Exhibit
31.1


CERTIFICATION





I,
Patrick White, certify that:





1. 
     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q
of Document Security Systems, Inc.;





2. 
     Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this quarterly report;





3. 
     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
quarterly report;





4. 
     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I
are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting  (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f), for the registrant and we
have:




(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;




(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;




(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and




(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal
quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and





5. 
     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the registrant’s audit
committee of the board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):





a)    All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and





b)   Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial
reporting.





Date: May
17, 2010





/s/Patrick WhitePatrick
      WhiteChief
      Executive Officer