While digital signatures have caught the fancy of many corporates and executives, what exactly is it? Simply put, a digital signature is your electronic fingerprint. It lets you sign a document electronically and it validates the signer. It is a mathematical code that authenticates the document from the sender and ensures the document remains unaltered on reaching the recipient. Fears about the security of digital signatures are reasonable, however, it uses an accepted format called a Public Key Infrastructure, which provides a very high level of security making it difficult to duplicate. Digital signatures make office paperwork far more efficient, but laws regarding this technology vary between countries. The benefits of digital signatures have more offices and companies getting on the bandwagon in favor of e-signatures, making for a far more efficient and secure workplace, digitally. In many parts of the world including North America, the European Union, and APAC, digital signatures are legal and have the same value as hand signatures.