[kictanet] Kenya¹s PKI Destined for Failure?

[Dennis Kioko]

sorry, forgot to post the link to the story. Here is the link - it also
gives a few possible applications of PKI
http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/kenya's-pki-likely-to-catalyse-e-business-growth


On 23 March 2013 21:58, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's a concern raised on an article on PKI on CIO East Africa. Wondering
> about the bit on keys being expensive, and how much that is likely to be an
> issue here.
>
> KPI is a very expensive security infrastructure to implement and operate.
> Most of the early adopters of PKI have abandoned the technology and have
> are using other more open, efficient and easier to operate technologies to
> secure online transactions. One of the biggest complaint and the source of
> failure in most countries has been the lack of uptake by private sector who
> fine it expensive to procure and maintain KPI certificates/keys. Kenya may
> want to explore this more and see if there are alternatives that could work
> better.
>



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