This a simple tutorial on how to use your digital certificate to sign a document in Microsoft Word. Open your Word application as usual and type your document. When you are done typing and you want to digitally sign the document do the following. Select File then Info Select Protect document and then “Add a …
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The Kenyan Constitution allows for the use of digital certificates for the purposes of document signing. This was first seen in the KICA Act. The KICA Act defines the following ; “advanced electronic signature” means an electronic signature which meets all the following requirements—(a) is uniquely linked to the signatory;(b) is capable of identifying the …
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Digital signatures for Document Signing is a technology that has been with us since the ’80s. It will be the first thing on a CIO’s mind when asked how documents and communication can occur remotely and securely. Digital Certificates uses technology called Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). But why isn’t this obviously helpful technology the norm …
S/Mime stands for Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. It uses public key infrastructure (PKI) and asymmetric encryption to provide authentication and encryption of email messages. By signing your email with an S/MIME certificate, you can assure receivers that the messages you send are really from you, and they can prove that you really sent them. Furthermore, you can use S/MIME …
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Once you have gotten your certificate (Contact Us for sales), double click it to bring up the Certificate Import Wizard Type the password for the certificate. The certificate has now being installed and is ready for use by applications such as Thunderbird, Ms Outlook and VPNs
