Public key infrastructure

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022722",
  "term": "Public key infrastructure",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Enables users of a basically unsecure public network, such as the Internet, to securely and privately exchange data and money through the use of a public and a private cryptographic key pair that is obtained and shared through a trusted authority. The public key infrastructure provides for a digital certificate that can identify an individual or an organization and directory services that can store and, when necessary, revoke the certificates.",
  "abbreviation": "PKI",
  "subject": "Laws, regulations and executive orders",
  "references": [
    "Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/public-key-infrastructure/"
}