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Why Signal Identity Manager™?
Why PKI?
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a system of digital certificates, certification authorities (CAs), and registration authorities (RAs) that verify and authenticate the validity of each user involved in an Internet transaction. This is achieved through the use of key pairs, called public and private keys.
A personal digital certificate:
- Makes your personal public key available to other people, so they can send you encrypted messages that only you can read using your private key; other people can't read these encrypted messages.
- Certifies your identity when you send messages to others or interact with other applications; in other words, certificates offer proof that you are who you say you are.
PKI complements the Microsoft Windows secret key infrastructure and integrates with more security services across distributed environments
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