PKI Is The Cornerstone Of Digital Privacy | Avast

PKI Is The Cornerstone Of Digital Privacy | Avast
Byron Acohido, 5 December 2019

Efforts are progressing to preserve Public Key Infrastructure and digital certificates at the core of cybersecurity



For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI, a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users. 
If that sounds too complicated to grasp, take a look at the web address of the Avast Blog site: https://blog.avast.com/. See how it begins with HTTPS? The S in HTTPS stands for “secure.” Your web browser checked the security certificate for https://blog.avast.com/ and verified it was issued by a legitimate certificate authority. That’s PKI in action. 
As privacy comes into sharp focus as a priority and challenge for cybersecurity, it’s important to understand this fundamental underlying standard. 
Because it functions at the infrastructure level, PKI is not as well known as it should be by senior corporate management, much less the public. However, you can be sure cybercriminals grasp  the nuances about PKI, as they’ve continued to exploit them to invade privacy and steal data.
Here’s the bottom line: PKI is the best we’ve got. As digital transformation accelerates, business leaders and even individual consumers are going to have to familiarize themselves with PKI and proactively participate in preserving it. The good news is that the global cybersecurity community understands how crucial it has become to not just preserve, but also reinforce, PKI. Google, thus far, is leading the way.
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