Digital Signature Certificates

DSC or Digital Signature are being adopted by various government agencies and now is a statutory requirement in various applications.

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Type of Certificates

• Sign

       The DSC could only be used for Signing a document. (The most popular Certificate)

       The most popular usage is signing the PDF file for Tax Returns, MCA and other websites.

• Encrypt

       The DSC would be used to Encrypt a document, it is popularly used in tender portal, to help your company encrypt the documents and upload.

       You could also use the certificate to encrypt and send classified information.

       We are selling Encrypt certificate as a standalone product as well.

• Sign & Encrypt

       You could buy both Sign & Encrypt DSC by using this category.

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Validity of the Certificate

You could buy certificates with a validity upto three years. (The validity is controlled by law, and you cannot buy certificates more than three years and less than One year validity)

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Classes of Certificates

The IT law allows us three Classes of DSC, however we only sell Class 2 and Class 3 certificates. We are not selling Class 1 Certificates.

The difference between Class 2 and Class 3 is verification guidelines.

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• Class 2

        This is most popular class of certificates, and most applications would recognize this class of certificates.

• Class 3

        This level of assurance is required generally by Tender portals and some highly sensitive websites.

        If you opt for class 3 certificate, all applications which are created for Class 2, should be able to recognize your certificates.

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Who could buy our certificate

There is no limitation on who could buy our certificates, people and organization from India and outside India can buy our certificates, provided they meet our Verification Guidelines. Please look at our list below to select an appropriate application form.

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• Individuals

       The DSC is for Indians, who do not want their organization name to be part of the certificate.

• Organization

       Ths DSC is for companies (any type of entity), who want their organization name to be part of DSC.

• Foreign Individuals

       The DSC is for foreigners and would like to use our certificate in their name.

• Foreign Organization

       The DSC is for Organizations registered outside India would like to use our Digital certificates.

• Document Signer Certificate

       If you intend to use our certificate for bulk signing of documents, you could use our Bulk Signer Certificates. We would offer this certificate in PFX file for Class 2            and is sold to Organizations only.

• IET Certificates

       We have a special Digital Signature certificate for IEC code holders, this certificate is specifically used for DGFT portal.