Re: Digital Signatures

["Dr. Wole Akpose" <wole.akpose () MORGAN EDU>]

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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:25 PM, McLaughlin, Bryan S. <
bmclaughlin () creighton edu> wrote:

>  As Creighton University reached deeper into online education we (IT) are
> being asked to provide a solution to allow distance students to ‘sign’
> electronic documents as they pertain to their educational pursuits.
> Documents like Dissertation proposal forms, plan of study document, etc.
> are used by traditional students and physically signed by program personnel
> and the student as they are guiding documents tailored for each student.
> As our distance student population grows we are beginning to recognize
> where some of our traditional practices have to change to meet new
> demands.  We do not have a PKI infrastructure in place today so this
> initiative will be from the ground up.****
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> Have others implemented digital signature solutions to address the needs
> of distance students?  If so, what products are being used and how
> successful have these programs been, are these solutions used across campus
> or only for small populations, and are these standalone solutions or are
> you integration digital signatures into other application?  ****
>
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> Thanks,****
>
> ** **
>
> Bryan McLaughlin****
>
> Information Security Officer****
>
> Creighton University****