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Digital certificates are electronic mechanisms that verify the identity of individuals or organisations. They're used to authenticate users and electronically sign data and documents, ensuring the signatory's identity and the integrity of the content.
How do digital certificates work?
- Digital certificates are issued by trusted third parties known as Certificate Authorities (CA), accredited under regulations like eIDAS.
- Upon obtaining a digital certificate, the Certificate Authority (CA), like Lleida.net, confirms your identity and issues you a certified digital certificate. This document includes your personal information, a public key, and a private key. Your private key remains securely under your control, while the public key can be shared with others. You can share your public key with third parties.
- Encrypting with one key ensures that only the corresponding key can decrypt the data, guaranteeing secure communication and authentication online. Encrypting with the public key means decryption can only occur with the private key, and vice versa
- This means your public key is used to encrypt data, ensuring only you can decrypt it due to your exclusive access to the private key. Your private key is then utilized to sign documents or data, enabling anyone with the public key to decrypt the message and confirm that only you could have signed that document or data.
Types of Digital Certificates
Different certificates exist based on the requester and their intended use.
Citizen (Natural person)
Digital citizen certificate. It serves to identify oneself as a physical person, sign documents, and carry out other online procedures, with the same legal guarantees as in-person procedures.
Legal representative
The Digital Representative Certificate allows individuals to act on behalf of a legal entity..
Employee (Company affiliation)
This certificate digitally identifies a natural person and links them A an organisation or entity, stating what position they hold in it, whether employee, associate, collaborator, customer or supplier.
Public servant with pseudonym (only eIDAS certificates)
This is a digital certificate designed to protect the genuine identity of the holder, primarily used by individuals such as law enforcement officers and health inspectors. It is not permissible for use in situations where the true identity must be disclosed
Public employee
This certificate digitally identifies a natural person and links them to an organisation or entity, stating what position they hold in it,.
Individual acting as legal representative without legal personality (only eIDAS certificates)
This certificate permits a natural person to assume the role of a legal representative without legal entity status for an organization
Legal entity (Electronic seal)
The electronic seal certificate identifies a legal entityand grants the ability to electronically sign invoices and other documents.
How to get a digital certificate?
Available formats
Digital certificates can be tailored to suit different needs. When used for electronic signatures, they can be either advanced or qualified.
Here are the methods for electronic signatures:
Software
A digital certificate securely stored on your computer.
Advanced (eIDAS)
Cloud-based
A digital certificate is stored and managed in the cloud.
Centralised in Lleida.net Wallet
An app that makes identification and signing easy on your smartphone.
Smart card security
The certificate is kept on a special card with a chip containing a microprocessor and memory.
USB token
Information stored on a USB token, protected by physical and cryptographic security measures.
Qualified (eIDAS) or Digital (other regulations)
Benefits of digital certificates
Digital certificates provide security for operating in fully digital environments Thanks to integrations in the cloud or with mobile applications, their use is now simple and intuitive.
Enhanced security
Using a digital certificate helps protect sensitive data against unauthorized access These certificates can encrypt data, ensuring that only those with the private key can read it.
Improved authentication
Digital certificates enable the verification of user identity by being issued to specific individuals or organizations and containing a unique identifier for the certificate holder.
Increased efficiency
They streamline business processes by allowing electronic documents to be signed with digital certificates, reducing the need for paper transactions.
Enhanced trust
Digital certificates help build trust between companies and their customers by allowing businesses to demonstrate their identity, thereby fostering confidence in the business..
Security in online communications
Digital certificates can encrypt emails and other online communications, safeguarding critical data from unauthorized interception.
Electronic document signing
An electronically signed document with a digital certificate allows for the verification of the document's authenticity and the signer's identity.
Access to secure websites
They can be used to access secure websites, such as those using HTTPS, ensuring that users connect to the correct website and that their data remains secure. This assures users that they are connecting to the correct website and that their data remains confidential and secure.
Use cases
Digital certificates have various use cases spanning different fields and sectors. Select a country to see the most common uses in each.
Certificate uses in the European Union
Online identification
Digital certificates verify online identities for accessing bank accounts, online purchases, or entering secure business networks.
Electronic signature
They are used to electronically sign legal documents, contracts, tax declarations, and other important documents, ensuring their authenticity and integrity.
Electronic health networks
In the healthcare sector, medical professionals use digital certificates to securely access and share medical records and sensitive data between health systems and organizations, or to electronically sign medical prescriptions and related documents.
Government services
Digital certificates allow access to online government services, such as visa applications, residency certificates, and electronic voting.
Financial sector
Access to online bank accounts and secure transactions, electronic signing of financial contracts and commercial agreements, or identity verification in online banking services and electronic payments.
Human Resources
Signing of labour contracts and remote work agreements, access to electronic payrolls and employment-related documents.
Uses of the certificate in Colombia
Signing of reports to control entities
Electronic authentication of reports or reports that must be submitted to various regulatory or control entities such as the health superintendent, financial superintendent, ministries of health, comptroller's office, chemical substances SICOQ, etc.
Service window
Procedures related to the import and export of goods and services through the VUCE of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism.
Electronic invoice
Electronic invoice technology operators, entities authorized by the DIAN to manage and validate the issuance of electronic invoices in the country.
Expense ordering payments
National SIIF of the Ministry of Finance, guaranteeing the security and authenticity of financial transactions and electronically transmitted information.
Transit registration
Access to the RUNT by transit operators for the management of procedures and services associated with vehicular traffic circulation.
Chambers of Commerce
Authentication, security, and integrity of virtual SAS company registration processes.
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