Your organisation is digitising its contracts. Your clients now expect signatures without the need to print, and electronic signatures have therefore become the natural alternative to handwritten signatures. Yet behind this single concept lie four...
Hashing plays a decisive role in safeguarding digital documents. By generating a unique fingerprint for each file, it becomes possible to verify its integrity and to provide reliable evidence of its condition at a specific...
Imagine your accounting department is facing a tax audit. The inspector requests the invoices from the last three years. Your teams can quickly find them in your Electronic Document Management (EDM) software. But can they...
The practice of associating a date or even a time with an event or a document, also called “timestamping”, has its roots in the need to produce evidence to assert or confirm a right or...
The DORA Directive, the MiCA regulation, new obligations for fintechs… European regulations in 2025 are requiring businesses to strengthen their digital evidence trails. Document fraud costs over €65 billion each year, equivalent to 2.5% of...
Your organisation is digitising its contracts. Your clients now expect signatures without the need to print, and electronic signatures have therefore become the natural alternative to handwritten signatures. Yet behind this single concept lie four...
Time synchronisation is a discreet yet fundamental technical base of digital systems. The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is specifically intended to ensure the temporal alignment of machines connected to a network, by providing them with...
The European Union has strengthened its cybersecurity framework through the NIS 2 Directive, which seeks to establish a harmonised and enhanced level of protection for critical infrastructure. The Directive requires entities classified as “essential” or...
As businesses produce and exchange an ever-increasing volume of digital documents, the question of how to preserve them securely and durably has become a strategic concern.Electronic archiving is far more than simple storage, it is...
With the rise of online interactions, ensuring the security of transactions and protecting digital identity is essential. In this context, the eIDAS 2.0 regulation positions itself as a key element in building a secure and...
Nowadays, ensuring the integrity and authenticity of data has become a and strategic imperative. As businesses and individuals rely more on digital records and transactions, the need for reliable methods of verifying the creation and...
The European Union has introduced DORA Regulation to establish a consistent framework for managing technology-related risks and to bolster the capacity of financial institutions to sustain their operations, even in the event of major disruption....
As the digitisation of communications intensifies, the exchange of documents in electronic form has become the norm for both individuals and organisations. This structural shift, though already underway, has notably accelerated since the 2020 Covid-related...
As the global economy becomes ever more digital and interconnected, organisations are rightly focused on securing individual identities, ensuring customer credentials, and deploying identity-wallets. But one critical dimension often remains undervalued: the corporate digital identity....
With the rise of digital transformation, more and more companies are adopting electronic signature solutions to sign contracts, quotes, purchase orders, and other documents securely. However, another solution deserves consideration to address the security and...
In light of recent rulings by several French Courts of Appeal, which have dismissed the admissibility of electronic signatures in disputes between banking institutions and their clients¹, legal professionals are witnessing a marked shift in...
It is a fact. In today’s fully digital environment, companies are faced with a range of online offences, including counterfeiting, but also misleading commercial practices and defamation. They must therefore continuously monitor and combat these...
The rise of digital technology and the dematerialisation of exchanges have significantly increased opportunities for fraud, leaving businesses more vulnerable to document manipulation. Fake bank account details, forged invoices, falsified payslips or counterfeit identity documents...
At a time when technological innovation and digitalisation are rapidly transforming markets, ensuring transparency and accountability has become a cornerstone of digital trust. Governments and regulatory bodies around the world are striving to maintain fair...
As businesses continue to accelerate their digitisation efforts, ongoing concerns about security breaches and fraud continue to undermine confidence in electronic systems and documents. With increasing dependence on digital technologies, companies must prioritise establishing and...
With the increase in regulatory constraints and the acceleration of digital transactions, ensuring the security and compliance of data exchanges is a key issue for businesses and their clients. Qualified timestamping, electronic seals, and electronic...
As digital becomes the norm, the collection of consent has become a critical issue for businesses and organisations both legally and ethically. Whether it involves complying with GDPR requirements, regulating healthcare practices, or securing contract...
The adoption of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) by the European Union in June 2024 sets a new precedent for the regulation of artificial intelligence across the bloc. Aimed at unifying AI governance, the...
Imagine a world where validating electronic invoices is hassle-free, secure, and beyond question. Timestamping has the potential to take us there. As we move towards an increasingly digital business environment, the role of timestamping has...
With the digitalization of entire sectors of the economy, certified timestamping has become increasingly important in commercial relations as it is one of the best ways to demonstrate that an action has been taken. This...
With the increasing risks of fraud, theft, and counterfeiting, businesses must ensure the authenticity and integrity of their critical documents and data. In this context, electronic seals play a pivotal role by guaranteeing the authenticity...
Electronic Archiving is an essential component of digital evidence, as unlike paper evidence, it is more likely to alter over time. So far, in most European countries, local laws provided little to no definition for...
In the era of digital transformation, digitisation is emerging as a strategic necessity for businesses. By replacing physical documents with digital versions, this process offers numerous advantages: increased productivity, cost reduction, data security… However, it...
For lawyers and corporate legal teams, evidence lies at the heart of any contentious action. Whether defending a position or challenging that of the opposing party, success depends on assembling strong, admissible evidence that meets...
With the increasing digitalisation of society, the insurance sector is undergoing significant transformation. One of the most notable changes is the shift towards online claims processing, which is reshaping traditional workflows. To adapt to this...
As the threats related to deepfakes and cybersecurity are growing, the need for secure and reliable methods to verify the authenticity of electronic documents has become more critical than ever. Timestamping is one such method...
Market data serves as a cornerstone in the financial industry, empowering banks and financial institutions to make well-informed decisions, streamline operations, and remain competitive in dynamic markets. However, the utilisation of such data entails significant...
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2019 marked a global turning point in digital transformation, pushing companies to accelerate the digitisation of their operations. While some organisations have their technical departments spearheading this transformation, others delegate this...
The rise of digitalisation has led organisations and institutions to handle increasing volumes of electronic documents daily. However, this digital transformation comes with a significant risk: document fraud. Whether it’s the falsification of contracts, fraudulent...