Introducing electronic signatures in higher education institutions

Brechka Denis Mikhailovich

The article discusses the problem of implementing an electronic signature in the electronic document management system of a higher educational institution. Relevance is associated with the massive digitalization of business processes and the increasing distribution of electronic document management. The aim of the work is to develop a typical scheme for organizing an electronic signature infrastructure. The main results are: - formulation of requirements for electronic document management systems, for the correct choice of systems that correspond to the tasks solved in modern higher educational institutions. - characterization of the necessary elements of the electronic signature infrastructure for building a complete picture of all work-stages on implementing the electronic signature. - offering a model for using various types of electronic signatures in accordance with the type of documents to be signed, correlated with the hierarchical structure of organization management.

Keywords:Electronic signature, document management, electronic signature infrastructure, criteria for selecting an electronic document management system