Best Practice Report

E-Signatures Q&A: Legalize It

Minimize The Risks Of Eliminating External-Facing Paper-Based Processes

December 2nd, 2009
Bill Nagel, null
Bill Nagel
With contributors:
Margaret Ryan , Robert Whiteley III

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.

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