Corporate ID Solution - SmartGATE
Why
In our present time, we can hardly imagine doing business without using the Internet in one way or another. The advantages of this open and accessible channel are obvious. But more increasingly, the Internet is now not only used for publishing general company and product information, but also for software distribution and e-commerce. E-mail messages are now not only just memos and notes, but may also contain contracts and sensitive financial information. To secure this kind of communication and transaction using a medium so open and anonymous by nature, additional ways have to be found.
When we consider what is most important in communications face to face, this would be the fact that we are able to identify the other party with certainty, as well as rely on the integrity of information presented. In order to achieve the same for digital communications, this would require a system that should make it possible to identify another user (person, computer or other electronic entity).
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is such a framework that can be built into existing network systems (such as the Internet and a company’s Intranet) and security policies and in which the identity of its participating members is the key factor. A PKI is a security architecture that has been introduced to provide an increased level of confidence for exchanging information over an increasingly insecure Internet and Intranet.
The benefits provided by a PKI revolve around a number of security policies, i.e. confidentiality, authentication, integrity, and non-repudiation. These policies together form the essence of PKI, creating a web of trust.
How
When giving these security policies a technical and business interpretation, they would serve the following purposes:
• Authentication: The sender and receiver can be sure that they are actually communicating with the entity they wish to be communicating with -> certainty of the source and destination of that information;
• Integrity: The sender and receiver can be sure that the message sent and the message received are the same -> certainty of the quality of information sent and received electronically;
• Confidentiality: The sender and receiver can be sure that only the entity intended to see the message may actually see it -> certainty of the privacy of that information;
• Non-repudiation: the receiver can be sure that the sender cannot deny having sent the data (at a later date) -> assurance that the information may be introduced as evidence in a court or law;
In order for a PKI to satisfy the policies described above, it use of Public Key Cryptography is required. SmartGATE solution from e-Smart is a Corporate ID solution in a box which delivers a complete solution for your company, organization or association. If you use a server in your company, require data protection or any of the above, SmartGATE is the product for you.
