Remote digital signature is the “key” to promote digital transformation towards the people

Remote digital signature is a digital signature solution on mobile devices. Accordingly, with just a mobile phone, people can digitally sign to perform public administrative services, securities banking transactions and other operations with a high level of security, while also ensuring convenience. profit.

On January 17, the Ministry of Information and Communications awarded a license to provide public digital signature authentication services under the remote digital signature model to Nacencomm Card Technology Joint Stock Company (CA2).

With a new license valid until the end of December 27, 2032, CA2 can provide digital signature authentication services for agencies, organizations and individuals to use in public activities.

In the newly issued license, the Ministry of Information and Communications also clearly requires that the CA2 public digital signature service provider keeps the subscriber’s secret key to meet the provisions of Circular 16 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade with the digital signature model. from far away. The technical system of CA2 must also comply with the applicable technical regulations and standards on digital signatures and digital signature certification services in force.

Deputy Director of the National Electronic Authentication Center (NEAC) Pham Quoc Hoan said that, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Public Security and the Government Cipher Department, after a period of thorough examination, the dossier and the application for issuance CA2 license has been assessed by NEAC to meet the licensing requirements for digital signature authentication services under the remote digital signing model.

According to Nacencomm Director Phung Huy Tam, CA2 Remote Signing’s remote digital signature service has undergone a long process of preparation, from investment in research and development, testing, infrastructure investment and licensing. The service system complies with the regulations of the State and the Ministry of Information and Communications.

In addition to the legal and technical factors that ensure the reliability of electronic transactions, CA2 Remote Signing focuses on convenience and user experience, which is a solution that everyone can use digital signatures. “CA2 Remote Signing was built by us according to the criteria of safety, ease of use, good support and contributes to the policy of universalizing personal digital signatures of the Ministry of Information and Communications”Mr. Phung Huy Tam said.

Along with being awarded the service provider license, Nacencomm also announced the launch of CA2 Remote Signing. Service packages are provided flexibly to users such as by quantity, by service, by signing time, by time frame and can be prepaid or postpaid. The unit also maintains sales channels and 24/7 support.

Said that Nacencomm aims to get about 10% of the market share of personal digital signature services, this public CA representative also expects the CA2 Remote Signing service and the CA2 digital ecosystem to contribute to solving the problem of popularity. national digital citizenship.

By the end of 2022, the number of active public digital certificates is nearly 1.9 million, of which personal digital signatures account for a very modest proportion.

In the National Strategy for Digital Economy and Digital Society Development to 2025, the Prime Minister has set a target of over 50% of the adult population with digital signatures or personal electronic signatures by 2025. and 70% by 2030. The strategy also identifies the implementation of remote digital signatures in the direction of prioritizing universalization of the use of personal digital signatures for people in a simple, convenient and secure manner as an important task. heart.

Sharing at the licensing event for CA2, Ms. To Thi Thu Huong, Director of NEAC, said that granting a license to provide remote digital signature services to public digital signature service providers, the Ministry of Information and Communications Hopefully, it will contribute to removing the “knot” of personal digital signature application.

In fact, promoting the provision of remote digital signatures is a goal of many public digital signature service providers to contribute to promoting the development of personal digital signatures, following the direction of the Ministry of Information and Communications. Before CA2, there were 6 public digital signature service providers licensed to provide remote digital signing services including VNPT, Viettel, BKAV, MISA, FPT and SAVIS.