Cloud Digital Certificate API: How it works and what are the advantages
3 de November de 2022
The digital certificate is one such as a CPF or CNPJ to be used in the virtual environment. It can be stored on a smart card, a token (similar to a USB stick) or in the cloud.
This last option provides more agility when performing digital signatures or other authentications on systems. But how to integrate this functionality into your software?
In this post, we will see how it works and what are the advantages of the API for digital certificate in the cloud. Check it out!
The digital certificate is a technology that makes it possible to unequivocally identify individuals and legal entities, without the need for face-to-face recognition.
It is issued by Certifying Authorities linked to ICP-Brasil, an entity that verifies all bearer data and also ensures the high level of security of the solution, guaranteed by complex encryption.
In addition, there is also the option of certificado corporate digital, issued by Corporate Certification Authorities . It is as secure as the ICP-Brasil digital certificates, and is recommended for companies that wish to have more security in their internal processes.
When it started to be used in Brazil, in 2001, the digital certificate was stored on devices such as smart cards and tokens. However, with the massification of cloud computing, this environment has become a third option. Then come the digital certificates in the cloud.
Digital certificates stored in smartcards and tokens, although functional and secure, have always created difficulties for users:
These difficulties led users to constantly call technical support. In addition to taking time, this negatively affected the perceived value of the digital certificate.
While there were these problems, the migration of systems to the cloud was consolidating. And that was the perfect condition for to take the certificates to the cloud also.
Without relying on physical media, the digital certificate in the cloud provides a much better experience for users. It is like any other certificate, what changes is its usability.
In the cloud, the user does not need to have specific drivers and can access documents from any device, as long as it has internet. Thus, the use becomes much more practical and agile.
