MARK B. JONES PKI DEPLOYMENT FORUM MADISON, WI APRIL 16 TH, 2008 Why do I need a Digital ID?
PKI-Enabled Application Acceptance at UTHSC-H Problems solved Applications Reasons for Acceptance What do our users say?
Problems Solved Strong authentication Enables use of for: Sharing sensitive data (encryption) Official correspondence (data integrity & accountability) FDA CFR 21 part 11 Regulatory compliance Document integrity Non repudiation
Applications PKI Authenticated User Administration Group Administration (privilege management) Firewall Database Student Grades Hybrid authentication Password Change Form Graduate Medical Education Information System Guest Management System VPN Other Adobe PDF
Reasons for Acceptance Start with important applications with few users Implement hybrid authentication for large applications Apply the technology to several problems Use tokens for key portability
What do our users say? Why isn’t application X certificate authenticated?