Webinar: Digital Signature for Digital Bangladesh

Shahina Parven

Deputy Controller (Deputy Secretary)

Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA)

Digital Financial Service Specialist

a2i – Aspire to Innovate Programme

1. Debdulal Roy

Executive Director (Programming)

2. Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

Controller (Joint Secretary)

Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA)

3. Syed Mahbubur Rahman

Managing Director and CEO

4. Mohammad Hatem

Executive President

5. Syed Almas Kabir

Director

6. Sabbir Hossain

DMD and Chief Operating Officer

Digital signatures comply with regulations around the world and provide the highest level of identity assurance when dealing with digital documents. Bangladesh has established the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) in 2011 under the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006. CCA plays the regulatory role in supervising electronic signature certificate issuing authorities. CCA has issued Certifying Authority licenses to 7 organizations till now including the Central Bank and Bangladesh Computer Council.

But, the adoption of digital signatures is still very low despite adequate legal and regulatory frameworks and infrastructure in place. The private sector and business community may not well aware of the true potential of the service. So, this event is organized to discuss practical use cases of Digital Signature in Bangladesh; and how the private and public sectors may avail of the service.