New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 12 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Part 7 - DIGITAL / ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE
Section 1.12.7.9 - ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES COMPARED TO DIGITAL SIGNATURES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "Electronic signature" is the term used for the electronic equivalent of a handwritten signature. It is a generic, technology- neutral term that refers to the universe of all of the various methods by which one can "sign" an electronic record. Although all electronic signatures may be represented digitally (i.e., as a series of ones and zeroes), they can take many forms and can be created by many different technologies.
B. "Digital signature" is the term used to describe the small segment of encrypted data produced when a specific mathematical process (involving a hash algorithm and public key cryptography) is applied to an electronic record.