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	December 2, 2009 E-Signatures Q&A: Legalize It Minimize The Risks Of Eliminating External-Facing Paper-Based Processes by Bill Nagel with Robert Whiteley, Margaret Ryan	Average: 10  (1 rating)

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Executive Summary

Electronic signatures (e-signatures), with their roots in paperwork elimination initiatives, have been edging into greater prominence due to the greater regulatory, legal, and economic pressures that businesses in many industry verticals are feeling today. The need to shorten sales cycles and reduce turnaround times often runs headlong into the requirement to safeguard valuable transactions and the data associated with them. E-signatures combine secure document signing, workflow automation, and (often) document life-cycle management functions into a package that makes it quicker, more convenient, and safer to execute legally binding agreements online. Forrester recommends that security and risk management professionals get up to speed on e-signature technologies and prepare to answer the top questions business and IT execs will be asking in 2010.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1. How do "electronic signatures" differ from "digital signatures"?
• 2. Which variations of e-signatures are legally binding?
• 3. What are organizations using e-signatures for?
• 4. How can I authenticate customers to be sure that I know who's signing the transaction?
• 5. How can I authenticate new or potential customers whom I haven't yet identified?
• 6. The e-signing itself seems fairly trivial. Is that all there is to e-signature solutions?
• 7. How can I ensure that customers correctly sign documents with complex signature requirements?
• 8. What kind of return on investment can I get from implementing e-signatures?
• 9. What do I need to do with the signed electronic record?

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