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Why do I need a Digital ID?. Mark B. Jones Net@Edu PKI Deployment Forum Madison, WI April 16 th , 2008. PKI-Enabled Application Acceptance at UTHSC-H. Problems solved Applications Reasons for Acceptance What do our users say?. Problems Solved. Strong authentication
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Why do I need a Digital ID? Mark B. JonesNet@Edu PKI Deployment ForumMadison, WIApril 16th, 2008
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 email 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 • Email
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?