Qualified Certificate for eSeal
Qualified certificate for electronic seal (QC eSeal) are digital certificates issued to a legal person (company) and is used to secure authenticity, integrity and confidentiality in electronic communication of messages and documents.
There are two main use areas for these certificates; message exchange as the most common, and document signing (sealing).
Order Qualified Certificate for eSeal
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Standard QC eSeal
Area of use: Reporting, message exchange including EPJ and different public services from Altinn, DIFI and EU
Option: Generate your own CSR
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Document signing QC eSeal
Area of use: Sign on behalf of your business, eg. PDFs. Private key stored on HW-unit according to Adobe-requirements.
Option: Generate your own CSR
Message exchange
Qualified Certificate for Electronic Seal, which allows stamping of all evidence, including all data and transaction requests and confirmations. This enables all relevant information in communication to be sealed, which in turn protects data authenticity and integrity. With this method, if exchanged information will be needed as evidence for any dispute, the relying party can confirm who was its creator and that the information was not changed since it was created.
Examples :
- ebMS Certificates (QC eSeal) for signing ebMS message and end-to-end message encryption
- Business Signature Certificates (QC eSeal) for signing SEDs
Document signing (sealing)
Qualified certificate for electronic seal allows the relying party to validate the identity of the subject of the certificate, as well as the and integrity of the sealed data, and prove it to third parties. The electronic seal provides strong evidence, capable of having legal effect, that given data is originated by the legal entity identified in the certificate.
