The National Marine Fisheries Service Policy Directive 32-110, "Use and Implementation of Electronic Signatures" outlines the implementation following requirements for any system that needs to incorporate an approved electronic signature process into its daily operation. The requirements set forth in the directive aresystem:
- Technical non-repudiation services
- Legally binding the electronic transaction to an entity
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- Providing chain of custody audit trails
- Providing an electronic receipt or
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- acknowledgment of a successful submission
- Collecting only necessary information in the electronic signature authentication process
- Create a long-term retention and access policy
- Periodic review and re-evaluation of the electronic signature process
This sections documents design details that address these requirements.
Binding the Transaction to an Entity and Non-repudiation
Requirements 1 and 2 above are addressed in the design of three component parts of the system:
- identity assertion, person proofing, and registration
- terms and conditions and signing ceremony
- document binding and document integrity
identity assertion, person proofing, and registration