrity for ‘Archive and Storage Purposes’ offering the possibility of legal recourse. (AMEX)

§  *Adobe CDS offers the only Pan European (Global) authenticity and Integrity validation system. All other systems require a separate system/service that is not automatic, nor guaranteed.

Electronic  Invoicing  in  the  EU  

The Amex legal case and subsequent lessons learnt? http://www.legalethics.com/include/content/amex012406.pdf

§  QES (Qualified Electronic Signature)

§  Automatic legal standing in EU. §  Issued on a SSCD §  Generally issued from a government

root CA. §  Not usable for Time stamping services.

§  AES /AdES) (Advanced Electronic Signature)

§  Unique to the signatory; §  Identifying the signatory; §  Created using sole control; §  Linked to the data to which it relates.

Change of the data is detectable;

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Electronic  Invoicing  –  Is  it  legal?  

Assumes VAT supply country is consistent

2A. Acceptance of ‘advanced e-signatures’ to send e-invoices (■ = yes / ■ = no )

2B. If yes, can AES be used without obligation to use a qualified certificate (■ = yes or not applicable / ■ = no)

2C. If yes, are qualified certificates from other EU Member States accepted (■ = yes / ■ = subject to conditions)

2D. If yes, can AES be used without obligation to use a secure signature-creation device (■ = yes / ■ = no)

2E. If yes, can the recipient process the invoice without verifying the signature (■ = yes / ■ = no)

3A. Other means than AES or EDI accepted? (■ = yes / ■ = only “other" electronic signatures / ■ = no )

3B. If yes, can other means be used without prior approval? (■ = yes / ■ = in some cases / ■ = no ) 3C. Unsigned pdf invoice accepted? (■ = as an e-invoice in case authenticity and integrity are guaranteed by other means / ■ = as a paper invoice ■ = no )

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Some  EMEA  Customers  

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Possible  Architecture  (e-­‐Invoice)  

Document Generation Engine (Content, Layout, Storage and other specific

compliancy rules)

PDF

Application of Digital Signature To Customer

Archive

Digital Certificates

Optional TSA (>1M)

HSM

AdES (CDS)

AdES (CDS)

GlobalSign TSA

Service

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Thank you

Paul van Brouwershaven [email protected]


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