Q. A signature just seems too simple.  Surely fingerprints, eye scans or facial recognition are more sophisticated and foolproof?

A.  On the contrary, such systems have been shown to be easily fooled, or have real difficulties in registering individuals.  The ability to be forged also applies to static, image-based signature recognition systems too.

The brilliance of KeCrypt Signature is that it measures the individual and unique dynamic characteristics of a signature, but doesn’t record the signature itself.  Its simplicity makes it the most acceptable in use; its technological sophistication makes it the most secure.

Q. What steps have you taken to guarantee that your signature translation is both adequately robust and adequately discriminative? What is the reliability rate on “authorised” signatures? Conversely, do you have any evidence of falsely accepted signatures, whether from attempts to forge an observed one or by chance?

A. To assess the viability of the KeCrypt signature verification in a working environment, a trial was carried out in the pharmacy departments of a number of London hospitals.  Within a pharmacy and prescribing environment a signature is used to authorise a wide range of activities.  The trial showed that the KeCrypt biometric signature has a high level of user acceptance plus a high level of accuracy - and most importantly, all attempts at forgery were rejected.

For full details of the NHS Trial, click here.

Q. How difficult is it to incorporate KeCrypt Signature into established Applications?

A.  The signature verification technology has been developed for the Tablet PC using Microsoft .NET and is available as a simple plug-in.

Q. Apart from initially securing access to an Application, does KeCrypt Signature offer Developers any other advantages?

A.  By providing the facility to drag and drop Microsoft.Net onto a form, developers can now incorporate signature verification in workflow and other applications.

Q.  Is KeCrypt Signature limited to authorised signatures only?

A.   No, registered users will have their signatures verified by KeCrypt Signature. It is also a feature of KeCrypt Signature that non-registered signatures (clients) can be captured in the same digital manner. This can be useful for electronic document integrity and audit processes.

This means that a digital form can be created and the contents approved by a specific individual, who can later demonstrate that it was indeed their signature.  Or, conversely, that they were not the person who signed it!