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IDRBT Certifying Authority is a Certifying Authority (CA) for the Indian Banking and Financial Sector, licensed by the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), Government of India. The formal approval as Certifying Authority was handed over to IDRBT by CCA on August 8, 2002.

Digital Security for Banking & Finance in India
With the Digital Certificates issued by IDRBT, Banks and Financial Institutions can now look forward to full-fledged security in their electronic communications, intra-bank and inter-bank applications and messaging. This will go a long way in facilitating speedy, secure and cost-effective financial transactions to improve customer service and satisfaction.

The Digital Certificates issued by IDRBT comply with the X.509 Standards to individuals and servers adn IDRBT CA will fulfil the need for Trusted Third Party services in Electronic Commerce. All classes of Certificates issued by IDRBT CA shall be Digital Certificates under the IT Act, and the legal effect, conjecture and evidentiary value of Digital Certifictes as provided in the IT Act will be applicable.

A number of Financial and Banking Applications such as Structrued Financial Messaging System, Real Time Gross Stetlement, Centralised Funds Management System etc., and banks' own applications wil lbenefit fro mthe Securied Messaging and Transactions using Digital Certificates and Digital Signatures.

The CCA approval confirms that IDRBT has attained excellent standards in its overall key management, systems and operations. Significantly, it asserts IDRBT CA's certificate policies and practices to be of high standards, which is critical in its role as a Certifying Authority. As a Certifying Authority, IDRBT's role entails registration, issuance, renewal, suspension and revocation of Digital Certificates to applicants. It also necessities careful verification of the applicants' identity.

What is PKI
Public Key Infrastructure presents the core structure for an extensive range of components, applications, policies and practices to combine and achieve the four primary security function for commercial transactions:
 * Confidentiality - to keep messages confidential and prevent eavesdropping.
 * Integrity - to prove that information has not been manipulated or tampered.
 * Authentication - to confirm the identity of an individual or applicaiton.
 * Non-repudiation - to ensure that information cannot be disclaimed/disowned.

PKI is a combination of hardware and software products, policies and procedures. It provides the basic security required to carry out electronic business so that entities, which do not know each other, or are widely spread, can communicate securely through a chain of trust.

Certifying Authority
Modern Cryptography offers solutions for secure transactions over the network through a Public Key Cryptography System (PKCS). The PKCS requires Trusted Third Party (TTP), commonly known as Certifying Authority (CA).

The primary function of CA is to register the public keys generated by the individuals and issue Digital Certificates. These bind a public key to a given person, signed with the CA's private key, which can be safely stored in a public directory and sent over an insecure network, thus allowing everyone to securely communicate and to do business with even people they have not met before.

The IDRBT Certifying Authority (IDRBT CA) is Trusted Third Party (TTP), licensed by the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, for issuing, managing, renewing and revoking certificates in accordance with the standard practices published in the IDRBT CA Certificate Practice Statement (IDRBT CA CPS). The Certifying Services offered by the IDRBT CA (i-trust PKI Services) are designed to support secure electronic transactions, digital signatures and other general security requirements of INFINET users.