Now, IBM is also offering to provide integration services if a customer wants assistance setting up the corporate applications to work with the Vault Registry's digital certificates.
Digital certificates let users electronically sign and encrypt documents and mail.
But since few applications arrive certificate-enabled right out of the box, software development work is often needed. Greene notes that this PKI integration service includes consulting on the business plans, project planning and implementation, installation and testing, and training of a customer's employees. But we hear them asking for this kind of help. Senior Editor Ellen Messmer covers security and related issues for Network World. Winn Schwartau is a security maven, writer and speaker.