Institute of Forensic Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Chartoularios Institute, Piraeus, Greece.
J Forensic Sci. 2021 Mar;66(2):743-747. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14627. Epub 2020 Nov 18.
The use of digitally captured signatures in everyday course of business increases annually and, compared to pen and paper signatures, provides various advantages concerning the administration of documents. These signatures may also become subjects of a forensic handwriting examination and, therefore, in order to optimize their suitability for this purpose, they should satisfy several requirements. This paper presents recommendations drawn up by forensic handwriting examiners associated with ENFHEX (ENFSI) in a project aimed at defining best practices in forensic examination of digitally captured signatures. The paper is dedicated mainly to hardware and software developers, providers, and user institutions of digitally captured signature technologies to improve their practice to a level optimized for forensic handwriting examination. The most important requirements outlined in this paper concern digitally captured signature data, hardware, and software used to acquire these data, as well as optimized signing conditions. Following these requirements ensures the suitability of signature data for forensic handwriting examination and, consequently, increases the reliability of the associated electronic documents. In spite of rapidly evolving technology, they can serve as a solid basis for understanding and consideration of the optimal use of digitally captured signatures for signing electronic documents.
数字签名在日常业务中的使用逐年增加，与纸笔签名相比，在文件管理方面具有诸多优势。这些签名也可能成为法医笔迹鉴定的对象，因此，为了优化其在这方面的适用性，它们应满足几个要求。本文介绍了与 ENFHEX（ENFSI）相关的法医笔迹鉴定员在一个旨在定义数字捕获签名的法医检查最佳实践的项目中制定的建议。本文主要针对数字捕获签名技术的硬件和软件开发商、提供商以及用户机构，旨在将其实践提升到最适合法医笔迹鉴定的水平。本文概述的最重要的要求涉及用于获取这些数据的数字捕获签名数据、硬件和软件，以及优化的签名条件。满足这些要求可确保签名数据适用于法医笔迹鉴定，从而提高相关电子文档的可靠性。尽管技术发展迅速，但它们可以作为理解和考虑数字捕获签名用于签署电子文档的最佳用途的坚实基础。
