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Tuesday, May 4, 1999
CIC Links With VeriSign On Biometric Signatures
Sylvia Dennis, Newsbytes
REDWOOD SHORES, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1999 MAY 4 (NB). Communication
Intelligence Corp. (CIC) has partnered with VeriSign to join biometric
signatures with digital signatures for the first time.
According to CIC, the linkup means that Adobe Acrobat forms can now be
signed naturally with a "handwritten" signature to add to the security
of a digital signature.
Michael Marubio, CIC's director, said that, using the firm's patented
signature verification technology, Sign-it Secure will verify a user's
handwritten signature and release a VeriSign Private Key.
This, he said, will make the document tamper-proof and allow
recipients of the document to authenticate the identity of the
document's author.
"This is the best of both worlds," he said, adding that, with the
linkup, the long-running tradition of signing important documents with a
pen is extended, making it secure and operable in the digital world.
"This combines the authentication security of biometric signature
verification with the known and trusted transmission security of
VeriSign's Public Key Infrastructure," he said.
According to CIC, by using the digital signature tool in Acrobat 4.0,
users can digitally "sign" PDF files using their own signature, a move
that the firm says will make electronic security natural and intuitive.
CIC's dynamic signature verification software will authenticate the
user, and release a VeriSign digital certificate. Upon accessing a signed PDF document, Acrobat users can click on the digital signature
appended to the document to ensure that the document was signed by a
valid user -- and that it was not altered or tampered with in any way en
route.
According to CIC, with Acrobat's Document Compare features, users can
also improve version control and track changes by comparing versions of
a single PDF document, identifying changes that were made between
digital signatures applied by different reviewers.
Sign-it Secure is available to business customers from CIC, while
OnSite trust services and digital certificate systems are available from
VeriSign.
Sign-it Secure is available for download from CIC's Web site at
cic.com .
Newsbytes notes that consumers have the opportunity to try Sign-It
Secure for Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and a VeriSign test certificate for a free
60-day trial period before purchase.
Reported by Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com .
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