Ascertia
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| Industry | Digital Signature and Public key infrastructure |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Guildford Surrey, United Kingdom |
| Products |
Ascertia Docs SigningHub iOS app SigningHub Android app ADSS Signing Server ADSS OCSP Server ADSS TSA Server ADSS Go>Sign Applet ADSS SCVP Server ADSS CA Server ADSS RA Server ADSS Evidence Archive Server |
Number of employees | ~50 (March 2014) |
| Slogan | Identity proven, Trust delivered |
| Website |
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Ascertia is a UK-based private company specializing in digital signature and PKI-based security infrastructure solutions. The Ascertia ADSS Signing Server supports various signature formats including PAdES, CAdES, and XAdES. Ascertia participated in ETSI Plug tests on digital signatures in 2010,[1] 2012[2] and 2013.[3]
The Ascertia Docs[4] application is a document management system that supports digital signing of documents, approval workflow and status tracking. A cloud-hosted version of Ascertia Docs is branded as SigningHub. It provides native apps for iOS and Android for document signing from mobile devices.
Its Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solutions include components required for managing the digital certificate life cycle. This includes Registration Authority (RA), Certificate Authority (CA), Validation Authority (VA) – including support for OCSP, SCVP, and XKMS protocols, Time Stamp Authority (TSA), and long-term evidence Archive Authority (AA) components.
Awards and recognition
Ascertia ADSS CA Server, ADSS OCSP Server (formerly known as TrustFinder [5] and JITC certified) and ADSS TSA Server has been certified by an EU Government IT Security Agency as meeting the EU CWA 14167-1 requirements for trustworthy PKI systems.[6]
In addition ADSS OCSP Server and ADSS SCVP server are certified under US FIPS 201 program and these products exist on the GSA Approved Product List (APL #583 [7] and #692[8] respectively). ADSS SCVP Server is the first product globally to be certified as compliant with the updated FPKI PD-VAL (Certificate Path Discovery and Validation) Program.[9]
Products
- Ascertia Docs, document signing, workflow & tracking
- ADSS Signing Server, digital signature services
- ADSS OCSP Server, Online Certificate Status Protocol implementation
- ADSS Go>Sign Service, PKI signing & authentication in a browser
- ADSS TSA Server, trusted timestamping system
References
- ↑ "Ascertia participated in the XAdES / CAdES Remote Plug tests - Oct 2010
- ↑ "Ascertia participated in the XAdES Remote Plug tests - Mar 2012
- ↑ "Ascertia participated in the ETSI CAdES plugtest - Dec 2013
- ↑ "Ascertia Docs covered in PC World Article Digital Signatures Let You Ditch That Old Fax Machine
- ↑ " TrustFinder v5, now called as ADSS OCSP Server, was JITC certified - August 2010
- ↑ "Ascertia - ADSS Server v4.3 / AET BlueX Digital ID Management electronic signature
- ↑ "ADSS OCSP Server became FIPS 201 certified (APL #583) - June 2011
- ↑ "ADSS SCVP Server became FIPS 201 certified (APL #692) - July 2012
- ↑ "ADSS SCVP Server passed the Federal PKI PD-VAL test based on NIST test suites - June 2012