Dept. of Commerce adopts signature system
The U.S. Department of Commerce has adopted the digital signature technology of RSA Data Security (San Mateo, CA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies, and the department has approved the modification of the Federal Digital Signature standard (FIPS 186-1) to support the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) X9.31 standard for RSA digital signatures. As a result, government agencies will now be able to use RSA-enabled digital signature applications without having to go through a time-consuming standards waiver process.
Blake Greenlee, chairman of ANSI’s ASC X9 Working Group X9.F1, said that the approval is a significant event for healthcare information and electronic commerce industries, as well as the financial services industry. "The approval of ANSI X9.31 is a significant breakthrough for government agencies, many of which are already using RSA technology and have been anticipating its acceptance as an official approved security standard," said Miles Smid, Acting Chief of the Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST).
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