How many qualified digital signature certificates are active? How many remote digital signatures and timestamps issued?
They are now available new updated datarelating to the second half of 2023, declared by the certifiers accredited in Italy by AgID (QTSP).
What are qualified trust services
Qualified trust services are a set of electronic services that guarantee a high level of security and reliability in digital transactions. They are defined and regulated by the European Union (EU) eIDAS Regulation no. 910/2014 and, in Italy, are subject to the supervision of the Agency for Digital Italy.
These services allow you to:
– identify and authenticate people securely online;
– electronically sign documents and transactions, ensuring their integrity and non-repudiation;
– send and receive electronic communications with legal value;
– store documents and data safely and reliably.
The report data
The report contains graphs relating to the trend of the number of “active digital signatures” (valid qualified certificates), the number of “digital signatures affixed” (remote digital signatures generated) and the number of timestamps issued in the periods of reference.
In the second half of 2023, there were 40.9 million active qualified digital signature certificates, a notable increase compared to the 30.2 million recorded in the first half of the year. The remote digital signatures generated were 3.5 billion, also growing, compared to the 3.3 billion of the previous half-year, while the timestamps issued were almost 2.13 billion, of which 97.92% were qualified ex art. 42 eIDAS.