2020 SAFE November Educational Seminar

Date: Time
18-November-2020 15:00 (3:00 pm) PDT
18-November-2020 19:00 (7:00 pm) EDT
18-November-2020 23:00 (11:00 pm) GMT
18-November-2020 01:00 (01:00 am) SAST
19-November-2020 12:00 (12:00 pm) NZDT

Speaker – Tomlinson (Tom) Rauscher

Topic – Electronic Signatures – Capture, Storage, and Verification

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of electronic documents and signatures. We describe various signature capture device types, and the range of information including signatures they can collect. Biometric signatures can be stored with documents in a secure way, so that the attempted modification of signed electronic documents after signing can be detected. Pitfalls of other signature types illustrate how documents can be presented to try to fool forensic document examiners. Summaries of court cases provide insight into the legality and utility of electronic signatures. We present software tools to support forensic analysis of electronic signatures by professional document examiners, focusing on signature verification. Armed with this information and these tools, forensic document examiners will have deeper insights into analyzing document and signatures, and can provide guidelines for designing secure signature capture systems.

Bio

Dr. Tomlinson Rauscher has 30+ years of experience managing the development and delivery of computer systems products.  He worked at Xerox Corporation managing the development of software systems and reprographic systems products.  From 1997 through 2007, Dr. Rauscher held executive engineering management positions in the computer storage industry.  Since 2007, he has directed the design and development of electronic signature hardware and software systems at Interlink Electronics and Topaz Systems. Rauscher retired from Topaz in 2018, and now consults part-time for Topaz and other businesses.

Rauscher earned his B.S. at Yale University, his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, and his M.B.A. at the University of Rochester William E. Simon School of Business.  Dr. Rauscher has been a speaker, panelist, session chairman, and program chairman at several technology, computer, and management conferences addressing technology topics such as electronic signature technology, computer storage systems, and software development processes; and management topics such as time-to-market and organization architecture.  He is the author/coauthor of two books, more than 25 technical publications, and five patents.