What do I do about PKI for dealing with the government? Is it relevant to my other business dealings?
The increasing use of electronic communications and technologies to conduct business has provided significant benefit to industry and
its use will continue to grow. This growth in legitimate business is paralleled by growth in electronic fraud and other criminal
activities. Businesses find themselves under increasing pressure to more effectively secure their electronic business transactions.
The Australian government has a range of electronic commerce projects under development that will require the use of PKI and digital
certificates to identify individuals and businesses and to encrypt communications.
A well designed and implemented Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) plays an important role in increasing this security by providing a
much stronger identification of the person performing the transaction. This requires strong link between the physical identification
of a person and their electronic identity, similar to the process for issuing passports or other identity documents. This means that
establishing a Public Key Infrastructure is not an easy task. Setting up a PKI system is also not just a technical matter, it
requires understanding of the business and the processes utilising the PKI system.
ICA specialists have participated in a number of successful PKI projects including design, selection, implementation and review of
PKI systems. ICA's expertise helps our customers design and implement secure and practical PKI solutions to their business problems.
