In the spread COVID-19 the Ministry proposes to allow a number of transactions with the use of the portal “public Services”. The project has been published at portal regulations.
it will be a system supporting the creation and use of “unqualified electronic signature” for individuals using a common system of identification and authentication and portal “public Services”.
to Use the new service can be at the conclusion of lease contracts of state property, tax reporting, when signing documents for employment and for certain other actions, a list of which will determine the Ministry of communications.
According to the authors of the project, the service will improve the efficiency, safety and ease of use of electronic signatures remotely through the e-government infrastructure.
on December 28 President Vladimir Putin signed a law on perfection of regulation in the area of electronic signatures.
By law, the accredited certification authority has the authority to store the key of electronic signature and signing the relevant electronic document on behalf of the owner of the qualified certificate.
Also the changes relate to the tightening of requirements to the procedure of accreditation of certification authorities and their working by increasing the required threshold capital centre of up to 100 million rubles. In addition, increased liability insurance the activities of the centre, however, the accreditation period is reduced to three years.
Electronic digital signature (EDS) — the equivalent of the conventional handwritten signature. It makes a cryptographic transformation to the document, leaving on it a kind of digital trace of the owner. Currently, there are three types of electronic signatures: simple, enhanced unqualified and advanced qualified.
