PKI

PKI is an acronym for public key infrastructure. PKI is “a system of hardware, software, policies, and people that can provide a set of information assurances (identification and authentication, confidentiality, data integrity, and nonrepudiation) that are important in conducting electronic transactions.” U.S. General Accounting Office, Technology Assessment: Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Protection 178 n.13 (Report No. GAO-04-321 May 2004).