PKI BUSINESS VALUE CASE
Background/Purpose
Using electronic methods, such as email, to securely communicate between agencies, departments, vendors, and UCOP will reduce the need for handling paper. All providers accept that they get and send a large amount of paper reports, letters, forms, and data. The problems with this communication are:
· certifying that the communication actually came from that person (student, staff, or faculty) or agency
· certifying that the communication cannot be read by anyone but the intended recipient
· certifying that the communication has not been tampered with
· filing of the communication for purposes such as audit trails, history,
PKI will help address these issues. The term "communication" is used in a broad sense and includes transaction-based communication between humans and machines, machines and machines, and messaging.
Business Objectives
What would PKI enable?
1) Improved security
· Authentication - and its......
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