As electronic communication has increased, so has the need for proper identification and authentication of electronic documents and signatures. DNV has a solution to the complex problem of verifying the many different electronic identities in use around the world. This solution is the DNV Validation Authority.

Purpose

Organisations that want to take full advantage of e-business in an international business environment have to be able to handle electronic identities (eIDs) from many eID issuers around the world. eIDs are issued by certificate authorities to people or organisations that may use their eIDs to get access to information networks or online services, or to digitally sign documents.

In the traditional trust model with eID the receiving parties have to determine the validity status of the eID with the issuing certificate authority. This can be quite a challenge (technically as well as business wise) if the receiving party has to handle eIDs from several certificate authorities.

The traditional trust model means that each receiving party may have to relate to many certificate authorities in different countries and eID schemes. Likewise, each certificate authority will have to relate to many receiving parties in different countries if they want the eID holders to be able to make generic use of their eIDs.

DNV has a solution to these complex relations. The DNV solution is to provide a global and neutral validation authority as an independent trust anchor for all e-business.

Benefits

DNV takes the role as a global and neutral validation authority offering validation of certificates for electronic identity (eID) and verification of digital signatures as a third party service.

DNV’s Validation Authority service will enable effective use of eIDs and digital signatures in international business:

• By reducing cost and improving efficiency in handling many different eIDs and signature formats
• By providing interoperability between different eIDs and signature formats
• By assessing the quality of eIDs and signatures ensuring proper management of risk and liability.

The DNV Validation Authority can become your single independent trust anchor for managing eIDs and digital signatures.