Method, computer program product and apparatus for creating, registering, and verifying digitally sealed assets

A computer-implemented method for generating a registered certified seal, the method comprises:

• receiving a request to generate a registered certified seal from an entity, wherein the request comprises a digitally signed entity certifying certificate comprising a public key of a public-key private-key pair;
• accessing certifier entity data of a certification authority identified by the certifying certificate;
• verifying the digitally signed entity certifying certificate based at least in part on the certifier entity data associated with the certifying certificate and accessed from the certification authority;
• upon verifying the digitally signed entity certifying certificate, receiving seal data comprising a seal data key for a certified seal;
• and
• saving the seal data for the entity within a digital seal registry, wherein the digital seal registry is searchable based at least in part on at least a portion of the seal data key;
• wherein the digital seal registry is a software as a service (SaaS) registry service.

A computer program product for generating a registered certified seal, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and computer program instructions stored therein, the computer program instructions comprising program instructions configured to:

• receive a request to generate a registered certified seal from an entity, wherein the request comprises a digitally signed entity certifying certificate comprising a public key of a public key-private key pair;
• accessing certifier entity data of a certification authority identified by the certifying certificate;
• verify the digitally signed entity certifying certificate based at least in part on the certifier entity data associated with the certifying certificate and accessed from the certification authority;
• upon verifying the digitally signed entity certifying certificate, receive seal data comprising a seal data key for a certified seal;
• and
• save the seal data for the entity within a digital seal registry, wherein the digital seal registry is searchable based at least in part on at least a portion of the seal data key;
• wherein the digital seal registry is a software as a service (SaaS) registry service.