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NIFT's vision and institution of Certification Authority (CA/PKI)

While we are focused on our immediate plans pertaining to propagation of automated clearing facilities to all related cities in Pakistan, we are equally resolute in keeping up with contemporary trends and need for harnessing electronic communication technologies for advancement in payment and settlement solutions. We would like to unfold further our vision by creating an infrastructure for secure electronic transaction processing.

NIFT has established NIFTeTRUST – a service division of NIFT. NIFTeTRUST is another of its first initiatives towards modernization of payment systems in Pakistan. Ensuring security and safety of commerce and communications, addressing issues such as authentication, confidentiality/privacy, non-repudiation and data integrity over the Internet is the key objective of NIFTeTRUST service division.

Partnership with the best: Verisign, Inc. NIFT has signed up as a Global Affiliate with VeriSign, Inc. - The leading provider of digital trust services that enable everyone, everywhere to engage in commerce and communications with confidence. VeriSign's digital trust services create a trusted environment through three core offerings—name, security and transaction services—powered by a global infrastructure that manages more than 5 billion network connections and transactions a day. NIFT is licensed by VeriSign as a selected provider of digital trust services in Pakistan. As an Affiliate, NIFT is a member of the VeriSign Trust Network platform – the infrastructure of technology and practices that support the global interoperability and usage of digital trust services. Users can be sure that services based on the VeriSign Trust Network platform offer the highest levels of security, reliability and support.

NIFT has established a data centre conforming to X9.79 and ISO17799 Standards to offer digital certificate services in Pakistan. This processing centre is located at AWT Plaza, I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi and has ISO 27001:2005 certification.

VeriSign Trust Network platform Services

Processing Centre: NIFT has setup a processing center with round-the-clock operations to guarantee near zero downtime. Part of VeriSign Trust Network platform based on global standards and specifications, the processing center has the capacity to provide certificate services to thousands of enterprises and millions of end users.

Service Center: Service Center allows NIFT to mirror VeriSign's offerings: individual digital certificates, SSL Certificates, and enterprise PKI solutions and provide support leveraging the processing center. Following services are provided under the NIFTeTRUSTSM service division:
Services
w Private Root
w VTN Root
w Class 2
w Managed PKI (OnSite)
w Key Management services
w Premium Validation services
w VeriSign Roaming services
w Indentrus
w Trusted Services for Identrus
w Managed PKI SSL (Server & Global Server OnSite)
w SSL Class 3 VTN Onsite Server Certificate
w 128-bit Class 3 VTN Global Server Onsite Certificate 		w SSL Class 3 VTN Server ID
w 128-bit Class 3 VTN Server ID
w Private Label (PL) Client Certificate
w VTN Class 1 Client Certificate
w VTN Class 2 Client Certificate
w VTN Class 3 Client Certificate

Benefits:-

NIFTeTRUST: Wide spectrum of services lets your enterprise take advantage of the speed and immediacy of the Internet while protecting business-critical information from interception, tampering, and unauthorized access. With NIFTeTRUST individuals and entities can:

w Take advantage of secure e-commerce. Offer a world of customers the confidence to purchase the goods and services on the web;

w Exchange confidential data with business partners. Organizations can create secure extranets and Virtual Private Networks that give select partners easy access to business-critical information stored on their internal networks.

w Safely, seamlessly integrate supply chain. Provides a protected environment for safe information exchange at every stage of the manufacturing processes.

w Communicate securely with employees around the world. Allow controlled access to intranet for all corporate information, such as HR data, secure email, and applications.

w Customers can benefit from VeriSign Trust Network platform, which comprises of prominent international service providers, utilize common technology, operating practices and infrastructure to deliver interoperable trust services over the internet;

w A team of experienced and highly trained professionals who help customers every step of the way – from need identification, solution formulation to implementation and on-going support.
   
 
 
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