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Where does the Government of Canada PKI fit in?
Provision of secure information and communication systems based on
cryptography depends on the underlying key management system. The
Government of Canada PKI will provide a uniform key management and key
certification process for confidentiality and digital signatures
across the government. The Policy Management Authority (PMA) is an
interdepartmental committee chaired by the Treasury Board
Secretariat. It will approve the policies and practices which CAs
employ in issuing certificates. The Government of Canada PKI is the
infrastructure that integrates other technologies (i.e., Electronic
Authorization and Authentication, smart cards, etc . . . ) into a
seamless solution for secure departmental information management and
electronic commerce, whether internal or external to government. It is
planned to be operational in late 1998.
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