Signing your name away: An overview on the risks of electronic signatures

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Abstract

Many companies are joining the worldwide drive toward a paperless environment. The utilisation of digital documents, contracts or approval forms can save organisations large costs and time as documents can be electronically signed and transmitted to their destination within minutes. Electronic signatures can bring many advantages, but a review of the current situation shows many cybersecurity threats around the signing of documents in a digital form. Many companies are still in the early phases of utilising electronic signatures, with many potential opportunities for manipulation. This paper discusses the various types of electronic signatures, how they can be exploited and recommends general security measures individuals and organisations can follow in order to use electronic signatures more securely.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020
EditorsThaddeus Eze, Lee Speakman, Cyril Onwubiko
PublisherCurran Associates Inc.
Pages390-397
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781912764617
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 25 Jun 202026 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameEuropean Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECCWS
Volume2020-June
ISSN (Print)2048-8602
ISSN (Electronic)2048-8610

Conference

Conference19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period25/06/2026/06/20

Keywords

  • Advanced electronic signatures
  • Cybersecurity
  • Digital signatures
  • Electronic signatures
  • Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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