The Visible
Electronic
Seal (CEV)
The Visible Electronic Seal (CEV) is a document security solution based on embedding a cryptographically signed 2D barcode in a physical or digital document.
It guarantees the authenticity, integrity and origin of the document, while enabling fast, reliable and automated verification using a smartphone or a verification platform. Compliant with the ISO 22376 standard and backed by a PKI, the CEV is an effective tool for document fraud prevention.
Ensuring the Authenticity and Integrity
of Physical and Digital Documents
Instant
document
authentication
Fast and reliable verification of a document’s
authenticity with a simple scan
of the secure code.
Guaranteed
data integrity
Automatic detection of any modification or
alteration of the document’s content, to prevent
forgery and fraudulent use.
Full
traceability
Tracking and verification of the document throughout
its life cycle, from generation through to
viewing or inspection.
Accessible
verification
Verification tools made available
to the various stakeholders, including
government bodies, partners, inspection
authorities and citizens.
Why adopt the CEV?
Significantlyreducedocumentfraud
TheCEVmakesforgerymoredifficultandenablesanyalterationorattemptedfraudtobedetectedquickly.
Strengthentrustinofficialdocuments
Eachdocumentcarriesproofoforiginandintegritythatcanbeverifiedbygovernmentbodies,partnersandauthorisedusers.
Moderniseadministrativeprocesses
Paperlessprocessingandonlineverificationsimplifyinspections,speedupproceduresandimprovetheefficiencyofservices.
Alignwithinternationalstandards
TheCEVisinlinewithrecognisedframeworksforsignatures,digitalsealinganddocumentsecurity.
How do you verify a CEV?
VerifyingaVisibleElectronicSealtakesjustafewsimplesteps,usingasmartphone,atabletoraworkstationequippedwithacompatibleverificationtool.
1.Scanthe2Dbarcode
Theuserscansthe2Dbarcodeembeddedinthedocumentusingtheofficialverificationapplicationoracompatiblereader.
2.Checkthedocument’sstatus
Thesystemanalysesthesecuredataandimmediatelydisplaysthedocument’sstatus:authentic,expired,revokedornon-compliant.
3.Generateaverificationreport
Atime-stampedverificationreportcanbegenerated,thenkeptasproofofthecheckcarriedout,archivedorforwardedtoanauthorisedthirdparty.
Organisations using the Visible Electronic Seal
