On 05 December 2019, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued Circular 16/2019/TT-BTTTT (“Circular 16”) on promulgating the list of mandatory standards applicable on digital signatures and digital signature certification services under the digital model on mobile devices and remote digital signatures. Circular 16 will take effect from 01 April 2020.
Accordingly, standards applicable to digital signatures and digital signature certification services under the remote digital signature model include the following seven (07) types:
- Standard for cryptography and digital signature;
- Standard for data information;
- Policy standards and digital signature authentication
- The standard protocol for storing and retrieving digital certificates;
- Standard for checking the status of digital certificates;
- Security standards for HSM to manage secret keys of organizations providing digital signature certification services;
- The standard system of equipment for managing secret keys, digital certificates and creating digital signatures of customers.
The details of each standard in the Appendix issued together with Circular 16/2019/TT-BTTTT.
