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FBI Launching New Infrastructure System

August 5, 2005 4:55 p.m. EST
http://themauritius.com/redirect/index.php?url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/2246550608

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The FBI announces successful deployment of its Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - enabling the FBI to move towards an automated, paperless case management system.

PKI's enhanced security features are critical to the FBI's Sentinel program and also further enables information sharing with law enforcement partners and members of the Intelligence Community.

According to an FBI release, PKI is deployed to 33,000 desktop computers and makes advanced security features available to 28,000 FBI employees, taskforce members, and contract employees. It provides individuals with a Digital Identity, eliminating the need for signature hard copies. This new capability allows for digital signature approval, which moves the FBI closer to the development of Sentinel, a fully automated information management system.

An enhanced encryption provides more secure safeguards, protecting the FBI's computer systems and the information stored on them by requiring users to prove their identity twice, through the use of their smartcard and personal password.

Deployment of PKI was done through a partnership between FBI management and PKI contractor Northrop-Grumman Information Technology and its subcontractors PEC, Entrust, and BAE.