Government Security Directives

Platform for National Public Key Infrastructure using VeriSign

Governments want to provide millions of people with safe and easy access to e-services.

The Government are looking to implement more efficient e-services for UK citizens and need to ensure that their various programs and the methods used to access them are secure, reliable and scalable enough to serve millions of users.

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the leading provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, have a platform specifically designed to meet the needs of Governments looking to implement and manage their ‘Public Key Infrastructure’.

The VeriSign® ‘public key infrastructure platform is a security solution modelled after the same public key infrastructure architecture that VeriSign has deployed as a managed service for thousands of customers around the world. This deployment model allows the UK Government and Governments throughout Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East to adapt to the specialised security requirements that may be placed on such critical national infrastructure.

The VeriSign security platform gives Governments a way to offer citizens fast and easy access to e-services for benefits and welfare programs, health programs, e-passports, and national ID programs. VeriSign security plays a critical role in e-government by allowing authentication, encryption, and digital signature technologies when submitting peoples details, issuing identity certificates, business certificates, and device certificates. The trust enabled by the VeriSign certification helps Governments streamline operations, minimise the risk of fraud & waste, and disseminate information more easily and securely.

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