Implementing a cost-effective, high quality PKI - Why you should outsource your PKI

Implementing a cost-effective, high quality PKI Why you should outsource your PKI February 2009 Documentation issue: 1.0
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ..............................................................................................1
2 What is Entrust Managed Services PKI?................................................1
3 What makes a PKI successful?...............................................................2
4 System features .......................................................................................3 4.1 High availability (HA) ................................................................................................ 3 4.2 Secure facility............................................................................................................ 4 4.3 Disaster recovery (DR) ............................................................................................. 5 4.4 Backups .................................................................................................................... 6 4.5 Hardware Security Module (HSM)............................................................................ 7 4.6 Audits........................................................................................................................ 7 4.7 Root key generation (RKG) ceremony ..................................................................... 7
5 Solution features......................................................................................8 5.1 Cross-certification ..................................................................................................... 8 5.2 External certificate issuance..................................................................................... 9 5.3 Integration with existing applications ...................................................................... 10 5.4 Scalability................................................................................................................ 12
6 Cost .........................................................................................................12 6.1 Determining PKI requirements................................................................................ 12 6.2 True cost of PKI ownership..................................................................................... 12 6.3 Cost of deploying an internal PKI ........................................................................... 13 6.4 How you can save with Entrust Managed Services PKI......................................... 14
7 Why Entrust Managed Services PKI provides the best value ............15
8 Conclusion..............................................................................................16
9 About Entrust .........................................................................................16

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