Nature of business, basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of business, basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies	1. Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Nature of Business On January 21, 2016, iSign Solutions Inc. (the "Company" or "iSign") filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Amendment") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a 1-for-1,250 reverse split of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock. The reverse split became effective on January 22, 2016. The information with respect to common stock for the period ended June 30, 2015 has been retroactively restated to give effect to the 1-for-1,250 reverse split. iSign Solutions Inc. and its subsidiary is a leading supplier of digital transaction management (DTM) software enabling the paperless, secure and cost-effective management and authentication of document-based transactions. iSign's solutions encompass a wide array of functionality and services, including electronic signatures, simple-to-complex workflow management and various options for biometric authentication. These solutions are available across virtually all enterprise, desktop and mobile environments as a seamlessly integrated platform for both ad-hoc and fully automated transactions. iSign's platform can be deployed both on premise and as a cloud-based ("SaaS") service, with the ability to easily transition between deployment models. The Company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. The Company's products include SignatureOne® Ceremony™ Server, the iSign® suite of products and services, including iSign® Enterprise and iSign® Console™, and Sign-it® programs. Basis of Presentation The financial information contained herein should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly report reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position at the dates presented and the Company's results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The Company's interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year. Going Concern The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred significant cumulative losses since its inception and, at June 30, 2016, the Company's accumulated deficit was $129,395. The Company has primarily met its working capital needs through the sale of debt and equity securities. As of June 30, 2016, the Company's cash balance was $455. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in securing adequate capital resources to fund planned operations or that any additional funds will be available to the Company when needed, or if available, will be available on favorable terms or in amounts required by the Company. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate capital resources to fund operations, it may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its operations, which may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and ability to operate as a going concern. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Accounting Changes and Recent Accounting Pronouncements In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. ASU 2016-01 requires all financial assets and liabilities not accounted for under the equity method to be measured at fair value with the changes in fair value recognized in net income. The amendments in this update also require an entity to separately present in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. In addition, the amendments in this update supersede the requirement to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used in calculating the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet for public business entities. Early adoption is not permitted except for the comprehensive income presentation requirement, and the updated guidance requires a prospective application with a cumulative-effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The guidance is effective for annual periods after December 15, 2017, and we are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance. In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016, Leases (Topic 842) intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions which requires companies to report capital and operating leases with a term of 12 Months or longer on their balance sheets. Disclosure requirements of the leasing arrangement will include qualitative and quantitative information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. The guidance is effective for annual periods after December 15, 2018, and we are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance In March 2016 the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09 Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. ASU 2016-09 provides for simplification involving several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. In addition to these simplifications, ASU 2016-09 also eliminates the guidance in Topic 718 that was indefinitely deferred shortly after the issuance of FASB Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment. Early adoption is permitted and the application of the guidance is different for each update included within ASU 2016-09. The guidance is effective for annual periods after December 15, 2016, and we are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance. In May 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-12 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. ASU 2016-12 provides for improvements and practical expedients for specific areas of Topic 606. In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing. ASU 2016-10 provides for clarification of two aspects of Topic 606: identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) - Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net). ASU No. 2016-08 requires an entity to determine whether the nature of its promise to provide goods or services to a customer is performed in a principal or agent capacity and to recognize revenue in a gross or net manner based on its principal/agent designation. ASUs 2016-12, 2016-10 and 2016-08 allow for companies to choose to apply the standard retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (full retrospective application) or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings of the annual reporting period that includes the date of initial application (modified retrospective application). Each guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. We are currently in the process of evaluating these guidance updates. iSign is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Nature of business, basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of business, basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies

1. Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Business

On January 21, 2016, iSign Solutions Inc. (the "Company" or "iSign") filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Amendment") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a 1-for-1,250 reverse split of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock. The reverse split became effective on January 22, 2016. The information with respect to common stock for the period ended June 30, 2015 has been retroactively restated to give effect to the 1-for-1,250 reverse split.

iSign Solutions Inc. and its subsidiary is a leading supplier of digital transaction management (DTM) software enabling the paperless, secure and cost-effective management and authentication of document-based transactions. iSign's solutions encompass a wide array of functionality and services, including electronic signatures, simple-to-complex workflow management and various options for biometric authentication. These solutions are available across virtually all enterprise, desktop and mobile environments as a seamlessly integrated platform for both ad-hoc and fully automated transactions. iSign's platform can be deployed both on premise and as a cloud-based ("SaaS") service, with the ability to easily transition between deployment models. The Company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. The Company's products include SignatureOne® Ceremony™ Server, the iSign® suite of products and services, including iSign® Enterprise and iSign® Console™, and Sign-it® programs.

Basis of Presentation

The financial information contained herein should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly report reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position at the dates presented and the Company's results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The Company's interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.

Going Concern

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred significant cumulative losses since its inception and, at June 30, 2016, the Company's accumulated deficit was $129,395. The Company has primarily met its working capital needs through the sale of debt and equity securities. As of June 30, 2016, the Company's cash balance was $455. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in securing adequate capital resources to fund planned operations or that any additional funds will be available to the Company when needed, or if available, will be available on favorable terms or in amounts required by the Company. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate capital resources to fund operations, it may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its operations, which may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and ability to operate as a going concern. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Accounting Changes and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. ASU 2016-01 requires all financial assets and liabilities not accounted for under the equity method to be measured at fair value with the changes in fair value recognized in net income. The amendments in this update also require an entity to separately present in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. In addition, the amendments in this update supersede the requirement to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used in calculating the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet for public business entities. Early adoption is not permitted except for the comprehensive income presentation requirement, and the updated guidance requires a prospective application with a cumulative-effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The guidance is effective for annual periods after December 15, 2017, and we are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance.

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016, Leases (Topic 842) intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions which requires companies to report capital and operating leases with a term of 12 Months or longer on their balance sheets. Disclosure requirements of the leasing arrangement will include qualitative and quantitative information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. The guidance is effective for annual periods after December 15, 2018, and we are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance

In March 2016 the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09 Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. ASU 2016-09 provides for simplification involving several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. In addition to these simplifications, ASU 2016-09 also eliminates the guidance in Topic 718 that was indefinitely deferred shortly after the issuance of FASB Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment. Early adoption is permitted and the application of the guidance is different for each update included within ASU 2016-09. The guidance is effective for annual periods after December 15, 2016, and we are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance.

In May 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-12 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. ASU 2016-12 provides for improvements and practical expedients for specific areas of Topic 606. In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing. ASU 2016-10 provides for clarification of two aspects of Topic 606: identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) - Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net). ASU No. 2016-08 requires an entity to determine whether the nature of its promise to provide goods or services to a customer is performed in a principal or agent capacity and to recognize revenue in a gross or net manner based on its principal/agent designation.

ASUs 2016-12, 2016-10 and 2016-08 allow for companies to choose to apply the standard retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (full retrospective application) or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings of the annual reporting period that includes the date of initial application (modified retrospective application). Each guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. We are currently in the process of evaluating these guidance updates.

iSign is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows.