Re: Electronic signatures and watermarking?

[PCSage Information Services <info () pcsage biz>]

Assuming of course that these documents are meant to 'stay' in the 
electronic domain,
you might consider using Adobe Acrobat to help secure your documents as 
ACLs and signatures travel with (are embedded in) a pdf file. A 
colleague of mine has used PDF technology / combined with a handwriting 
analysis program to ensure that signatures are valid when compared to 
an electronic original, for a large metropolitan healthcare 
organization.

Good Luck in your Efforts,

Sean Swayze
infoATpcsageDOTbiz

On 26-Oct-04, at 11:10 AM, Spencer, Mark wrote:

> On business documents (those that still live in the paper world) where
> public/private keys and signature verification are unavailable, is 
> there
> a way to make an electronic signature (a handwritten one that has been
> scanned in) more secure?  Possibly by watermarking?  Anyone can scan in
> a handwritten signature and paste it into a document, but I'm curious
> about how one might watermark or otherwise secure it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark