Digital Signatures

Mohan Atreya is a Technical Consultant with the OEM & Developer Group at RSA Security. He has advanced degrees in Engineering from National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Ben Hammond lives in Alameda, California, and is a Principal Engineer and a lead developer of RSA Keon PKI projects. He previously worked at NEC systems lab developing security products, as well as at the Wharton School of Business. Ben holds a bachelors degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University, and a Masters degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Wu Mountain View, CA is President and CEO of InfoSec Law Group, PC and of Infoliance, Inc. He advises clients concerning business, legal, and technical matters relating to electronic contracting, authentication, information security, compliance with security requirements in privacy laws, and public key infrastructures. His practice includes drafting certificate policies and certification practice statements. Mr. Wu is Co-Chair of the American Bar Associations Information Security Committee. He is a 1988 graduate of Harvard Law School and, prior to founding ILG and Infoliance, was in charge of developing VeriSigns worldwide policies and practices governing its digital certification services. Paul Starrett, Esquire, of San Jose, CA is a software engineer at RSA Security focusing on programming PKI applications. Paul has over seven years experience in programming and technical writing for high profile clients like NASA Ames and Network Associates. Paul has published three books on security-related subjects, and was an original contributor to the PKI Assessment Guide put out by the Information Security Committee of the American Bar Association. Paul has also been a private investigator for over ten years, investigating hundreds of white collar crimes and multimillion dollar fraud cases for both the public and private sectors. He is a licensed attorney in the State of California, holds a BS and JD, and is an associate member of the Information Security Committee of the American Bar Association. Stephen Paine (San Mateo, CA) is a Systems Engineer at RSA Security where he explains concepts in security to corporations and developers worldwide. Stephen has worked in the security field for most of his career, first working with the security of digital communications and networks for the United States Marine Corps, as a Security Architect at SUN Microsystems, applying Cryptography and security to their ERP financial systems.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Cryptography Overview Chapter 3: Public Key Infrastructure Chapter 4: Data Integrity Chapter 5: Digital Signatures Beyond Security Chapter 6: Technical Issues Chapter 7: Business Issues Chapter 8: Current Standards and Implementations Chapter 9: U.S. and Worldwide Digital Signature Legislation Chapter 10: Legal Issues Chapter 11: PKI Documentation and Additional Legal Issues Appendix A: E-Sign Act Appendix B: International Law Developments