With Sovereign your organization can easily create a trusted network,  consisting of a formalized set of:

• Security services

• Public Keys and digital certificates that provide electronic identification of parties on the Internet (trust)

• Rules and processes that determine how  Sovereign is operated and who can participate in a Sovereign Trust Zone

Example:  Your organization runs extensive networks of suppliers and sub-contractors, which you manage via the exchange of hard copy orders or paper-based contracts  (fax, telex post).  By implementing Authora's Sovereign platform, workflow such as contracts, orders, etc. can be exchanged securely and electronically online. This reduces costs in operational efficiency.  Here's how it works:

• Your company implements Authora Sovereign to enroll and issue  encryption keys and trust agents (software extensions of your Authora Sovereign to use for encryption, decryption, and digital signatures) to its partners, vendors and customers.  
• Each public encryption key or "certificate" is authenticated on your corporate term/ based on your risk management policies. 
• Information can now be transferred within your community, in a manner that is secure, trusted, authenticated and supported by legal status. 
• If any transaction carried out in this e-community was the subject of disagreement, relevant data sent with a digital signature attached could provide for evidence in a court of law.

In addition, there are customer-facing functions that can be extended, such as financial institutions supplying mortgages to new or existing customers, which can also benefit from a Authora Sovereign.  Such relationships demand a high level of trust, authentication and legal defensibility. Trust agents work with any web-form and most e-mail systems so those enrolled in your trust zone can digitally sign and encrypt confidential forms.

Authora Sovereign enables an organization to deploy trust models online, by seamlessly and transparently duplicating the pre-requisites of real world business trust models which have been established over centuries in the physical world—authentication, security and legal status. Authora Sovereign can be used to secure (put digital envelopes on)  information transferred over the Internet and authenticate the identity of the parties involved in an electronic transaction (with a digital signature).

Digital Identity Management

Digital certificates/public keys are a way of establishing and demonstrating the identity of a person or entity (e.g. computer or server) on the Internet. Like traditional signature cards used in banks, digital certificates/public keys contain information about an individual that has been verified by your organization based on your organizations risk management policies.

Authora Sovereign leverages established trusted relationships and extends their existing value onto the Internet. Authora Sovereign can enable well-defined real world business functions, services or trading  to be extended onto the Internet through the provision of trust, security and legal status.