prSSH EN 319 421 V1.2.1:2023

Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and Security Requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing Time-Stamps

Scope

The present document specifies policy and security requirements relating to the operation and management practices of TSPs issuing time-stamps. These policy requirements are applicable to TSPs issuing time-stamps. Such time-stamps can be used in support of digital signatures or for any application requiring to prove that a datum existed before a particular time. The present document can be used by independent bodies as the basis for confirming that a TSP can be trusted for issuing time-stamps. The present document does not specify protocols used to access the TSUs.