What Does Digital Signature Standard (DSS) Mean?
Developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, the Digital Signature Standard (DSS) is a collection of procedures and standards for generating a digital signature used for authenticating electronic documents. Specified as Federal Information Processing Standard 186 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1994, the Digital Signature Standard has become the U.S. government standard for authenticating electronic documents.
Techopedia Explains Digital Signature Standard (DSS)
The Digital Signature Standard is intended to be used in electronic funds transfer, software distribution, electronic mail, data storage and applications which require high data integrity assurance. The Digital Signature Standard can be implemented in software, hardware or firmware.
