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What are Digital Certificates?

Digital certificates are electronic mechanisms that verify the identity of individuals or organisations. They're used to authenticate users and electronically sign data and documents, ensuring the signatory's identity and the integrity of the content.

How do digital certificates work?

  • Digital certificates are issued by trusted third parties known as Certificate Authorities (CA), accredited under regulations like eIDAS.
  • Upon obtaining a digital certificate, the Certificate Authority (CA), like Lleida.net, confirms your identity and issues you a certified digital certificate. This document includes your personal information, a public key, and a private key. Your private key remains securely under your control, while the public key can be shared with others. You can share your public key with third parties.
  • Encrypting with one key ensures that only the corresponding key can decrypt the data, guaranteeing secure communication and authentication online. Encrypting with the public key means decryption can only occur with the private key, and vice versa
  • This means your public key is used to encrypt data, ensuring only you can decrypt it due to your exclusive access to the private key. Your private key is then utilized to sign documents or data, enabling anyone with the public key to decrypt the message and confirm that only you could have signed that document or data.

Types of Digital Certificates

Different certificates exist based on the requester and their intended use.

Digital citizen certificate. It serves to identify oneself as a physical person, sign documents, and carry out other online procedures, with the same legal guarantees as in-person procedures.

The Digital Representative Certificate allows individuals to act on behalf of a legal entity..

This certificate digitally identifies a natural person and links them A an organisation or entity, stating what position they hold in it, whether employee, associate, collaborator, customer or supplier.

This is a digital certificate designed to protect the genuine identity of the holder, primarily used by individuals such as law enforcement officers and health inspectors. It is not permissible for use in situations where the true identity must be disclosed

This certificate digitally identifies a natural person and links them to an organisation or entity, stating what position they hold in it,.

This certificate permits a natural person to assume the role of a legal representative without legal entity status for an organization

The electronic seal certificate identifies a legal entityand grants the ability to electronically sign invoices and other documents.

How to get a digital certificate?

Available formats

Digital certificates can be tailored to suit different needs. When used for electronic signatures, they can be either advanced or qualified.

Here are the methods for electronic signatures:

Software

A digital certificate securely stored on your computer.

Advanced (eIDAS)

Cloud-based

A digital certificate is stored and managed in the cloud.

Centralised in Lleida.net Wallet

An app that makes identification and signing easy on your smartphone.

Smart card security

The certificate is kept on a special card with a chip containing a microprocessor and memory.

USB token

Information stored on a USB token, protected by physical and cryptographic security measures.

Qualified (eIDAS) or Digital (other regulations)

Benefits of digital certificates

Digital certificates provide security for operating in fully digital environments Thanks to integrations in the cloud or with mobile applications, their use is now simple and intuitive.

Use cases

Digital certificates have various use cases spanning different fields and sectors. Select a country to see the most common uses in each.

Certificate uses in the European Union

Online identification

Digital certificates verify online identities for accessing bank accounts, online purchases, or entering secure business networks.

Electronic signature

They are used to electronically sign legal documents, contracts, tax declarations, and other important documents, ensuring their authenticity and integrity.

Electronic health networks

In the healthcare sector, medical professionals use digital certificates to securely access and share medical records and sensitive data between health systems and organizations, or to electronically sign medical prescriptions and related documents.

Government services

Digital certificates allow access to online government services, such as visa applications, residency certificates, and electronic voting.

Financial sector

Access to online bank accounts and secure transactions, electronic signing of financial contracts and commercial agreements, or identity verification in online banking services and electronic payments.

Human Resources

Signing of labour contracts and remote work agreements, access to electronic payrolls and employment-related documents.

Uses of the certificate in Colombia

Signing of reports to control entities

Electronic authentication of reports or reports that must be submitted to various regulatory or control entities such as the health superintendent, financial superintendent, ministries of health, comptroller's office, chemical substances SICOQ, etc.

Service window

Procedures related to the import and export of goods and services through the VUCE of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism.

Electronic invoice

Electronic invoice technology operators, entities authorized by the DIAN to manage and validate the issuance of electronic invoices in the country.

Expense ordering payments

National SIIF of the Ministry of Finance, guaranteeing the security and authenticity of financial transactions and electronically transmitted information.

Transit registration

Access to the RUNT by transit operators for the management of procedures and services associated with vehicular traffic circulation.

Chambers of Commerce

Authentication, security, and integrity of virtual SAS company registration processes.

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