E-Sign UK ltd

E-Sign UK Ltd - Electronic Signatures

E-Sign is a leading provider of eIDAS compliant, secure electronic signatures and digital document management solutions. The electronic signature platform enables users to create, e-signature, send documents, negotiate contracts, accept payments, and create automated workflows. E-Sign offers a range of e-signature services, supporting unified digitalisation and simplified document transaction management.

Features

  • eIDAS Electronic Signatures
  • Workflow Implementation and Onboarding
  • Easy-to-use E-Signature Platform
  • Integration into Existing Applications
  • Advanced Audit Trial
  • Multi Language Application
  • Digital Signature Certificate
  • Secure Document Storage
  • Real time ID Verification with the E-Sign ID Checker
  • Electronic Consent

Benefits

  • Significant reduction in document processing time
  • Improved compliance
  • Increased data and document security
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Electronically sign documents from anywhere, on any device
  • Works with the applications you already use
  • Lower transaction costs
  • Trusted electronic signature service provider
  • Cut down on stationary, storage and postage costs
  • Carbon Counter to track carbon reduction

Pricing

£96 a user a year

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

4 4 0 0 5 5 3 7 3 2 3 3 6 2 3

Contact

E-Sign UK ltd Tom Taylor
Telephone: (+44) 0330 057 3001
Email: thomas.taylor@esign.co.uk

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
No constraints
System requirements
Internet Access

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Support response times within 10 minutes
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.1 AAA
Web chat accessibility testing
Yes, our web chat is fully functional with assistive technologies
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
£450 day rate for support and training
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
E-Sign provides user guide web pages, tutorials videos, web demos and onsite training (additional cost)
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • ODF
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Whenever a document is signed using the E-Sign platform, each party receives a signed copy of the document. Users can also download their documents from the platform.
End-of-contract process
E-Sign is Software as a Service, each E-Sign plan provides access to features and functionality specific to that plan:
https://www.e-sign.co.uk/electronic-signature-pricing/

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Fully optimised for all mobile devices
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AAA
Description of service interface
Fully optimised UI
Accessibility standards
WCAG 2.1 AAA
Accessibility testing
For more information, please see the following link:
https://www.e-sign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/E-Sign-Digital-Accessibility-Document-2021.pdf
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
API information can be accessed via this link:
https://www.e-sign.co.uk/api-overview/
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Users can select what features they require via API and we can build bespoke platforms

Scaling

Independence of resources
E-Sign conduct capacity planning reviews on a regular basis and ensure systems and personnel are in place to meet customer demand.
Our server infrastructure monitors realtime load capacity and has significant redundancy measures.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Envelope usage, team stats, daily activity and more
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Direct download
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • ODF
  • Other
Other data export formats
PDF
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • ODF
  • Other
Other data import formats
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PDF
  • Pages
  • Numbers

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
https://www.e-sign.co.uk/service-level-agreement/
Approach to resilience
E-Sign has a robust disaster recovery mechanism in place. Our servers within our datacentre have maintained multiple power and cooling distribution paths, and include redundant components (N+1). Data 99.99 % Availability. Our servers have centre facilities includes N+1 on all components and multiple LV path options. The servers are continually monitored 24 hours per day. If there were to be an issue at the primary data centre, the disaster recovery server would replicate the platform and initialise within 40 minutes. If circumstances force E-Sign from its current premises, access to the data centre business continuity centre will allow E-Sign to re-create both our office and IT environment within a very short time, so that critical operations will be up and running with minimum disruption to customers and communications.
Outage reporting
E-Sign places notifications of outages on the website and direct mails all users of the system, as well as RSS messages

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Two factor authentication and role based access pre defined by the user
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
User-defined
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
British Assessment Bureau
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
26/03/2022
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N.A
ISO 28000:2007 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO 28000:2007
British Assessment Bereau
ISO 28000:2007 accreditation date
26/03/2022
What the ISO 28000:2007 doesn’t cover
N/A
CSA STAR certification
Yes
CSA STAR accreditation date
23/03/2022
CSA STAR certification level
Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover
N/A
PCI certification
Yes
Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
Trustwave
PCI DSS accreditation date
02/03/2022
What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
N/A
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security policies and processes
ISO27001 standard Policies and Procedures

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach
E-Sign has change logs and version controls in place to monitor change management processes. All changes are tracked and tested in our staging environment.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
The development and server team continually monitor and test for vulnerabilities and threats. Patches are deployed when required, and Information is gathered about potential threats via multiple sources.
Protective monitoring type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
Server team monitor and run penetration testing continually. Once any compromises are established, they are addressed immediately.
Incident management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Incident management approach
Incidents are reported via our ticketing system and allocated to the relevant person. They are then thoroughly investigates and addressed. Reports are completed in an incident report log and preventive action taken where required.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
Yes
Connected networks
  • Public Services Network (PSN)
  • Police National Network (PNN)
  • NHS Network (N3)
  • Joint Academic Network (JANET)
  • Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN)
  • Health and Social Care Network (HSCN)

Social Value

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

E-Sign have a responsibility to contribute solutions to climate change. We're lucky to have some brilliantly diverse people leading our climate work across the business who are committed to the world's forests by contributing towards saving paper. E-Sign staff have also been involved in initiatives such as tree planting, to combat climate change.
Covid-19 recovery

Covid-19 recovery

Throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, E-Sign has been helping businesses mobilise, stabilise and return to work. During the post-COVID-19 recovery period, we're helping these same businesses find opportunities while becoming stronger – including building resilience to navigate future shocks, by implementing robust digital solutions.
Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

Social purpose is woven into E-Sign's fabric. E-Sign is committed to tackling economic inequality at the root by creating new businesses and new employment opportunities, to improving education and training. Our overriding vision is to help lower the unequal distribution of income and opportunity between different groups in society.
Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

E-Sign is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. E-Sign's has an EEO Policy in place, which is the standard which everybody within the organisation adheres too.
Wellbeing

Wellbeing

E-Sign is committed to providing a healthy working environment and improving the quality of working lives for all staff. The wellbeing strategy aims to support the E-Sign's mission and core values of freedom of thought and expression, freedom from discrimination and the recognition that the
E-Sign's staff are its greatest asset.

Pricing

Price
£96 a user a year
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
14 day free trial and free web demo
Link to free trial
https://www.e-sign.co.uk/register/

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at thomas.taylor@esign.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.