Electronic signatures and digital signatures are often confused but have distinct features and functions. An electronic signature captures a user's intent to sign a record and includes their method of signing, data authentication, and user authentication. A digital signature uses encryption to secure the data associated with an electronically signed document and helps verify its authenticity. When used together, electronic and digital signatures provide a simplified and secure way to electronically sign documents and transactions.

1. E-SIGNATURE
VS.
DIGITAL SIGNATURE

2. Electronic Signature and Digital
Signature are often used
interchangeably in conversation, but in
reality, each carries a distinct set of
defining features and functions

3. ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE

4. DEFINING FEATURES – ELECTRONIC
SIGNATURE

5. DEFINING FEATURES – ELECTRONIC
SIGNATURE
• An electronic signature is, like its paper equivalent, a legal concept.
According to the U.S Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act, an e-signature is an “electronic sound, symbol, or
process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record
and adopted by a person with the intent to sign a record.” Based on
this definition, an electronic signature can be broken down into these
components:
• A method of signing
• Data authentication
• User authentication
• Capture of intent

6. FUNCTIONS – ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE
• Electronic Signature need to prove:

7. DIGITAL SIGNATURE

8. DEFINING FEATURES – DIGITAL SIGNATURE

9. DEFINING FEATURES – DIGITAL SIGNATURE
• A digital signature, refers to the encryption / decryption
technology on which an electronic signature solution is built. A
digital signature alone is not a type of electronic signature.
Rather, digital signature encryption secures the data associated
with a signed document and helps verify the authenticity of a
signed record.

10. FUNCTIONS – DIGITAL SIGNATURE
• How Digital Signature support Electronic Signature

11. DIGITAL SIGNATURE VERIFICATION

12. HOW THEY ARE USED?

13. HOW THEY ARE USED?
• E-Signatures and Digital Signatures collect very
different types of information.
• An e-signature contains who signed an electronic
document, the processes they followed to do it and
their intent to act based on that agreement.
• Digital signatures, on the other hand, secure sensitive
data, protect against tampering and contain other key
background information that backs the e-signature.

14. HOW THEY ARE USED?
• The electronic signature makes it much simpler and
easier for users to sign agreements and complete
other online transactions.
• Digital signatures provide a key layer of security and
authenticity to those simplified signatures. Digital
signatures do not, however, ensure security.
• Instead, you have to make sure you are using the
digital signatures to effectively support e-signatures
to ensure they provide the protection you need.

15. BETTER TOGETHER

16. BETTER TOGETHER
• Putting the two together ultimately produces:

17. BETTER TOGETHER
• When combined, e-signatures and digital signatures
form a holistic solution to document agreements and
ensure the source file that preserves the record is
safe, secure and verifiable.
• turning to e-signatures backed by digital signatures
helps organizations keep up with the way their
workers are getting the job done without sacrificing