Method and apparatus for increasing the safety of the signing of a document

Procedures to increase security at the signing of a document, - in which signed the document with the aid of a device (1), - the addition is carried out at an electronic validation (2) of the respective signatories, - in which after the termination (e) of the signing only a digital signature for the signed document is generated (3) and stored (4), when all signatories were previously found to be valid (AV) and - in which the digital signature is stored on the device.