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Enterprise PKI (ePKI) for Electronic VAT Invoicing
Electronic VAT invoicing offers numerous advantages to organizations both large and small – cost reductions, a low carbon footprint ecosystems, greater security and trust for all stakeholders.All organisations doing business within the European Union (EU) should be aware of their country specific requirements when sending or receiving and archiving electronic VAT invoices: The EU VAT Directive (2006/112/EC) implemented into national law in 2004 establishes a set of rules for the creation and subsequent storage of electronic invoices from both the perspective of the invoice issuer and invoice receiver. One of the foremost criteria for both parties is to guarantee the authenticity of origin and integrity of data of the document throughout the storage period. Although recent work by the European Union together with Price Waterhouse Coopers to simplify the rule set has been adopted by several jurisdictions including Belgium and The Netherlands the proposal itself (COM/2009/21) maintains the need for authenticity and integrity during the storage period, both of which are delivered by GlobalSign’s DocumentSign for Adobe PDF products - a range of Digital IDs meeting the Adobe Certified Document Services (CDS) technology, and managed through the ePKI platform.
- Enables PDF security - including document integrity, authorship and time-stamping
- No plug-ins or extra software needed - Certified PDFs & Approval Signatures are automatically recognised by Adobe Acrobat and the free Adobe Reader
- Helps meet company document security policy and regulatory compliance for electronic document transmission and storage
- Cost Effective – simply purchase packs starting from only £1517 for 5 DocumentSign Digital IDs (includes 5 USB devices)
- Includes additional 10% of initial purchase in form of free Digital IDs for user attrition and/or support considerations
Maintained Electronic Document Integrity & Authenticity through Digital Signatures
Authenticity. The identities of participants into the Adobe Certified Document Services (CDS) program are fully authenticated. The cryptographic key material is secured by a FIPS 140-2 Level 2 hardware device. Both these requirements provide the high level of assurance necessary to meet the programs goals.
Data integrity. Using a GlobalSign DocumentSign Digital ID in combination with a PAdES (ETSI TS 102 778) complaint signing tool such as Adobe® Acrobat® or Adobe LiveCycle® provides data integrity. Following best practice and embedding signature validation information and a secure timestamp ensures support for LTV (Long Term Validation) signatures.
DocumentSign Digital IDs are available through the ePKI platform, offering easy management, reporting, controls and auditing of issued IDs.
