Smart Card PKI

Smart card PKI is an important part of enterprise security

Smart cards play an increasingly important role in public key infrastructure (PKI) security today. These credit-card-sized devices include an embedded ICC that can carry out encryption functions for multifactor authentication.

Smart card PKI solutions require that users seeking access to networks and applications verify their identities by presenting information (password/PIN), physical attributes (fingerprint/retinal scan) or a smart card or token. But organizations seeking to deploy smart card PKI require an infrastructure that can easily integrate smart card technology with other security assets. When companies worldwide want market-leading smart card PKI solutions, they come to Entrust.

Entrust's support for smart card PKI

Entrust IdentityGuard provides superior infrastructure for smart card PKI

Entrust is a world leader in layered security solutions for governments, enterprises and consumers. With customers in more than 60 countries, Entrust is a trusted security adviser to organizations in many different verticals.

Entrust supports a broad range of industry smart card solutions through integration with Entrust Authority Security Manager PKI. By integrating smart card PKI deployment with Entrust's managed PKI, organizations can streamline and expedite the implementation of strong authentication solutions. Entrust Authority Enrollment Server for Smart Cards enables integration between third-party Card Management Systems (CMS) and the Entrust PKI product portfolio by issuing digital certificates using an XML messaging interface. With the Entrust Authority smart card PKI, a CMS can securely and confidently request, enroll and manage large volumes of certificates.

Smart PKI solutions improve security with cards, tokens

In addition to support for smart card PKI solutions, Entrust provides several token solutions for use in multifactor authentication. Like smart card PKI products, Entrust USB tokens can serve as the item in a user's possession in the multifactor authentication equation. Entrust tokens are designed to store an individual's digital identity, digital certificates, and keys. When users wish to log in to a secure application, they must connect their USB token to a USB port and provide a PIN that matches the number encrypted on the token. Together with Entrust's leading PKI product portfolio and support for smart card technology, Entrust USB tokens are part of a comprehensive and scalable solution for strong authentication.

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Organizations can also turn to Entrust for digital signature solutions and certificate authority software, as well as solutions that provide risk-based authentication, market-leading x509 PKI technology, SSL encryption and more.