A piece of paper is inexpensive, but, consider how many pieces of paper an average business uses, files and stores away every year.

The number can reach millions, if not more, and when you calculate what you do with that piece of paper you soon realize that considerable savings could be made by switching to digital signatures and eliminating paper-based approvals.

Graham Smith
www.cyberleagle.com
Graham is a partner in international law firm Bird & Bird LLP. He is based in London and is one of the UK's leading cyberlaw experts, with a practice encompassing advisory and contentious work in the internet, IT and intellectual property fields.

On 20^th January 2018, Ascertia is launching the SigningHub Winter ’18 release (v7.4). This release is all about improved speed and usability ensuring that all of the new and exciting features deliver you, our customers and partners, a great experience - thank you for your feedback!

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is a United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information.

60+ countries have standards and legal frameworks for e-signatures and digital transactions. This list grows each year, which makes it challenging for international organisations to deliver compliant business processes.

Digital signatures and trust identities are not just for human interactions, as demonstrated by how we apply our security services in the IoT space.

E-signatures are being extensively adopted across most industries to improve security, reduce the use of paper, accelerate approval processes and enhance workflows.

On 9^th September 2017, Ascertia launched the SigningHub Autumn ’17 release (v7.3). This release includes powerful performance enhancements, additional API calls and expanded user functionality to enable the ultimate signing experience!

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Some of the world’s strictest regulations are found in the pharmaceutical industry and companies in this sector will have extensive processes and policies to maintain data security. This applies to every department within an organisation - from robust IT systems, to secure solutions used to approve documentation electronically.