SECURE. SCALABLE. CERTIFIED.
The Ethaq Plus Service is poised to address a critical gap in the UAE market by delivering
secure, DESC-certified, AATL-trusted digital certificates.
Designed to serve both government and private sector organizations, this service will enable trusted digital transactions and secure communications. With a forward-looking roadmap, it aims to expand its portfolio and offer scalable, base-book digital signing solutions tailored to the evolving needs of businesses across the region.
Designed to serve both government and private sector organizations, this service will enable trusted digital transactions and secure communications. With a forward-looking roadmap, it aims to expand its portfolio and offer scalable, base-book digital signing solutions tailored to the evolving needs of businesses across the region.
WHAT MAKES THIS SPECIAL?
DESC is the only Certification Service Provider in the UAE offering publicly available
PKI
services, backed by the following globally recognized trust and compliance credentials:
WebTrust Certified
DESC meets industry best practices, making its certificates trustworthy and reliable
for secure digital transactions, as evidenced by its WebTrust seals, which can be
verified at DESC CA Repository.
Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL) Member
Certificates issued by DESC are automatically recognized and trusted worldwide in
Adobe Acrobat Reader and other compliant applications, ensuring seamless document
validation.
TYPES OF COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATIONS OFFERED
Long-Lived and Short-Lived digital signing certificates, for natural persons
(individuals).
Long-Lived eSeal certificates for legal persons.
Digital signing support services (bundled with certificates), time-stamping service
and
certificate validation services.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
Government and private sector organizations with special requirements related to the
digital singing platform, document signing process, certificate content, identity
verification processes, or user base.
Service providers looking to establish SaaS-based signing services in the United
Arab Emirates.
OPERATIONAL MODEL
DESC offers the core PKI services
Certificate issuance and lifecycle management, time–stamping service, and certificate
validation services.
DESC business partners offer customer facing services
Signing as SaaS or on premises, professional services, contracting and billing etc.
SHORT-LIVED CERTIFICATE PACKAGES
Certifications
Must be used within
1,000
1 YEAR
10,000
1 YEAR
50,000
1 YEAR
100,000
1 YEAR
500,000
2 YEARS
1,000,000
2 YEARS
**The above packages include fair-use access to DESC time stamping and certificate
validation services.
FIND OUT MORE
Write to us, we will provide all the necessary information about certificates and how to get
started.
For further information, kindly send an email to pki@desc.gov.ae with the following details: Full Name, Company Name & Request Details.