Class 2 Document Signer Certificate
Class 2 Document Signer Certificate comes under the category of Special Purpose Certificates in the Interoperability Guidelines for Digital Signature Certificates issued under Information Technology Act. Version 3.5 20 June 2018 issued by CCA, these are termed as ‘Organizational Document Signer Certificate’ and are issued to organizational software applications for operating automatically to authenticate documents / information attributed to the organization by using Digital Signature applied on the document, documents / Information. Document Signer Certificates purpose is mainly for automated signing and also to reflect organizational responsibility.
Unlike an Organization User Digital Signature where the signature is issued to individual name with organizational value, Class 2 Document Signer Certificates are issued to ONLY Organization's name. Class 2 Document Signer Certificate can be issued for 1,2 & 3 Years Validity. Signing ONLY, Signing & Encryption(Combo) certificates are available under Class 2 Document Signer Certificates. It can be issued in P12/PFX. Organization need to provide an undertaking for procuring Class 2 Document Signer Certificate in PFX format due to security issues. If you are looking to buy Document Signer Certificate for HSM, Please visit Class 3 Document Signer Certificates details page. If you are looking or Digital Signature in Pfx format, you are on the right website.
Use Cases of Document Signer Certificates:
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Bulk signing of claims, agreements, invoices, GST, contract notes, offer letter etc.
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Electronically signing of insurance policies generated on the server.
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Signing of multiple proposals at once for vendor onboarding.
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Automate Signing of recurring bills. For example postpaid mobile bills.
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Used by authorized entities such as banks, insurance companies, Department of Commercial Taxes, Central Vigilance Commission etc for online verification of PAN.