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Subject: Re: [pki-tc] re:[pki-tc] PKI TC Elelction Bio - PKI Vision, Arshad Noor
I apologize for taking so long to respond to this - there do not appear to be enough hours in a day when you need it most. My take on PKI is as follows: For more than 3 decades in the last century, most businesses gained "windfall" profits from under-investing in the security of their computing infrastructure and data. Many factors contributed to this windfall gain - the lack of global networks that could facilitate attacks on their machines; the lack of access to computers to the average individual to experiment with technology; the slow transition of business processes towards using computers, etc. As we all know, the internet and the dot-com phenomenon changed all that in less than a decade. With computers in the remotest corners of the world, and tens of millions of computers getting connected to the internet annually, humanity - at least in industrialized nations - has become extremely dependent on computers for its "normal" way of life. The government and the economy simply cannot function without computers anymore! In order to ensure that civilizations do not descend into anarchy, society must maintain order in its economy and government. With each new disclosure of a breach, or with the release of new forms of attacks, it has become apparent that the enemy (whoever that may be) has determined the achilles heel of industrialized nations. In order to preserve and continue to build on what we have so far, it is imperative we take our business processes and computing infrastructure to new levels. New models of computing, and new models of businesses demand new models for security. Public-key cryptography plays a central role (at least in my opinion) in this new model of security. It is one of the few technologies that delivers many business benefits with a single technology: authenticity, integrity and confidentiality of information. Few other technologies can claim to providing three such critical elements of security within a single implementation. While certain factors have conspired to make PKI synonymous with failure, it is my hope that through concerted efforts of the PKI-TC, we can change this perception. Thank you. Arshad Noor StrongAuth, Inc. Stephen Wilson wrote: > > Come to think of it, a sort of PKI vision statement might be useful from > our chair canidates. >
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