Authentication
Public Key Infrastructure
Public Key Infrastructure is the trust framework used to manage digital certificates, cryptographic identity, and trusted exchanges between systems and users.
- Acronym
- PKI
- Synonym
- PKI
Definition
Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI, is the set of services, trust anchors, cryptographic mechanisms, and governance processes used to issue, validate, manage, and revoke digital certificates. In IAM, PKI is used to bind identities to cryptographic material, support secure authentication, enable encryption, and provide digital signature capabilities that establish trust between people, devices, and systems.
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