Securing Financial E-business with Practical PKI

mThink Knowledge - Posted on 14 January 1999

Authored by:

Dominic Storey;

PDF File:

FSW02E1009.pdf

RSA Security Inc.

The E-problem
What happens when you add an e? Business becomes e-business, commerce becomes e-commerce, banking becomese-banking, birthday cards become e-greetings and so on. E makes things current, but to get to e meansthat you have interfaced your product or service to the Internet, dragging into the frame a whole series of issues:interoperability of multiple platforms and applications, scalability to millions of users, simplicity, client-less operation and security.

The E-problem
What happens when you add an e? Business becomes e-business, commerce becomes e-commerce, banking becomese-banking, birthday cards become e-greetings and so on. ÂEÂ makes things current, but to get to ÂeÂ meansthat you have interfaced your product or service to the Internet, dragging into the frame a whole series of issues:interoperability of multiple platforms and applications, scalability to millions of users, simplicity, client-less operationÂ and security.

About the Author

Title:

Worldwide Director of Technology

RSA Security Inc.

Dominic Storey is worldwide director oftechnology for RSA Security Inc and is basedat corporate HQ, Bedford, MA, USA. Hearticulates RSAs vision and strategy inauthentication, encryption and PKI. Dominichas a strong background in networking,holding the post of Director of Technologyfor Novell in Europe before joining RSA. Heinitially trained as an applied physicist,specializing in laser technology and fusionphysics as the UK Atomic Energy Authority,Culham, Oxfordshire. He can be contactedvia e-mail: dstorey@rsasecurity.com.

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