Digital signature

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007965",
  "term": "Digital signature",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "(not to be confused with a digital certificate) An electronic signature that can be used to authenticate the identity of the sender of a message or the signer of a document and possibly to ensure that the original content of the message or document that has been sent is unchanged. Digital signatures are easily transportable, cannot be imitated by someone else, and can be automatically time-stamped.",
  "subject": "Laws, regulations and executive orders",
  "references": [
    "Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/digital-signature/"
}