WebTrust SM/TM Principles and Criteria for Certification Authorities CA Trust Jeff

June 2000PKI Forum1 Agenda Overview of Organizations & Standards Overview of CA Trust Question & Answer

June 2000PKI Forum2 AICPA / CICA AICPA: American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (CPA) CICA: Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Electronic Commerce Assurance Service Task Force WebTrust family: –WebTrust, ISP Trust, CA Trust, & SysTrust (no seal) –NOT a SAS 70, adaptation of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 1

June 2000PKI Forum3 X9.79 / CA Trust X9F5 working group (established 1998) X9.79 PKI Practices and Policy Framework –Annex B: Certification Authority Control Objectives –currently in X9 ballot Electronic Commerce Assurance Service Task Force WebTrust Principles and Criteria for Certification Authorities (CA Trust) –completed public exposure, final in July 200

June 2000PKI Forum4 CA Control Objectives FIPS ANSIstandardsISOstandards ABA-ISCPAGIETFPKIX-4 BS7799 NACHACARAT X9.79CA Trust “audit language”

June 2000PKI Forum5 CA Trust Organization and statistics: 3 principles Business Practices Disclosure –45 required disclosures Service Integrity –33 criteria and 182 illustrative controls CA Environmental Controls –28 criteria and 165 illustrative controls 30 topics (5 optional), 392 disclosures and controls

June 2000PKI Forum6 CA Trust PRINCIPLE 1: CA Business Practices Disclosure - The Certification Authority discloses its key and certificate life cycle management business and information privacy practices and provides its services in accordance with its disclosed practices. 45 required disclosures

June 2000PKI Forum7 CA Trust PRINCIPLE 1: CA Business Practices Disclosure - –General Disclosures –Key Life Cycle Management –Certificate Life Cycle Management –CA Environmental Controls

June 2000PKI Forum8 CA Trust PRINCIPLE 2: Service Integrity - The Certification Authority maintains effective controls to provide reasonable assurance that: –Subscriber information was properly authenticated (for the registration activities performed by CA). –The integrity of keys and certificates it manages is established and protected throughout their life cycles. Key Life Cycle Management Controls Certificate Life Cycle Controls 33 criteria and 182 illustrative controls

June 2000PKI Forum9 CA Trust PRINCIPLE 2: Service Integrity - Key Life Cycle Management Controls: –CA Key Generation –CA Key Storage, Backup and Recovery –CA Public Key Distribution –CA Key Escrow (optional) –CA Key Usage –CA Key Destruction –CA Key Archival –CA Cryptographic Hardware –Subscriber Key Management Services (optional)

June 2000PKI Forum10 CA Trust PRINCIPLE 2: Service Integrity - Certificate Life Cycle Controls: –Subscriber Registration –Certificate Renewal (optional) –Certificate Rekey –Certificate Issuance –Certificate Distribution –Certificate Revocation –Certificate Suspension (optional) –CRL Processing (negative & positive validation) –Smart Card (optional)

June 2000PKI Forum11 CA Trust PRINCIPLE 3: CA Environmental Controls - The Certification Authority maintains effective controls to provide reasonable assurance that: –Subscriber and relying party information is restricted to authorized individuals and protected from uses not specified in the CA's business practices disclosure. –The continuity of key and certificate life cycle management operations is maintained. –CA systems development, maintenance, and operation are properly authorized and performed to maintain CA systems integrity. 28 criteria and 165 illustrative controls

June 2000PKI Forum12 CA Trust PRINCIPLE 3: CA Environmental Controls - –CPS and CP Management –Security Management –Asset Classification and Management –Personnel Security –Physical and Environmental Security –Operations Management –System Access Management –Systems Development and Maintenance –Business Continuity Management –Monitoring and Compliance –Event Journaling

June 2000PKI Forum13 CA Trust Other sections of CA Trust: PKI Overview WebTrust Overview Example reports - Annexes Cross reference with X9.79

June 2000PKI Forum14 CA Trust Effort

June 2000PKI Forum15 CA Trust Questions?