Computer security experts call Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) the "panacea" for secure, trusted e-b
But the purpose of PKI is simple: to let companies and organizations conduct business on private networks and the Internet with the same level of trust we had in the old paper-based world. PKI has two main components
- Digital certificates: software "credentials" that verify who people are much like passports or driver's licenses (but stronger in several ways).
- Data encryption: a method of scrambling data as it moves across networks to hide its content and prevent unauthorized use.
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