PKI technology is considered as the basis for protecting the military information of NATO member states; the United States DoD Public Key Infrastructure, one of the largest and most comprehensive deployments, has been in effect since 1999. In terms of defense, PKI infrastructures provide support to users in different environments and locations, from headquarters, agencies and tactical units to commandos and individuals. PKI’s use also extends to non-NATO nations and other international organizations (NNN/IO), where the exchange of classified information must be protected using cryptographic mechanisms and products that are assessed and approved for use in military environments.
PKI technology is considered as the basis for protecting the military information of NATO member states; the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Public Key Infrastructure, one of the largest and most comprehensive deployments, has been in effect since 1999. In terms of defense, PKI infrastructures provide support to users in different environments and locations, from headquarters, agencies and tactical units to commandos and individuals. PKI's use also extends to non-NATO nations and other international organizations (NNN/IO), where the exchange of classified information must be protected using cryptographic mechanisms and products that are assessed and approved for their use in military environments.
Safelayer KeyOne product family provides the maximum security guarantees in the deployment of PKI infrastructures - Safelayer possesses Common Criteria EAL4+ certification under the NSA/NIST CIMC (Certificate Issuing and Management Components) Security Level 3 Protection Profile, approved for use in military environments. KeyOne can operate with cross certificates (i.e. with other NATO countries or international organizations) and with bridge CAs (or points of interoperability). Furthermore, KeyOne is particularly suitable for critical environments which require large infrastructure management, optimized validation systems (CRL or OCSP) and cryptographic time-stamping.
PKI technology is essential in applications where maximum guarantees are required in terms of data origin, integrity, protection and non-repudiation of the information exchanged between the computer networks and the specific defense systems (e.g. NATO Military Message Handling System – MMHS). The security, ease of integration, support of standards and the interoperability of the PKI products are key issues in the enabling of applications. And so, in this context, the Safelayer TrustedX solution is designed to simplify the inclusion of security and trust mechanisms in applications, thereby allowing TrustedX to be used in Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) by means of XML standards.
