A PKI Certificate Allows You to Send and Receive Data over the Internet Securely

Public key infrastructure or PKI is a type of security to send and receive data and other information electronically over the Internet, which is considered a public network. A public network is not a secured network - therefore, if you do not use some sort of security yourself, anyone has the potential to gain access to your data or information. A PKI certificate is a security certificate which you create and contains specific information to encrypt and decrypt information sent over the Internet.

There Are Different Components Which Make Up a PKI Certificate System

When you implement a PKI certificate authority system, there are different components which will work together to help generate and manage certificates. You will need to have a CA system which is responsible for issuing and verifying the certificates. You will also need a registration authority which accepts requests from users for certificates. You will need a repository where generated certificates are held, along with their public keys. Finally, you will need a central system for managing your certificates.