Entrust Releases 'The PKI Phoenix Rises' Podcast; Principal of Advanced Security Sharon Boeyen Discusses Entrust's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Technology

26 Sep 2006

DALLAS - Recent security breaches have raised questions on how organizations can establish and maintain a trustworthy network that secures the integrity of digital identities for each and every component of their electronic infrastructure. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) helps organizations easily manage the digital keys and certificates that are used within an organization to secure user and device identities. To help shed more light on how PKI works, Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU - News) has released the "The PKI Phoenix Rises" podcast with its Principal of Advanced Security (PKI) Sharon Boeyen.
 
"PKI technology adds integrity, authentication and confidentiality to the different types of electronic transactions being conducted," said Entrust Principal of Advanced Security Sharon Boeyen. "Entrust has had a thriving PKI technology business for over ten years now, and it's still part of our core business that's growing every year. I think the hype of PKI went away not the technology."

In this podcast, listeners will learn about the full lifecycles of digital certificate-based digital identities and how PKI enables encryption, digital signature and authentication capabilities to be consistently and transparently applied across a broad range of applications and platforms. The podcast may be downloaded at http://feeds.feedburner.com/entrust

"Public Key is going to become so ubiquitous that it will be the foundation for trust on the Internet," added Boeyen. "Our vision right from the beginning was to create an environment that provides value for all and protects the authentication and confidentiality of electronic transactions."

Boeyen is Principal, Advanced Security in the Advanced Security Technology group within Entrust Technologies. She is an expert in PKI, PMI and directory technologies. She has 19 years experience in international standards and has held numerous leadership positions in various forums. Until recently, she was the editor of X.509, the base standard for PKI and PMI frameworks. In addition she is co-author of IETF PKIX RFCs profiling the LDAP protocol and schema for use with PKI (RFC 2559 and RFC 2587) as well as RFC 4386 that specifies a PKI repository locator service. She remains an active participant in several standards initiatives including X.509, IETF PKIX, OASIS SAML TC and is currently a co-author of the Internet Draft, commonly referred to as "3280bis" which will be the successor to RFC 3280. Ms. Boeyen provides consulting service, primarily in the area of security and directory standards, to the Entrust development and product management teams and is a frequent presenter on PKI and directory at industry conferences.