Jeffrey Kovar U.S. Department of State Migrating to an eApostille
Mar 29, 2015
Jeffrey KovarU.S. Department of State
Migrating to an eApostille
U.S. Department of State 2
Agenda
• Part I: Introduction
• Part II: Why Digital Signatures?
• Part III: Requirements
• Part IV: How would it work?
Part I:Introduction
U.S. Department of State 4
1961 Hague Convention
• Apostille Home Page • Text of the Convention• Which Countries are Parties?• Who are the Competent Authorities?
www.hcch.net
U.S. Department of State 5
Applies To …
• Public Documents
• Birth, Death, Marriage Certificates
• Documents Issued by a Court or Tribunal
• Notarial Acts – notarized documents
• Patents
• Extracts from Commercial Registers
• Diplomas
U.S. Department of State 6
Apostille Authorities U.S.A.
• Authentication Officer, Acting Authentication Officer and Assistant Authentication Officer, United States Department of State -http://www.state.gov/m/a/auth/
• Clerks and Deputy Clerks of Federal Courts of the United States of America -http://www.uscourts.gov/districtcourts.html
• State Notary Public Administrators -http://www.nass.org/NPA/us/UnitedStates.htm
Part II:Why Digital Signatures?
U.S. Department of State 8
What is a Digital Signature?
Digital Signature:
A cryptographically computed value that binds the identity of a signatory to the signed document. The resulting signed document is protected against unauthorized modifications and can be used to achieve non-repudiation.
U.S. Department of State 9
U.S. Legal Framework
Federal Legislation and Directives: Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
(E-SIGN) PDD-63 & President Management Agenda (PMA)
State Legislation: Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA)
U.S. Department of State 10
International Legal Framework
• 1961 Hague Apostille Convention
• 1996 UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
• 2001 UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures
• 2005 UNCITRAL Convention on Electronic Contracting (pending)
U.S. Department of State 11
Practical Drivers
Easier to detect fraudulent signaturesEntire documents are protected cryptographically
from tamperingDigital signatures are becoming more common
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office signs applicationsGovernment Agencies currently looking to use digital
signatures to save moneyOthers applications sure to follow
Part III: Requirements
U.S. Department of State 13
Smart Cards and Keys
• Digital signature key pair is generated on the card.
• There is a public key and a private key.
• The private key never leaves the card.
• The public key is available to the world.
• Public key is certified by a certificate.
S
SALLY B JONES0012345
12/99
I E
Department of State
U.S. Department of State 14
Hardware and Software Required to Sign
• Software– Datakey CIP (card
reader software) – Precise drivers– Adobe 7.0
•Hardware
U.S. Department of State 15
Requirements for Validation
eDocument with Digitally Certified eApostille
Adobe 7.0 Reader (FREE) Web link to check authorization
Part IV: How would it work?
U.S. Department of State 17
Attaching an eApostille
U.S. Department of State 18
Select Attach a File
U.S. Department of State 19
Choose File Attachment Icon
U.S. Department of State 20
Choose Sign from the Toolbar
U.S. Department of State 21
Apply Certifying Signature
U.S. Department of State 22
Confirmation to Certify Document
U.S. Department of State 23
Disallow any further changes
U.S. Department of State 24
Select Visibility
U.S. Department of State 25
Use Your Mouse to Sign
U.S. Department of State 26
Select Signing Credential
U.S. Department of State 27
Save as New Signed Document
U.S. Department of State 28
Save As…
U.S. Department of State 29
Enter Smartcard Password
U.S. Department of State 30
You Have Successfully Signed the Document
U.S. Department of State 31
Check Validation
U.S. Department of State 32
Successful Validation
U.S. Department of State 33
Invalid Signature
U.S. Department of State 34
Unsuccessful Validation
U.S. Department of State 35
Questions & Answers
U.S. Department of State 36
Points of Contact
Jeffrey KovarU.S. Department of State
Monica GawU.S. Department of State