Authenticating on-line identity: Digital Certificates and the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

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On Tuesday June 4th in Melbourne our seminar focussed on Digital Certificates and the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

It was held at the Shell conference centre from 4.30-6.30pm. 
Presenters from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, KeyTrust and Securenet addressed the seminar.

Speakers were

  • Jason Noorman, R&D Manager, Securenet
  • Anthony Parsons, Business Authentication Framework, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
  • Charles Greatrex, Managing Director, Keytrust

Verifying the on-line identity of customers is a major problem in ecommerce. Digital certificates, and a Public Key Infrastructure provide one technological solution.
Australian government departments and agencies, in particular, are aggressively adopting the technology to verify the identity of those to whom they are providing services on-line and also to secure electronic lodgements of tax and other official electronic documents.
DEWR has played a key role in the development of the Australian Business Number Digitial Signature Certificate (ABN-DSC) and is now rolling-out digital certificates to their Job Network contractors.
Public key technology is not only used to verify identity. Its encryption provides security as well as authentication services. KeyTrust, as the Certification Authority for the Australian Austomotive Network Exchange (AANX), is a good example of how the technology can be used to secure a virtual private network.
(Note: KeyTrust presentation in Melbourne only) This seminar also looked at what benefits these services can offer to business, and where these developments are taking Australia'new economy.
With the Australian government having just released a new discussion paper on a possible national authentication framework, this seminar was a timely opportunity to meet, hear and learn from leaders in the area. A full account of the seminar has been published in the eCommerce Report.


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