OBELISK Trust Services is “security middleware” with broad integration options. The solution is based on services for creation and verification of documents with electronic signature or seal including time stamp. The solution covers a wide range of standard formats including support for long-term formats of the extended electronic signature (AdES) pursuant to ETSI standards and the European eIDAS regulation.
WHAT PROCESSES CAN BE STREAMLINED?
Issue of trustworthy electronic documents
Receipt and processing of electronically signed documents
Protection and security of electronic documents
BASIC FUNCTIONS
Electronic signing and electronic signature verification including support for time stamps and extended electronic signatures (AdES)
Component for electronic signing at user workstations
Signature log for access to electronic signature
Support for encoding/decoding of data for business application environment through web services
Asynchronous queue for processing encryption services requirements
Proxy gateway for controlled access to time stamp service
PROPERTIES OF OBELISK Trust Services
Support for relational databases for audit and metadata administration purposes – Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL
Connections to external directory services as identity sources – LDAP, MS AD and use of various authentication mechanisms
Support for network HSM modules through PKCS#11 interface
Support for standard interfaces and protocols
Strict separation of roles assuring separation of infrastructure administration from the actual security mechanisms
Integration of services of trustworthy third parties (internal and external) – certification authorities, validation authorities, time stamp providers
PKI SERVICE INTEGRATION OPTIONS
Centralisation of PKI services is based on service-oriented architecture (SOA), with prerequisites for quick integration of this technology.
Thanks to it the individual applications, business processes and services using the public key infrastructure can share these services via standardised interfaces.
BENEFITS OF OBELISK Trust Services
Streamlining of PKI service administration
Standard definition for PKI service applications
Centralisation of PKI services in a secure environment
Monitoring and logging of PKI service utilisation