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CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide - Second Edition

You're reading from  CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248158
Pages 330 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Hemang Doshi Hemang Doshi
Profile icon Hemang Doshi

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Audit Planning 2. Chapter 2: Audit Execution 3. Chapter 3: IT Governance 4. Chapter 4: IT Management 5. Chapter 5: Information Systems Acquisition and Development 6. Chapter 6: Information Systems Implementation 7. Chapter 7: Information Systems Operations 8. Chapter 8: Business Resilience 9. Chapter 9: Information Asset Security and Control 10. Chapter 10: Network Security and Control 11. Chapter 11: Public Key Cryptography and Other Emerging Technologies 12. Chapter 12: Security Event Management 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Elements of PKI

PKI is a set of rules and procedures for the creation, management, distribution, storage, and use of digital certificates and public key encryption.

PKI Terminology

Before moving on to discuss the elements of PKI, you should have a basic understanding of the following associated terms:

  • Digital certificate: A digital certificate is an electronic document used to prove the ownership of a public key. A digital certificate includes information about the key, the owner of the key, and the digital signature of the issuer of the digital certificate. It is also known as a public key certificate.
  • Certifying Authority (CA): A CA is an entity that issues digital certificates.
  • Registration Authority (RA): An RA is an entity that verifies user requests for digital signatures and recommends the CA issues them.
  • Certificate Revocation List (CRL): A CRL is a list of digital certificates that have been revoked and terminated by the CA before their expiry date...
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