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KeyOne Time Stamping Authority
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Product Sheet
Electronic time-stamping is the only way to guarantee that a transaction occurred or an electronic document was signed at a given time. KeyOne Time Stamping Authority, the Safelayer secure time-stamping service, is designed to:
- Guarantee, objectively and precisely, the registering of the moment a transaction occurs
- Protect the time-stamp records
- Allow the connection, easily and securely, with the corporate control systems, minimizing installation and maintenance costs
- Maximum security
KeyOne products support defining the roles and events required to operate in compliance with the Security Requirements for Trustworthy Systems Managing Certificates for Electronic Signatures (CWA14167-1). KeyOneTSA supports the roles of security operator, system administrator and system auditor. - Reliability and control
The reliability of a TSA (Time Stamping Authority) registration system is vital for ensuring the traceability of the issued time-stamps and auditing their operation. The KeyOne registration mechanism incorporates a data protection system and an emergency system that ensures logs cannot be lost. KeyOne also supports selecting automatic events (with different levels of severity) and defining manual events (for registering actions that occur outside the application). - Maximum performance and scalability
Connected to cryptographic accelerators, KeyOne Certification Authority meets the highest load requirements, can be integrated in high availability architectures and guarantees the fastest-possible transactional response times. - Easy to integrate and accounting
KeyOneTSA includes an interpreted programming language to define the interaction with information systems. It is possible to customize the system, incorporate new functions, connect to access-control systems and access internal information systems (to complement the information generated).
The main functions of KeyOne Time Stamping Authority are to:
- Receive time-stamp requests via the Internet from users and service providers that want to add time stamps to electronic documents or transactions.
- Generate a digitally-signed time-stamp that includes the time of the request; the information that securely binds the stamp to the electronic document; and a unique registration number for auditing purposes.
- Generate audit logs so operators can monitor the status of the system, its security and to what extent the corporate specifications are being met.
The following figure illustrates the general architecture of KeyOne Time Stamping Authority and how it interrelates with the network components (under the IETF time-stamp protocol). KeyOne Time Stamping Authority can operate with a HSM (network or internal) and requires access to a database and a network time source (e.g., via NTP).
