After five years of work, the General Services Administration's Federal Bridge Certification Authority has made the public-key infrastructures of four agencies interoperable. For the first time in history, federal agencies will accept each other's digital certificates through the bridge. . .. After five years of work, the General Services Administration's Federal Bridge Certification Authority has made the public-key infrastructures of four agencies interoperable. For the first time in history, federal agencies will accept each other's digital certificates through the bridge . "That is where the rubber meets the road," said Judith Spencer, chairwoman of the Federal PKI Steering Committee. "They can communicate in a trusted fashion, verify each other's credentials in different trusted domains." The bridge, part of the PKI Steering Committee and the Federal PKI Policy Authority, is a collection of hardware, software, policies and procedures that help make federal PKIs interoperable. The link for this article located at GCN is no longer available. . By fostering collaboration in PKI, governmental bodies are now able to utilize shared digital certificates for encrypted communication.. Interoperable PKI, Federal Agencies, Digital Certificates, Cybersecurity Solutions, Trusted Communication. . Anthony Pell
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