FPT IS to provide digital certification in November 2010
On November 8, 2010, Vietnam National RootCA center announced that the FPT-CA System by FPT IS was qualified to provide digital signature services.
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17/11/2010
FPTIS had officially been issued a license to provide such services by theMinistry of Information and Communication earlier on August 10, 2010.
Beginning in the middle of November, FPT-CA will officially providethree kinds of certification authorization (CA) services: digitalcertification for individuals and enterprises, software certification,and SLL digital certification for host computers.
Digital certification is a form of e-certification, an "ID card"which is used in computers and on the internet. Digital certificationidentifies an individual, host computer, or other entity, and providesa public key to access a public system.
FPT-CA is an open, modern system able to issue or process millionsof digital certificates which has been applied for some of the world'sbiggest CA systems such as the French Ministries of Finance and Defenseand the e-Passport system of the European government. FPT-CA meetsinternational standards such as PKIX and X.509 and is flexible in orderto meet increasing demands in the future.
