This document discusses mobile e-signing and paperless contracting in mobile sales and service delivery. It outlines the benefits of digital signatures over paper documents in terms of cost savings, efficiency and customer experience. It then evaluates different options for mobile e-signing technologies, including signing devices, deployment models and document formats that are well-suited for mobile use cases in industries like insurance sales. The preferred approach is to use a native mobile app for capturing handwritten signatures on a tablet or smartphone to get biometric data and ensure security, while maintaining a similar experience to paper signing.
Writing Sample Digital Signature ImplementationJessica Donadio
Pen-and-ink signatures are effectively a formality, their application being an unreliable and inadequate means of validating a document. The use of digital signatures acts to better protect a document's integrity by incorporating various security features otherwise impossible to achieve with ink.
Writing Sample Digital Signature ImplementationJessica Donadio
Pen-and-ink signatures are effectively a formality, their application being an unreliable and inadequate means of validating a document. The use of digital signatures acts to better protect a document's integrity by incorporating various security features otherwise impossible to achieve with ink.
Платформа SIGNificant от xyzmo сожержит весь необходимый пользовательский интерфейс и инструменты для вашей успешной реализации и оформления электронной подписи (ЭЦП) и пользовательского опыта. Будь то планшет для цифровых подписей, интерактивный перьевой дисплей, мобильное устройство или электронное веб пространство, блоки составляющие платформу упрощают сбор и подбор наилучшей комбинации решений для электронной подписи и устройств для ЭЦП в соответствии с каждым пользовательским случаем.
SIGNificant ColorPad 6 – The perfect signature pad.
End-to-end security – Encryption of the sensitive signature row data takes place on the pad, rather than in the unsafe “computer” environment.
Display the whole document – The signature pad can show the whole document (multilateral), not just parts of it limited to the screen size of the pad. Buttons on the pad allow for document browsing via vertical or horizontal scrolling and zooming.
Patented palm rest – The unique palm rest allows for natural signing like on paper and thus recording a natural signature – unlike other pads, where your hand is quickly hovering up in the air.
Sign directly onto documents – it’s almost like signing a paper document.
No driver installation necessary – Thanks to the “Encrypted HID Standard”, driver installation is not required for W2000, XP, Vista, Win7, Linux and MAC OSX.
Mode for left hand writing – Both left-handed and right-handed people can find the optimum position for writing. The screen can be rotated through 180⁰.
Advertising – The brilliant color display, with a resolution of 640×480 pixels, can present your latest offers, products, solutions and services perfectly in standby mode. Moreover, the whole pad can be customized according to your CI. See example on the left.
Pen holder – The pad includes a holder in the side for secure storage of the pen during transport, as well as a second, vertical holder for when the pad is in use. The pen is attached by a cord to ensure its safekeeping.
Mounting possibilities – On the back of the signature device are two screw holes for table and wall mounting. Accessories for mounting are sold separately.
Key findings:
52% of respondents use mobile Internet several times per day or “almost all the time”, 27% once or twice per day
29% started using mobile Internet less than 1 year ago
Mobile Internet is used mostly for information (50%) and communication (45%) purposes. 66% of respondents visit mobile or non mobile sites, 37% check emails, 33% use instant messaging, 33% use other mobile apps, 25% download music, games or videos.
Methodology:
This mobile web survey was initiated with SMS invitations. SMS invitations were sent to subscribers immediately after they topped up their mobile account via QIWI offline payment terminals.
With a response rate reaching 0.84%, 312 forms were submitted from 14 to 16 April 2011 in Moscow. As a reward, 10 rub. ($0.35) were added to the participants’ account.
In this presentation, Siddarth explains the topic of IoT and associated trends. He is interested in developing network modules and programming devices for machine to machine communication.
An important part of eIDAS is to regulate electronic signature and ensure safe transactions online. By providing qualified electronic signature, Trust Service Providers allow both signatory and recipient a higher level of convenience and security. Use this guide to understand and navigate the regulation goals and benefits.
E-govermente Digital Services are a must for every city hall. With eIDAS there is a need to review all e-signature process and create new services. This is an opportunity to improve or create new digital services. With Docxpresso we offer a tool, with no lock in, open source where you can convert every office document into a digital service. Please, request a demo.
Signature Capture for iPad and Android - Sign on the Dotted ScreenNamirial GmbH
By incorporating digital signature capturing into the age-old process of signing documents, companies can save front- and back-office costs in labor, printing, scanning, faxing, mailing of paper originals and long-term storage. You can now email the document for immediate receipt by the client, partner, coworker or employee. They can sign it instantly electronically, with a tablet or smartphone, no matter where they are. Field agents can also get documents signed in person, in real time, by presenting a document to a client on a tablet.
xyzmo’s enterprise digital signature platform allows contracts, agreements, NDAs, forms, or any document that requires a signature to be signed electronically on signature pads, payment terminals, the iPad, Android devices, with digital certificates or online via ‘click-to-sign’.
En ebook-digital-signature-for-the-remote-workplaceNiranjanaDhumal
Digital signature workflows can help businesses ensure efficiency without the need to set foot in the office. Although the need for remote business process support has existed for years
DrySign E-signatures: The Mobile Solution for Modern BusinessesDrysign By Exela
Digital signatures encrypt document data and protect document integrity. Know more about these e-signatures and their benefits in secure transactions.
View More : https://drysign.exelatech.com/blog/how-secure-are-digital-signatures-online-transactions
xyzmo’s SIGNificant Server Platform allows you to electronically sign documents such as contracts or agreements with your handwritten signature captured by a signature pad, a mobile tablet, a smartphone such as an iPad or Android device or even a payment terminal. It safely stores and binds the unique biometric data of the captured handwritten signature to the document and supports forensic analysis by a signature expert in case of a dispute. Sealing the document with a digital signature also protects it from unrecognized modifications. Its server–based architecture does not just enhance document security by locking the original document on the server, but also simplifies integration into server–side document workflows and centralized document management.
Electronic Signature Software in 2023: Choosing the Right SolutionAmit Biwaal
Are you looking for the best electronic signature software in 2023? With so many options available, it can be tough to choose the right solution.
Our guide compares the top electronic signature software to help you make an informed decision.
We cover features, pricing, and user reviews to help you find the best software for your needs. Whether you're a small business owner, freelancer, or enterprise user, we've got you covered.
Find your perfect electronic signature software today!
Creation & Verification of Digital Signature using Adobe AcrobatPalash Mehar
Digital Signature-
Creation & Verification of Digital Signature using Adobe Acrobat
Digital Signature Certificate:-A digital certificate or a digital signature certificate(DSC) is a digital record of credentials of an individual or an organization. It verifies the ingenuity of an entity involved in an online transaction.
*Digital Signature Standard:-Digital Signature Standard (DSS) is the digital signature algorithm (DSA) developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to generate a digital signature for the authentication of electronic documents. DSS was put forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1994, and has become the United States government standard for authentication of electronic documents. DSS is specified in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS).
*Creation of digital signature using Adobe Acrobat
*Verification of digital signature using Adobe Acrobat
This brochure describes use scenarios, where Wacom´s signature pads and signature displays can be integrated. It has an overview of the product portfolio and names several well-known reference customers. Also available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish
Платформа SIGNificant от xyzmo сожержит весь необходимый пользовательский интерфейс и инструменты для вашей успешной реализации и оформления электронной подписи (ЭЦП) и пользовательского опыта. Будь то планшет для цифровых подписей, интерактивный перьевой дисплей, мобильное устройство или электронное веб пространство, блоки составляющие платформу упрощают сбор и подбор наилучшей комбинации решений для электронной подписи и устройств для ЭЦП в соответствии с каждым пользовательским случаем.
SIGNificant ColorPad 6 – The perfect signature pad.
End-to-end security – Encryption of the sensitive signature row data takes place on the pad, rather than in the unsafe “computer” environment.
Display the whole document – The signature pad can show the whole document (multilateral), not just parts of it limited to the screen size of the pad. Buttons on the pad allow for document browsing via vertical or horizontal scrolling and zooming.
Patented palm rest – The unique palm rest allows for natural signing like on paper and thus recording a natural signature – unlike other pads, where your hand is quickly hovering up in the air.
Sign directly onto documents – it’s almost like signing a paper document.
No driver installation necessary – Thanks to the “Encrypted HID Standard”, driver installation is not required for W2000, XP, Vista, Win7, Linux and MAC OSX.
Mode for left hand writing – Both left-handed and right-handed people can find the optimum position for writing. The screen can be rotated through 180⁰.
Advertising – The brilliant color display, with a resolution of 640×480 pixels, can present your latest offers, products, solutions and services perfectly in standby mode. Moreover, the whole pad can be customized according to your CI. See example on the left.
Pen holder – The pad includes a holder in the side for secure storage of the pen during transport, as well as a second, vertical holder for when the pad is in use. The pen is attached by a cord to ensure its safekeeping.
Mounting possibilities – On the back of the signature device are two screw holes for table and wall mounting. Accessories for mounting are sold separately.
Key findings:
52% of respondents use mobile Internet several times per day or “almost all the time”, 27% once or twice per day
29% started using mobile Internet less than 1 year ago
Mobile Internet is used mostly for information (50%) and communication (45%) purposes. 66% of respondents visit mobile or non mobile sites, 37% check emails, 33% use instant messaging, 33% use other mobile apps, 25% download music, games or videos.
Methodology:
This mobile web survey was initiated with SMS invitations. SMS invitations were sent to subscribers immediately after they topped up their mobile account via QIWI offline payment terminals.
With a response rate reaching 0.84%, 312 forms were submitted from 14 to 16 April 2011 in Moscow. As a reward, 10 rub. ($0.35) were added to the participants’ account.
In this presentation, Siddarth explains the topic of IoT and associated trends. He is interested in developing network modules and programming devices for machine to machine communication.
An important part of eIDAS is to regulate electronic signature and ensure safe transactions online. By providing qualified electronic signature, Trust Service Providers allow both signatory and recipient a higher level of convenience and security. Use this guide to understand and navigate the regulation goals and benefits.
E-govermente Digital Services are a must for every city hall. With eIDAS there is a need to review all e-signature process and create new services. This is an opportunity to improve or create new digital services. With Docxpresso we offer a tool, with no lock in, open source where you can convert every office document into a digital service. Please, request a demo.
Signature Capture for iPad and Android - Sign on the Dotted ScreenNamirial GmbH
By incorporating digital signature capturing into the age-old process of signing documents, companies can save front- and back-office costs in labor, printing, scanning, faxing, mailing of paper originals and long-term storage. You can now email the document for immediate receipt by the client, partner, coworker or employee. They can sign it instantly electronically, with a tablet or smartphone, no matter where they are. Field agents can also get documents signed in person, in real time, by presenting a document to a client on a tablet.
xyzmo’s enterprise digital signature platform allows contracts, agreements, NDAs, forms, or any document that requires a signature to be signed electronically on signature pads, payment terminals, the iPad, Android devices, with digital certificates or online via ‘click-to-sign’.
En ebook-digital-signature-for-the-remote-workplaceNiranjanaDhumal
Digital signature workflows can help businesses ensure efficiency without the need to set foot in the office. Although the need for remote business process support has existed for years
DrySign E-signatures: The Mobile Solution for Modern BusinessesDrysign By Exela
Digital signatures encrypt document data and protect document integrity. Know more about these e-signatures and their benefits in secure transactions.
View More : https://drysign.exelatech.com/blog/how-secure-are-digital-signatures-online-transactions
xyzmo’s SIGNificant Server Platform allows you to electronically sign documents such as contracts or agreements with your handwritten signature captured by a signature pad, a mobile tablet, a smartphone such as an iPad or Android device or even a payment terminal. It safely stores and binds the unique biometric data of the captured handwritten signature to the document and supports forensic analysis by a signature expert in case of a dispute. Sealing the document with a digital signature also protects it from unrecognized modifications. Its server–based architecture does not just enhance document security by locking the original document on the server, but also simplifies integration into server–side document workflows and centralized document management.
Electronic Signature Software in 2023: Choosing the Right SolutionAmit Biwaal
Are you looking for the best electronic signature software in 2023? With so many options available, it can be tough to choose the right solution.
Our guide compares the top electronic signature software to help you make an informed decision.
We cover features, pricing, and user reviews to help you find the best software for your needs. Whether you're a small business owner, freelancer, or enterprise user, we've got you covered.
Find your perfect electronic signature software today!
Creation & Verification of Digital Signature using Adobe AcrobatPalash Mehar
Digital Signature-
Creation & Verification of Digital Signature using Adobe Acrobat
Digital Signature Certificate:-A digital certificate or a digital signature certificate(DSC) is a digital record of credentials of an individual or an organization. It verifies the ingenuity of an entity involved in an online transaction.
*Digital Signature Standard:-Digital Signature Standard (DSS) is the digital signature algorithm (DSA) developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to generate a digital signature for the authentication of electronic documents. DSS was put forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1994, and has become the United States government standard for authentication of electronic documents. DSS is specified in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS).
*Creation of digital signature using Adobe Acrobat
*Verification of digital signature using Adobe Acrobat
This brochure describes use scenarios, where Wacom´s signature pads and signature displays can be integrated. It has an overview of the product portfolio and names several well-known reference customers. Also available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish
3 top electronic signature solution strategies for your businessSreeramulaSatya
Integrating electronic signature technology into your business is a bigger step than it may immediately seem. These are three key strategies you should adopt when making that decision
eSigning solutions for Front-office/Pos, Mobile on-boarding & Web-PortalYoucef Hamadache
Holistic Signature Solutions for for front-office/POS, mobile on-boarding and Web-Portal, including BYOD with Id-Reader, Smart-card-reader , OCR/MRZ-reader and Fingerprint reader.
El conjunto de soluciones de xyzmo de próxima generación, añade capacidades de firma digital para su infraestructura existente, cerrando la brecha hacia la meta de un proceso totalmente sin papel al eliminar por completo la necesidad de imprimir documentos para la firma. Acelere sus procesos con una solución que ofrece una forma rápida, completa y segura de procesar todas las transacciones electrónicamente, lo que permite reducir los costos y hacer más eficiente tu negocio.
CNBS aspiration to facilitate their operation by streamlining their working processes lead them to search for a complete solution which would implement a high level of security, decrease risk levels and optimize the entire process of handling signatures and signatories in order to achieve improved efficiency. In addition it was also searching for a way to decrease manpower and other overhead expense. Their challenge was to find a system that would communicate with their existing systems, with minimum integration efforts. Before CNBS adopted xyzmo SIGNificant’s solution, all of the banks and financial institutions under its supervision were sending their reports manually signed by bank supervisors to the CNBS as hard- copies in a manual process. This process was inefficient as it was time and effort consuming and created a bottle neck of approximately three days on average each time.
Durch die einfache und intuitive Verwendung kann der Unterzeichner hinkünftig alle Dokumente unter Verwendung der handschriftlichen Unterschrift (alternativ via Smartcard) elektronisch unterzeichnen. Dieser elektronische Unterschriftsprozess ist dem bisherigen papierbasierenden sehr ähnlich und hat daher eine hohe Akzeptanz. Optional kann die geleistete Unterschrift in Echtzeit mit einem gespeicherten Unterschriftenprofil verglichen werden. Verwechslungen und Betrug sind hiermit nahezu unmöglich.
Die xyzmo Signaturlösungen schützen zudem im Zuge des Unterschriftsvorgangs die unterzeichneten Belege vor unbemerkter späterer Veränderung. Die unterschriebenen Dokumente sind unmittelbar im Backendsystem verfügbar. Dies reduziert die Möglichkeit, dass Belege verloren gehen und macht diese rasch zur weiteren Bearbeitung und Suche verfügbar. Die gesamte bisherige Papierlogistik und die damit verbundene Umweltbelastung entfallen.
Durch die einfache und intuitive Verwendung kann der Kunde hinkünftig alle Belege unter Verwendung der handschriftlichen Unterschrift (alternativ via Smartcard) elektronisch unterzeichnen. Dieser elektronische Unterschriftsprozess ist dem bisherigen papierbasierenden sehr ähnlich und hat daher eine hohe Kundenakzeptanz. Optional kann die geleistete Unterschrift in Echtzeit mit einem gespeicherten Unterschriftenprofil verglichen werden. Verwechslungen und Betrug sind hiermit nahezu unmöglich.
Die xyzmo Signaturlösungen schützen zudem im Zuge des Unterschriftsvorgangs die unterzeichneten Belege vor unbemerkter späterer Veränderung. Die unterschriebenen Dokumente sind unmittelbar im Backendsystem verfügbar. Dies reduziert die Möglichkeit, dass Belege verloren gehen und macht diese rasch zur weiteren Bearbeitung und Suche verfügbar. Die gesamte bisherige Papierlogistik entfällt.
SIGNificant Server constituye la base de “todo en uno” de SIGNificant Suite para la
firma electrónica manuscrita, digital y biométrica que satisface las necesidades de los puntos de venta (POS), la administración del flujo de firma y los procesos de sellado y verificación masivos. Junto con los elementos técnicamente diversos de SIGNificant
Suite, SIGNificant Server permite firmar, sellar y verificar documentos electrónicos en cualquier máquina conectada a la red de la compañía. Si se desea, SIGNificant puede autenticar firmas biométricamente, verificando la firma en comparación con la enrolada previamente por el firmante.
SIGNificant Server cubre todas las necesidades, desde la versión para las PYME hasta la solución para las grandes corporaciones, mientras que las interfaces
estándar garantizan una integración rápida y conveniente con los sistemas y
procesos existentes.
Hoy en día, muchas compañías automatizan sus procesos de negocios y los procedimientos del flujo de trabajo de sus documentos, dejando a la etapa de
aprobación como único elemento que requiere el uso de papel a fin de capturar una firma manuscrita. SIGNificant Suite, que incluye el Biometric Server, ayuda a introducir
a su compañía en la era de la firma electrónica. SIGNificant Online Client y SIGNificant
Offline Client registran la firma manuscrita de las personas (por los parámetros de
presión, aceleración, velocidad, ritmo y movimientos en el aire) e incorporan la firma al documento electrónico. SIGNificant Biometric Server permite la posibilidad de realizar en tiempo real una verificación biométrica de la firma de una persona en la plataforma SIGNificant comparando los parámetros registrados de sus firmas manuscritas contra el perfil enrolado previamente.
Los procesos basados en papel están siendo rápidamente reemplazados por los flujos de trabajo electrónicos, puesto que la firma del documento electrónico original ahorra a las compañías costos de mano de obra, fax y correo. SIGNificant Offline Client permite firmar y sellar documentos electrónicos sin necesidad de estar conectado a una red. Esta solución es particularmente apta para los rofesionales cuyas condiciones de trabajo no incluyen la conectividad regular en línea o para aquellos que desean trabajar fuera de línea, tales como los agentes de campo o las pequeñas empresas. SIGNificant Suite crea un entorno que permite la comunicación entre SIGNificant Offline Client y SIGNificant Online Client, de modo que el proceso de firma puede comenzar con uno y continuar con el otro, en función de las condiciones de trabajo.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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Mobile E-Signing
Paperless Contracting in Mobile Sales and Service Delivery
In today’s competitive business climate, it is essential to seek
cost-cutting possibilities to improve operational efficiency and to
pay attention to customer interests and demands to improve the
bottom line. Printing documents just to capture a customer
signature is not only completely outdated in today’s tablet-pervasive
everyday life but is also a great waste of time and
money. More than that, paper handling is very time-consuming
for mobile sales and service personnel and thus reduces the
possibilities for efficient customer communication, which in turn
limits upsell and cross-sell opportunities.
Modern e-signature-based digital document processes are now geared up to remedy the situation, as
they are able to close the final gap in the attempt to go fully paperless even when meeting clients on
the go. This white paper looks at the specific requirements for e-signature software in typical mobile
sales and service use cases that can be found in insurance sales or industry service organizations.
First, this white paper helps you to select the most appropriate signing device, deployment model,
and document format. Then we take a deeper look at important security aspects. After discussing the
best architectural choices for a fast and seamless integration into your environment, we look at all
the aspects that are important specifically to mobile scenarios, in which you will also see that e-signing
is much more than simply signing digital documents—it’s about productivity. Finally, the
paper introduces the SIGNificant e-signature platform and outlines a few case studies that show
different implementations in stationary mobile scenarios across the industry.
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1 Selecting the Right Methodology
Signing digital documents with a handwritten signature that
is forensically identifiable is clearly the preferred choice in a
mobile sales or service delivery scenario. Although there
are other biometric technologies available (e.g., finger-print,
iris scan, etc.), handwritten signatures that can be
authenticated like on paper by a graphologist (based on
capture data such as speed, acceleration, pressure, etc.)
and that are uniquely bound to a certain document have
finally emerged as the de facto industry standard for e-signing
digital documents in a mobile scenario. The key reason for this is likely that consumers
culturally understand that the act of signing by hand is “significant”—and if all steps are within their
control, intuitive, and visible, as they are on paper, then courts support upholding this intent more
strongly than almost any other method (particularly in non-U.S. jurisdictions). A handwritten
signature on a document is accepted world-wide as an indication of legal or social contractual
agreement. This will not change for a long time, especially when in-person signing is required.
As the signatory signs in an in-person meeting on the mobile device of your sales or service delivery
employee, you have the e-signing environment and thus the proper capturing of handwritten
signatures and their associated biometric data under full control. For this use case, installing native
applications provides the best user experience and enables the capture of biometric data properly.1
HTML5 applications that do not require upfront installation are an option as well, but by design, they
only deliver an image of the capture signature with no biometric data, and they make the
sales/service employee 100% dependent on online connectivity.
There are quite a few different biometric e-signature technologies for mobile sales and service
delivery available on the market. They can mainly be differentiated into the following three areas:
Signing device
Deployment model
Document format
1 The browser layer of an HTML5 application cannot be fully controlled and thus does not allow proper
recording of time-based biometric signature data. Pens with pressure are also not supported in HTML5.
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1.1 Signing device
Portability is obviously the key requirement for signature-capturing devices in a mobile scenario. The easiest is, of course, directly signing on your mobile device—as is possible on touch-screen devices such as tablets or phablets. If you want to sign with a traditional notebook without a touch-screen, you can use an external device—a signature pad—for signature capturing.
Tablets/Phablets with a native digital pen
Tablets are perfect for mobile e-signing, as they give you the closest user experience to real paper as you read, edit, and sign the document directly on the screen. Ideally, you can do everything you can do on paper—just with a digital pen. If the tablet comes with a pen that:
Provides palm protection (you can touch the screen with your palm while writing),
Has a natural shape with a small/thin pen tip enabling you to write fine lines, and
Has a not-too-slippery surface,
you get a writing experience that is close to paper—which will even allow non-experienced users to sign properly if they do it for the first time.
The question of how important it is that the digital pen is able to record pressure information or not can be controversial. You may get a higher legal evidential weight when signing with a pressure pen—but a graphologist doesn’t really need pressure values to offer an expert opinion.2
Tablets/Phablets with a capacitive stylus
If your tablet of choice does not come with a native digital pen (e.g., an iPad), you still can use it very well for e-signing. Although signing with the finger technically works, it is recommend to use a capacitive style, as it will provide the user with a better writing experience because nobody is really used to signing with a finger. Of course, the writing experience cannot be as good as with a native digital pen—but it is better than you may think. You simply write a bit larger and slower.
Alternatively, you may use third-party pens that provide one of the aforementioned key benefits:
Palm protection
Thin pen tip
Pressure recording
Among those benefits, good palm protection (you can rest your palm on the device while writing) is the most convenient feature for the signer, as many signers tend to touch the device surface with the palm while signing, which interferes with capturing the signature.
2 See expert opinion by Dr. Caspart.
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Laptop computer with a signature pad
If you are using a laptop computer without a touch-screen for document display and editing, you can use a peripheral device to capture a handwritten signature and its biometric data. Special-purpose devices— mobile signature pads—from vendors such as Wacom are best suited to provide a good signing experience and portability. To prevent sniffing of the captured biometric data from the signature tablet, security mechanisms range from encrypting the communication between the signature pad and the computer to an end-to-end encryption of the signature data on the pad itself.
Laptop computer with a connected smartphone
If using a special-purpose signature pad is not an option or desired, e.g., because you are working with an independent sales channel, you can use a smartphone as a signature-capturing device instead. For a true mobile solution, the connection between the laptop and the smartphone has to work without an Internet connection—e.g., via Bluetooth or WI-FI directly. When you are ready to sign a document, secure communication between the smartphone and the host computer is established, and a native app turns the smartphone into a signature-capturing device.
1.2 Deployment model
You can either run a standalone e-signing application on a mobile computer, or you can choose a client/server approach (see chapter 3.23.2 for pros and cons). Regardless of which option you choose, offline support is absolutely possible (see chapter 4.1).
If you prefer a client/server architecture, you need to choose the deployment model of your e- signature server infrastructure. It is possible either to run it in the public or private cloud and consume it through a SaaS model or to deploy and run it on your own premises. Whereas the cloud model is faster and easier to set up, it typically provides only limited options to define where your servers and data should be located, and you make yourself 100% dependent regarding availability and security from the provider. Therefore, there are still good reasons—data protection and residency issues are just two of the obvious examples—to deploy on-premises behind a firewall, providing maximum control over data and systems.3 Keep in mind also that starting with a cloud service is much easier than getting out. Make sure that you can decide at any time to move the applications back to your data center if required.
3 http://www.zdnet.com/how-one-judge-single-handedly-killed-trust-in-the-us-technology-industry-7000032257/
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1.3 Document format
According to Gartner Research (Publication ID Number: G00159721), the best document format is self-contained, so it includes the content to be signed, the signature, and the metadata to make it searchable, and it stores the information needed for proof in addition to the signature—the date, time, and consent. It should also only require a freely and ubiquitously available reader to show the document in its originally archived form.
Other than proprietary document formats and document databases, the open Portable Document Format (PDF) fulfills all these requirements. PDF not only is an open standard defined in ISO 32000- 1:2008 but also comes in a variant designed for long-term activation defined as a PDF/A in ISO 19005-1:2005. Additionally, digital signatures are well defined within the PDF itself (Adobe PDF Reference PDF 32000-1:2008 12.8.3.3 PKCS#7 Signatures—as used in ISO 32000), meaning that every standard compliant viewing application, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, correctly shows digitally signed PDFs. Therefore, a PDF or PFD/A file is the perfect analogue to paper in the digital world for archiving signed document originals. All signatures and their cryptographic information should be embedded into the signed PDF. It should concern you if you need to be a customer of a certain e- signature provider or return to their website just to check the validity of documents.
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2 Security Aspects
As the signed documents are legally binding originals, security aspects are a major topic. Security has
to be bulletproof; otherwise, the digital originals would become worthless.
2.1 Authenticity protection
Protecting the authenticity of signature and its binding to a certain
document and position within a document are core to all security
aspects of e-signing. It simply must not be possible for an attacker to
access and copy the signature data of one document and paste it
somewhere else—be it within the same document or into a new
document. Thus, secure encryption of the raw data—the captured
biometric signature—together with securely binding the signature to a
unique document via a document fingerprint (hash value) is key.
When someone claims, “I didn’t sign that,” a forensic expert should be able to perform a deep
manual signature verification at any time afterwards, just as they would with a signature on paper. In
addition to the traditional signature verification by a forensic expert, an online signature verification
authenticates a signature against a pre-enrolled signature profile database in real time. Through this
process, you can guarantee that a document or transactions can be signed only by the right person,
which also dramatically increases the evidential weight. Well known examples here are, e.g., client
authentication for bank transactions or management/staff authentication for high-value purchase
orders.
2.2 Integrity protection
Once a document is signed, it is essential that it be easily assessable if
the signed document is still an original or if it has been altered after the
signature has been applied. This kind of integrity analysis must be easily
available to everyone who is viewing/reading the signed document; otherwise, forging the content of
signed documents is as easy as on paper. Every time a signature is captured, a digital signature
should also be applied. As a result, documents are tamper-evident not just at the end of the signing
process but from the moment that the transaction is started.
2.3 Audit trail
Audit trails should track what happened with a specific document in what order, at what time, and
where. A self-contained document with all signatures and digital certificates, including its audit trail,
can reside in any storage system and does not need to be kept in a proprietary vault.
2.4 Limiting access to signed documents
In contrast to paper, digital files can be easily copied without losing any of their characteristics. If a
digital file is an original, a digital copy of it creates another valid original. If you want to limit access to
the original signed document for security reasons, you have to make sure that the e-signing solution
does not simply distribute the original PDF to all decentralized signing stations—which would very
much increase the complexity of securing access to the signed original.
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3 Architectural Choice for a Fast and Seamless Integration
An e-signing application typically consists of a front-end and a back-end
component. While the front-end software manages all user interactions, the
back-end software processes the document and takes care of its integration
into the overall document workflow.
The front-end software component naturally runs on a front-office computing device, which can be
either:
A traditional laptop/notebook, which uses an external signature screen or signature pad to
capture a handwritten signature, or
A tablet computer.
Typically, the front-end part is either a standalone pre-packaged GUI application or an SDK that can
be seamlessly integrated into an existing client application.
The back-end software component can run either locally together with the front-end component
inside the same application/on the same computer or be split off into a separate server application,
which means that the e-singing application is distributed over a client and a server.
In the following sections, we will look at the pros and cons for each option.
3.1 Pre-packed GUI App or SDK
If you require fast and cost-efficient deployment with ready-to-go graphical user interfaces, a pre-packaged
GUI application is typically the best and most cost-efficient choice. If done well, this option
still allows the easy customization of color schemes, logos, etc., to customer requirements.
If you, however, require seamless integration into an existing application (without a UI context
switch) then the SDK approach will be the right one. Here you can manage the detailed user
experience and all GUI elements through your own coding. Powerful SDKs allow much more than the
simple integration of core functionalities and provide a complete adaptable user interface with a
framework to seamlessly integrate it.
But you shouldn’t underestimate the efforts that need to be invested in making a working solution
from an SDK, resulting in much higher costs when programming your own solution in comparison to
customizing a standard solution. Starting with a ready-to-go solution can be critically faster, as
typically, the customization process is done within a few days. Furthermore, there are additional
costs that should be taken into consideration, such as maintenance and future developments.
Another important aspect, especially when integrating electronic signature solutions, is that, when
using an SDK, your IT department will need to manage all security issues independently. For instance,
it must protect customers’ handwritten signatures from being transferred to an unauthorized
document or stored somewhere in raw format, which is an enormous burden on the IT department.
This includes efforts to avoid misuse and careless coding by the company’s own employees, making
the task of providing a sufficient level of security tougher. The fact is that, even if all security actions
are implemented, this issue is usually not easily explained to end customers and third parties, as
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theoretically, the company has the opportunity to misuse this sensitive data. In contrast, in the scenario of a ready-to-go solution, you can easily prove to end customers and, if necessary, to a court in case of a legal dispute, that it had no opportunity to manipulate signatures.
At the end of the day, you must decide what the best solution is for your purposes, but remember that, in contrast to what may be expected at first glance, a ready-to-go solution might be cheaper and deployed faster than an SDK-based approach.
3.2 Signing on the server—pros and cons
Even when opting for an on-premise deployment model versus a cloud service, in many scenarios, a centralized server-based approach for the back-end software component running from your own data center has many advantages over a pure desktop-based approach:
If existing systems for document creation, workflow management, and document archiving are also server-based, the server-side integration is simply much easier.
The PDF to be signed only needs to be stored and secured in the data center and is not automatically copied and distributed to all clients, where access to the document can hardly be securely managed.
A server provides a single point and type of integration for all channels, business processes, and department needs while still maintaining all the advantages of a homogeneous platform. For example, you can deploy native apps for your field agents, browser-based e-signing on signature pads for branch offices, and email documents for end customers to sign online on any Web-enabled device. Typical signature devices that you will want to support are as follows:
o Signature pads—managed by either a Web application or a local SDK
o Signature screens—using stylus-based displays requires specialized software to make use of all the advantages that such displays can offer
o Smartphones—running a small signature-capture app that connects with a Web application to review documents or complete form fields and add attachments
o Tablets—running native signing clients to display, edit, and sign documents
o Any device that supports a HTML5 browser
Many companies even centralize the front-end software through terminal service solutions such as those from Citrix or Microsoft Windows because it makes software deployment and management a lot easier.
In contrast, pure desktop/local-based signing approaches are typically preferred if:
The document to be signed is created on the client itself—thus, transferring it to the signing server would introduce an additional step.
Server-side integration is not necessary at all.
Poor network connectivity to the decentralize clients is a big issue, resulting in low network bandwidth and high latency—and thus poor overall performance—although this point can be widely mitigated, e.g., through local caching and background syncing.
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4 Aspects That Are Important to Mobile Scenarios
The typical end-to-end business process for e-signing on the go differs from other use cases such as,
e.g., stationary POS. Consequently, you are faced with requirements that are unique to this use case.
The most important ones are listed below.
4.1 Work with documents offline—without any Internet connectivity
In a mobile scenario, it is critical that you can complete your business transactions even in cases
where no Internet connection is available. This means that you must be able to read, edit, fill out
forms, and sign a contract when you are completely offline—e.g., when you are meeting a client at
home. Ideally, you should also be able to create new document instances from templates,
automatically pre-fill form fields with data from third-party applications, and manage documents
locally without any network connection.
This means that client/server applications must cache the required data locally to support such
offline use cases. Of course, if the PDF document itself is created on the local device (e.g., by a third-party
application), you will require a standalone e-signing solution to allow complete offline
processing (otherwise, you will first require online connectivity to upload the document to the
signing server before you can go offline).
4.2 Edit and fill out PDF forms like on paper
Ideally, clients will want to work with digital documents like they are used to doing with paper
documents. This means that the e-signing application certainly must allow clients to browse and
review multipage documents before they edit and sign them—ideally directly on the signing device.
But you can easily go beyond those basic features, as tablets also allow the editing of documents like
you are used to in the paper world. This includes freehand and text annotations, mark-ups,
attachments, and filling out machine-readable form fields. Also, the integration of the tablet-based
signing solution with the document workflow is key, as you may want to push a pre-filled form
document (e.g., a client contract) to a specific tablet device and allow the client to read and update
its form field values and then save any update that the client made to the form field values back into
your own database.
4.3 Add photos taken from the device camera
Mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones are equipped with built-in cameras that are perfect
for adding photos to documents, such as pictures from IDs or providing proof of certain situations.
The added photo has to belong to the document that will be signed and thus can’t be edited without
breaking the digital seal of the signature. Ideally, the photo can be added to the document in any size
at any given place that can be defined ad-hoc or through a pre-defined template. Alternatively, it
should be possible to simply attach it to the PDF document like any other file.
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4.4 Add a geolocation to the signature
Sometimes it is important to know the location where certain documents are signed—or it simply adds additional evidential weight. Mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones typically come with a built-in GPS sensor that can be used to include GPS coordinates in the digital signature.
4.5 Avoiding incomplete contracts
Trying to fix ill-signed contracts often is very time consuming and costly because, when you discover the problem, you are typically not with the client anymore. Thus, it is a huge benefit if you can control and govern all steps in the completion and signing process of documents, including filling out form or signature fields, reading pages, accessing scanners or the camera to add attachments such as ID scans, and much more. Ideally, you can specify compulsory or optional tasks depending on the use case and the document, thus giving you the flexibility you need to cover all your business cases.
Additionally, through defining policies that enable or forbid certain actions on or with the document, such as making annotations, saving, e-mailing, or printing documents, you can exercise any further required control over what clients and sales/service employees are allowed to do with your signed documents.
4.6 Integration into the general e-signature platform
It is very beneficial if the mobile signing solution is tightly integrated with the overall e-signing platform, which also covers other channels such as in-house POS or pure remote-online scenarios. Only then can you ensure that integration efforts can be reused and are thus made in the most efficient way.
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5 Industry Examples with xyzmo References
xyzmo provides in SIGNificant an enterprise e-signature platform that allows you to go completely
paperless on the go, whether it is a mobile sales or a service scenario. SIGNificant simply provides
you with the user interface and tools needed to define an optimal e-signature process and user
experience. The platform’s building blocks make it easy to pick and choose the best combination of
e-signing solutions and signature-capturing devices according to customer needs.
To better illustrate how SIGNificant can be applied in different mobile use cases, the following sections
outline real case studies with their end-to-end business processes that have been implemented.
5.1 Nürnberger Insurance
Use case:
Applications for life and non-life insurance policies sold through independent channel sales
Deployed products:
Signing application: SIGNificant Server with iPad app, Android app, and Web signing interface
Signature-capturing hardware: iPad, Android tablets, and StepOver signature pads
End-to-end business process:
1. The insurance broker loads the required insurance application contracts on his tablet through the
Nürnberger sales channel portal.
2. The broker visits the client. At this location, there is potentially no 3G/Internet connection
available.
3. The client reads the insurance contract and fills out the necessary form fields in a machine-readable
way (typewriter, checkboxes) directly on the tablet.
4. The client signs the completed insurance contract.
5. As soon the tablet gets an Internet connection, the e-signing app synchronizes with the
SIGNificant server, which processes and signs the document with the captured biometric data
from the handwritten signature and then digitally seals it with the Nürnberger signing certificate.
6. Nürnberger securely archives the biometrically signed original.
7. The client can access a flattened and digitally signed copy of the original document or have it e-mailed.
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5.2 Swiss Life Select
Use case:
Applications for financial investments and insurance contracts sold through their direct sales force
Deployed products:
Signing application: SIGNificant Server with iPad app, Android app, and Web signing interface
Signature-capturing hardware: iPad, Android tablets, and Wacom signature pads
End-to-end business process:
1. The salesperson loads the required financial service contracts as templates on his tablet through the Swiss Life Select portal.
2. The salesperson visits the client. At this location, there is potentially no 3G/Internet connection available.
3. The salesperson creates new document instances (financial service contracts) from the templates that are available locally on the tablet.
4. The client reads the financial service contract and fills out the necessary form fields in a machine- readable way (typewriter, checkboxes) directly on the tablet.
5. The client signs the completed insurance contract.
6. As soon the tablet gets an Internet connection, the e-signing app synchronizes with the SIGNificant server, which processes and signs the document with the captured biometric data from the handwritten signature and then digitally seals it with the Nürnberger signing certificate.
7. Swiss Life Select securely archives the biometrically signed original.
8. The client can access a flattened and digitally signed copy of the original document or have it e- mailed.