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User Guide

Governikus DATA Boreum

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Governikus DATA Boreum, release 10.10.1

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Table of contents

1      Legal information and further notices

2      Introduction

2.1    Signature cards and seal cards

2.2    Supported operating systems

2.3    Editions of Governikus DATA Boreum

2.4    User Guide overview

3      Installation

3.1    DATA Boreum versions and differences

3.1.1   Important differences of the MSI and the portable versions

3.1.2   SSL connections with DATA Boreum

3.2    Installation dialogs

3.3    First start

3.4    Automatic update

3.5    Connecting card readers

3.6    Licence key

4      Getting quickly started

4.1    Quick start signing

4.2    Quick start validating

4.3    Quick start encrypting

4.4    Quick start decrypting

5      Settings

5.1    General tab

5.2    Applications tab

5.3    Sign tab

5.4    Governikus tab

5.5    BNotK tab

5.6    PDF tab

5.6.1   Dialogue section “Signature field decision

5.6.2   Administrate templates

5.6.3   Visualisation - additional signing information

5.6.4   Visualisation - hide labelling, change order

5.6.5   Placing a signature field

5.6.6   Font

5.6.7   Image

5.7    Validation tab

5.8    Encrypt tab

5.9    Decrypt tab

5.10  Network tab

5.11  Export settings

6      Governikus DATA Boreum's main functions

6.1    Governikus DATA Boreum's menu bar

6.2    Keyboard commands

6.3    Common features of dialogs

6.3.1   Navigating dialogs

6.3.2   Selecting files

6.3.3   Selecting a target directory

6.4    Using the Sign function

6.4.1   Selecting files

6.4.2   Special case PDF file

6.4.3   Setting options of the signing function

6.4.4   Select key

6.4.5   Selecting a target directory

6.4.6   Executing the signing process

6.4.7   Special cases batch signature cards and multi signature cards

6.5    Using the Validate function

6.5.1   Signature formats

6.5.2   Selecting files

6.5.3   Setting options of the validating function

6.5.4   Executing the validating process

6.5.5   The inspection-sheet

6.6    Using the Encrypt function

6.6.1   Selecting files

6.6.2   Select key

6.6.3   Selecting a target directory

6.6.4   Executing the encrypt process

6.7    Using the Decrypt function

6.7.1   Selecting files

6.7.2   Key selection

6.7.3   Select target directory

6.7.4   Executing the decrypt process

7      Additional functions

7.1    Applying external timestamps

7.2    Governikus DATA Boreum as background process

8      Specifics of the Integration Edition

8.1    Configuration

8.2    Menu bar of the Integration Edition

8.3    Calling options via the tray icon

8.4    The Integration Edition's functions

9      Explanations

9.1    Authentication

9.2    Certificate authority

9.3    Decryption

9.4    Encryption

9.5    Signature

9.6    Signature algorithm

9.7    Signature formats

9.8    Signature cards

9.9    Timestamp

9.10  Validating

10   Security and data privacy

10.1  Recommendations for operating Governikus DATA Boreum

10.1.1           Requirements for operational environment

10.1.2           Requirements for secure operation

10.1.3           Technical requirements

10.1.4           Requirements for configuration

10.2  Privacy by Design

10.2.1           Privacy by Design – product development

10.2.2           Privacy by Default – product configuration

10.3  Security by Design

10.3.1           Monitoring of third-party software

10.3.2           Protected production environment

10.3.3           Assessment of threats

10.4  GDPR and Governikus DATA Boreum

10.5  Legal foundations

11   First aid

11.1  Signature card cannot be selected

11.2  A connected card reader is not available

11.2.1           External chip card reader

11.2.2           Integrated chip card reader

11.3  No or not all files are selectable for validation

11.4  Alternating validation results

11.5  Signature validation of server responses failed

11.6  Signature algorithm is no longer adequate

11.7  Warning message "Online validation is deselected"

11.8  Result file cannot be printed

11.9  Error message "The file was changed"

11.10            Error when signing large PDF files

11.11            High load in working memory

12   Index of figures