Division 1 Introduction

A PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is a set of roles, policies, procedures and systems needed to create, manage, distribute and revoke digital certificates^f1. The CEF PKI service of eDelivery enables issuance and management of digital certificates used to ensure confidentiality, integrity and non-repudiation of the information exchanged between Access Points (AP).

The PKI service of eDelivery is based on the Trust Centre Services TeleSec Shared Business CA (Certification Authority) for which the Certificate Policy (CP)/Certification Practices Statement (CPS) of TeleSec Shared-Business-CA of T-Systems International GmbH^f2 apply.

The PKI service issues certificates that are suitable for securing various business processes within and outside of companies, organisations, public authorities and institutions that require a medium security level to prove the authenticity, integrity and trustworthiness of the end-entity.