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Almetis : Trusted Tools & Services for Worldwide Paperless Work
February 2009 by Marc Jacob
The trusted digital signature is a transversal need and the same standards apply worldwide. Globally
assimilated to the electronic paper, the PDF is the de facto standard for document exchange.
Almetis has developed innovative and wide-reaching security and digital signature technology
solutions based on a new and trusted human interface device. This new device is the cat, the only
personal smartcard terminal that doubles as a computer mouse.
Almetis solutions are best adapted to deploy corporate, home working, government and citizen
services based on the trusted digital signature.
A multipurpose trusted tool
Almetis Personal CAT Executive is a comprehensive trusted digital signature package, aimed to
secure the information systems access control, the electronic transactions and the PDF documents
exchange. It contains a cat, a digital signature smart card and a license of Almetis software.
– Functions:
1. secure messaging: signature, encryption (S/MIME);
2. authentication and secure browsing (SSL);
3. sign-on;
4. secure signature, time stamping and verification of PDF documents;
5. on line banking and payment.
Characteristics:
1. Unique ergonomics: the cat is naturally in the user’s hand;
2. Imposes each signature as a voluntary act;
3. The cat notifies every use of the smart card;
4. The cat protects the user PINs and the smart card itself for
unauthorized use or attacks;
5. Comprehensive and easy to use;
6. Adapted for large-scale deployment.
A worldwide product
Almetis Personal CAT Executive is smoothly integrated with Open Office suite of Sun Microsystems
and with Microsoft Windows operating system and its Office suite.
Almetis Executive is the software component of the Personal CAT Executive package capable of
secure signature and time stamping creation and verification of PDF documents. Furthermore, Almetis
offers free of charge Almetis Reader, a stand alone software application for visualising and validating
the PDF documents.
Almetis targets government and corporate customers worldwide: government executives,
businesspersons, lawyers, corporate officers, accountants, consultants, project managers, etc.
covering both professional and private security needs.
All rights reserved. Except Almetis and Personal CAT, the other product and company names herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
