Approved by Digital Policy Office for use to validate and authenticate, the identity of the party to a transaction, be it an individual or organisation
Recognized Certificates
- Issued by Digi-Sign under a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in compliance with section 22 of the ETO (Cap. 553) of the Laws of Hong Kong
- Support digital signatures used to confirm a signatory’s identity, guarantee the document’s integrity and ensure non-repudiation by origin of the document
- Governed by the Certification Practice Statement that Digi-Sign publishes on its website from time to time
- 12 classes of Recognized Certificates available, including:
- Personal ID-Cert Class 1
- For individuals aged 18+
- Used for identity proof and digital signatory
- Organizational ID-Cert Class 2 and 5
- For authorised employees/members of organisations
- Used for identity proof and digital signatory
- Apply through authorised delegate (Class 2) or authorised representative (Class 5
- Encipherment ID-Cert Class 3
- For authorised individuals and organisations
- Used for encryption and decryption of electronic messages
- Governmental ID-Cert Class 6 and 7
- For authorised employees/members of government agencies
- Used for signing (Class 6) and encryption purpose (Class 7)
- Personal ID-Cert Class 8 and Organizational ID-Cert Class 9
- Same as Personal ID-Cert Class 1 & Organizational ID-Cert Class 5
- Signing certificate mutually recognised under the "Arrangement of mutual recognition of electronic signature certificates issued by Hong Kong and Guangdong"
- Personal (Banking) ID-Cert Class 10 and Organizational (Banking) ID-Cert Class 11
- For individual and corporate customers of banks
- Support digital signing for e-cheque and other banking services
- Personal (Remote) ID-Cert Class 12
- For individual aged 18+ with valid travel documents
- Support remote digital signing provided by Remote Signing Service Provider ("RSSP")
- Organizational (Remote) ID-Cert Class 15
- For authorised employees/members of local and overseas organisations with any of the below business identifiers:
- Business Registration Number (BRN) or Company Registration Number (CRN) or Unique Business Identifier (UBI)
- Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) or The Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number
- Used for identity proof and digital signatory
- Support e-submission of application and remote digital signing provided by RSSP
Premium Certificates
- Customised certificate service that complies with the technology and security measures adopted under the Recognized Certificate Authority hierarchy
- Provide equal trustworthiness as recognized certificates but without the need for a costly in-house PKI deployment
- Support integration with existing operations, workflows and internal applications within an organisation
- Service set up is easy and quick
PKI Consultation
From planning to implementation of identification and authentication solutions, our services include:
- Feasibility Study
- Consulting and Project Planning
- Project Management
- System and Application Development
Recognised by Regulatory Authorities in Hong Kong