Unlocking Electronic Signature Legitimacy for Physical Exam Consent in United States

How to eSign a document: electronic signature legitimacy for Physical Exam Consent in United States

securing your signature you've ever rented a car you bought furniture or even dealt with a medical form online you have probably signed your name electronically but how secure is that it's a question we got through our call for action office so our consumer investigator Kristin Byrne talked to a cybersecurity expert to get some answers while electronic signatures seem just as good as your John Hancock ing to a cyber expert we spoke with no pen doesn't always mean no problems what are some of the big threats that that consumers should be aware of the biggest threat of using an eSignature they is people not understanding what they're actually using a professor at Milwaukee Area Technical College Joseph Martinez specializes in information system security he highlights dangers of your digital signature first forgeries people can actually steal your esign signature and actually Forge it for other contract signings or purchases next malware people will keep copies of their East signature on their smartphone or their laptop and still had that device get infested by malware or spyware so now their each signature and the key associated with it is now out there in the wild or in the wind for anybody to use another threat bad actors changing a business contract without you knowing since you have no valid tool to verify that signature you're going to get stuck with the changes to that contract so how can you keep yourself protected first research the company you're signing a contract with also get a copy of the contract that you've signed and use a program that's protecting your signature martinez recommends a sign from adobe or approve me we posted links to those apps on TMJ for comm i'm consumer investigator kristen burn