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Canadian Government Chooses Entrust

Entrust saves Canadian Federal Government millions of dollars

Like most government departments, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is concerned about network security. The need for secure electronic commerce and information exchange is becoming paramount to the Department's daily operation.

The Government has incorporated Entrust in its public-key infrastructure (PKI). The PKI allows users to secure local files and network communications for electronic mail, electronic forms, electronic data interchange (EDI), database access, the Web, and many other applications. Entrust provides the enabling technology required to meet future security goals and objectives within the government.

Government Telecommunication and Informatics Services (GTIS), a branch of PWGSC, has implemented and Entrust-based PKI to provide improved security for a variety of common applications. GTIS will implement all the features and functionalities required in a robust key management service.

Efficiency from technology
By implementing a PKI which can be used by other government departments, GTIS can help the federal government obtain the benefits of improved network security. This will also help to reduce the reliance on paper-based transaction, saving millions of dollars and improving efficiency.

Why Entrust?
The PKI will support the latest products built to emerging commercial security standards. A broad range of vendors have incorporated Entrust security into their applications to make them compatible with the government PKI.

Reliability and availability
The GTIS PKI needs to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to support departmental use of the service. Reliability and availability are ensured through best-in-class redundant hardware and software configuration, duplication of X.500 directory data, and daily system back ups.

GTIS is building on accepted international standards to bring high quality, easy-to-use security to government information and transaction processing. The GTIS PKI provides the fundamental security required to be a major player on the information superhighway, and Entrust permits the Government of Canada to be a leader in secure information technology.

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Entrust Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Public key infrastructure or PKI refers to a comprehensive system that uses authentication security and encryption software to establish and maintain a trustworthy network. Government agencies and corporations use PKI certificates to fortify their IT infrastructure from unauthorized access.

Entrust PKI security solutions help network administrators accomplish the goal of greater security by associating a public key with authorized users to enable encryption and digital signature capabilities across network applications. Epassport PKI is an adaptation of PKI for the government sector that stores information on a chip that can be verified against the data on the passport. Entrust, a certification authority, also enables passport PKI and smart card PKI for an additional security.

Entrust is a trusted provider of network security solutions that include digital certificates, two factor-authentication, ssl certificates, token authentication, and certificate management systems.