Managed Services PKI

Why a Hosted PKI?

If you want to harness the benefits of PKI technology without buying, establishing or operating an in-house certification authority (CA), Entrust provides the convenience of a reliable hosted CA that enables quick and easy delivery of digital certificates.

With Entrust's hosted PKI, the install, operation, maintenance and monitoring of the security infrastructure are handled by experts in secure facilities. Users can use certificates to secure a wide range of applications already in use within your organization, including Adobe Acrobat®, Microsoft® Word®, Microsoft® Outlook® and the industry's top VPN clients.

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Client-side software can be selected to simplify the user experience, automatically updating certificates before they expire and transparently decrypting protected data without concern for the underlying technology.

Advantages of a Hosted PKI

A managed service model enables you to rapidly deploy certificates within your organization to offer more products and services securely while benefiting from the following features:

  • Cost-Savings

    Organizations benefit from economies of scale, increased efficiencies and predictable security spending, reducing overall costs. Organizations do not need to worry about costs or effort associated with hardware, software, network storage, monitoring tools and ongoing maintenance.

  • Choice

    Entrust supports migration from a service model to an in-house model — and vice versa — and leverages the same enhanced security solutions to help protect your investment in security and offers alternatives as requirements evolve and business expands.

  • Rapid Development

    The service is not only fast and easy to deploy, but is simple to use with security expertise and infrastructure already in place. There is no need to hire, develop or retain security or deployment specialists. Intuitive browser interfaces handle enrollment and administration. Client-side software can be used to simplify the user experience by automatically updating certificates before they expire and transparently decrypting protected data without concern for the underlying technology.

  • Security & Operational Expertise

    Entrust security specialists use proven and audited policies and procedures to bring you reliable, top-notch security operations, facilities and support for outstanding service and data processing capabilities.

  • Reliability, Scalability & Disaster Recovery

    The solution provides business continuity with contractually guaranteed service levels and a medium-assurance security foundation. The service provides on-demand scalability, server upgrades, patches and ongoing CA audits. Rich, flexible policy gives you control to customize your security solution.

  • Secure Growth Opportunities

    Organizations can easily extend solutions to more users and services as an organization's needs change.

  • Secure Facilities

    Industry-leading, full-featured PKI security services are hosted in secure, state-of-the-art facilities.

  • Breadth of Solutions

    Entrust's commitment to standards and interoperability gives organizations more ways to leverage digital certificates and certificate authentication across many off-the-shelf applications users already know how to use, including Adobe Reader®, Adobe Acrobat®, Microsoft Office® and more.

Is a Hosted PKI for You?

If your organization has one or more of the attributes below, a hosted PKI service that provides quick, simple and cost-effective solutions could be right for you.

  • A desire to grow security solutions over time with the flexibility to switch between a hosted and in-house solution as requirements evolve
  • Small or decentralized IT departments with limited technical expertise and/or security budgets
  • Preference for outsourcing non-core business operations
  • Require the ability to rapidly evaluate security solutions
  • Need a medium-assurance security environment

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Entrust Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Public key infrastructure or PKI refers to a system that provides certificate management for digital certificates. Digital certificates contain public key pairs that can be used for encryption, digital signature and authentication security. Entrust PKI security solutions help government agencies and corporations to secure their digital identities and information.

Specialized "passport PKI" is used by governments to verify and secure data stored on a chip imbedded in passports issued to citizens. Epassport PKI involves the use of PKI by governments to secure data stored on a chip imbedded in a passport. The government acts as a certification authority that issues the digital certificates used in an ePassport system.

Entrust is a trusted provider of network security solutions that include digital certificates, managed PKI certificates, two factor-authentication, ssl certificates, token authentication, smart card PKI and encryption software.