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  • emCA Certificate Manager
  • Introduction
    • Summary
    • Key Features
    • Key Components
    • Architecture
    • Use Cases
    • Security
    • Role based Access
    • Licensing
    • How emCA Works ?
  • Release Versions
    • V4.2.6
    • V4.2.5
    • V4.2.4
      • User Manual
        • CA Administrator
          • CA Admin Login
          • Dashboard Page
          • View CA Hierachy
          • Manage User Certificates
            • Search
          • Manage CA Certiifcates
            • Search
          • Manage User & Roles
            • Manage User
            • Create New User
            • View Groups
          • Reports
            • Application Logs
            • CRL Report
            • Certificate Statistics
            • All Certificates
            • Active / Revoked / Suspended / Expired Certificates
          • Application Settings
            • Manage License
            • Manage Authentication Matrix
            • Certificate Features
        • Administrator
          • View Hierachy
          • Manage Profiles
            • Manage Certificate Profiles
              • X509 certificate profile
              • Create CVC CA certificate profile
              • Create EMV Certificate Profile
            • Manage Key Profiles
            • Manage CRL Profiles
          • Manage User Certificates
          • Manage CA Certificates
          • Manage Keystores
          • Manage Users & Roles
          • Reports
          • Application Settings
          • Setup & Registeration
          • External Applications
          • Mail Settings
          • Manage Certificate Features
        • Officer
          • CA Hierarchy
          • Manage User Certificates
          • Manage CA Certificates
          • Manage CRLs
          • Manage EMV Certificate
          • Manage EMV CRLs
          • Manage Keystores
          • Manage OCSP Certificates
          • Recover User keypair
          • Reports
        • Auditor
          • CA Hierarchy
          • Reports
      • emCA_Deployment_Document
    • V4.2.3
      • User Manual
        • CA Administrator
          • CA Admin Login
          • Dashboard Page
          • View CA Hierachy
          • Manage User Certificates
            • Search
          • Manage CA Certiifcates
            • Search
          • Manage User & Roles
            • Manage User
            • Create New User
            • View Groups
          • Reports
            • Application Logs
            • CRL Report
            • Certificate Statistics
            • All Certificates
            • Active / Revoked / Suspended / Expired Certificates
          • Application Settings
            • Manage License
            • Manage Authentication Matrix
            • Certificate Features
        • Administrator
          • View Hierachy
          • Manage Profiles
            • Manage Certificate Profiles
              • X509 certificate profile
              • Create CVC CA certificate profile
              • Create EMV Certificate Profile
            • Manage Key Profiles
            • Manage CRL Profiles
          • Manage User Certificates
          • Manage CA Certificates
          • Manage Keystores
          • Manage Users & Roles
          • Reports
        • Officer
          • CA Hierarchy
          • Manage User Certificates
          • Manage CA Certificates
          • Manage CRLs
          • Manage EMV Certificate
          • Manage EMV CRLs
          • Manage Keystores
          • Manage OCSP Certificates
          • Recover User keypair
          • Reports
        • Auditor
          • CA Hierarchy
          • Reports
        • Operator
          • CA Hierarchy
          • Backup
    • V4.2.2
      • User Manual
        • CA Administrator
          • CA Admin Login
          • Dashboard Page
          • View CA Hierachy
          • Manage User Certificates
            • Search
          • Manage CA Certiifcates
            • Search
          • Manage User & Roles
            • Manage User
            • Create New User
            • View Groups
          • Reports
            • Application Logs
            • CRL Report
            • Certificate Statistics
            • All Certificates
            • Active / Revoked / Suspended / Expired Certificates
          • Application Settings
            • Manage License
            • Manage Authentication Matrix
            • Certificate Features
        • Administrator
          • View Hierachy
          • Manage Profiles
            • Manage Certificate Profiles
              • X509 certificate profile
              • Create CVC CA certificate profile
              • Create EMV Certificate Profile
            • Manage Key Profiles
            • Manage CRL Profiles
          • Manage User Certificates
          • Manage CA Certificates
          • Manage Keystores
          • Manage Users & Roles
          • Reports
        • Officer
          • CA Hierarchy
          • Manage User Certificates
          • Manage CA Certificates
          • Manage CRLs
          • Manage EMV Certificate
          • Manage EMV CRLs
          • Manage Keystores
          • Manage OCSP Certificates
          • Recover User keypair
          • Reports
        • Auditor
          • CA Hierarchy
          • Reports
        • Operator
          • CA Hierarchy
          • Backup
    • V4.2.1
    • V4 .0.17
      • Open API Specifications
        • Prerequisites
        • Process for calling emCA API
        • How to Generate an Authentication Key
        • How to Generate Signed Data (PKCS#7)
        • How to create JSON Object before Encryption
        • How to encrypt JSON object
        • How to generate a request JSON Object
        • API Methods
          • API Method -createCertificate and createCertificateP7B
          • API Method -createPKCS12
          • API Method -getCertificate
          • API Method - revoke
          • API Method - verifySignature
          • API Method - createCertificateById and createcertificateP7BById
          • API Method - createPKCS12ById
          • API Method - reinstate
          • API Method - suspend
          • API Method -rekey
          • API Method-getCertificateByRequestID
          • API Method - createCustomCertificateById
          • API Method - getExpirySoonCertificate
          • API Method - getProfileinfoByProfilename
          • API Method -getCertificateProfileList
          • API Method- createCertificatesByIdWithMultipleCsrData
          • API Method - getPKCS12
          • API Method - createeSignCustomCertificateById
        • ePassport Certificate API Methods
        • emClient.jar
        • SOAP Information
        • ACME Protocol
        • CMP Protocol
        • EST Protocol
        • SCEP Protocal
      • User Manual
        • View CA Hierarchy
          • Delete Certificate and Keypair
          • Search Certificate
          • View Certificate
          • Export Certificate
        • Manage Profiles
          • Key Profiles
            • Edit
            • Key Profile Creation
              • Create HSM Key Profile
              • Create PKCS12 Key Profile
          • Certificate Profiles
            • Certificate Profile Creation
              • Create CA Self Signed Certificate
              • Create User Certificate Profile
              • Create OSCP Certificate Profile
          • CRL Profiles
            • New CRL Profile
        • Manage User Certificate
          • Enroll
            • Generation of Soft Token Certificate
            • Generation of Hard Token Certificate
          • Revoke/Suspend
          • Reinstate
          • Search
          • Sign CSR
          • Manual Authorize Certificates
          • SCT Request
        • Manage CA Certificate
          • Enroll
            • Create Self-Signed CA Certificate
            • Create Sub CA Certificate
            • Create OSCP Certificate
            • Generate Signing CSR
          • Manage CA Certificates
            • Search Certificate
            • Import Certificate
          • Revoke CA Certificate
          • Search
          • Sign CSR
          • Import PKCS12
        • Manage CRLS
          • Create CRL
          • Update CRL
          • Download CRL
          • Scheduler Configuration
        • Manage OSCP Certificates
          • Configure OSCP Certificate
          • OSCP Configuration
        • Recover User Keypair
          • Recover
            • Key Recovery with new Password
            • Key Recovery with old Password
        • Manage Users and Roles
          • Manage User
            • Create New User
            • View all users created
            • View individual user
            • Deactivate user
            • Activate user
            • Renew
            • Delete User
          • View Groups
        • Reports
          • Types of Reports
          • CRL Reports
          • Certificate Stastics
          • All Certificates Reports
          • Active Certificates Report
          • Revoked Certificates Report
          • Suspended Certificates Report
          • Expired Certificates Report
        • Application Logs
        • Backup
          • Manual Backup on Local Server
          • Manual Backup on Remote Server
          • Automatic Backup on Local Server
          • Automatic Backup on Remote Server
        • Backup Restoration
        • Dashboard Features
          • View all Active CA and User Certificates
          • View Revoked CA and User Certificates
          • View all expiring soon CA and User Certificates
          • View all CRL-based Certificates
        • Application Settings
          • Manage License
          • Setup and Registration
          • External Applications Onboarding
        • Manage Key stores
    • V4.0.13
      • User Manual
        • View CA Hierarchy
          • Delete Certificates & Key Pair
          • Search Certificate
          • View Certificate
          • Export Certificate
        • Manage Profiles
          • Key Profile
            • Edit
            • Key Profile Creation
              • Create HSM Key Profile
              • Create PKCS 12 Keyprofile
        • Certificate Profiles
          • Certificate Profile Creation
            • Create CA Self Signed Certificate Profile
            • Create SubCA Certificate Profile
            • Create User CA Certificate
            • Create OCSP Certificate
        • Manage User Certificate
          • Enroll
            • Generation Of Softtoken Certificate
            • Generation Of Hardtoken Certificate
          • Revoke/Suspend
          • Reinstate
          • Search
          • Sign CSR
          • Manual Authorize Certificates
          • SCT Request
        • Manage CA Certificate
          • Enroll
            • Create Selfsigned CA Certificate
            • Create Sub CA Certificate
            • Create OCSP Certificate
            • Generate Signing CSR
          • Manage CA Certificates
            • Search
            • Import Certificate
        • Revoke CA Certificate
        • Search
        • Sign CSR
        • Import PKCS 12
        • Manage CRLs
          • Create CRL
          • Update CRL
          • Download CRL
          • Scheduler Configuration
        • Manage OCSP Certificate
          • Configure OCSP Certificates
          • OCSP Configuration
        • Key Recovery
          • Recover
            • Key Recovery With New Password
            • Key Recovery With Old Password
        • Manage Users & Roles
          • Manage Users
            • Create New User
            • View All Users Created
            • View Individual Users
            • Deactive Users
            • Activate Users
            • Renew
            • Delete
            • Export All users
          • View Groups
        • Reports
          • Features
          • Types Of Reports
            • CRL Reports
            • Certificate Statistics
            • All Certificate Reports
            • Active Certificate Reports
            • Revoked Certificate Reports
            • Suspended Certificate Reports
            • Expired Certificates Reports
        • Application Logs
        • Backup & Restore
          • Backup
            • Manual Backup on Local Server
            • Manual Backup On Remote Server
            • Automatic Backup on Local Server
            • Automatic Backup On Remote Server
          • Backup Restoration
        • Dashboard Features
          • View All Active CA and User Certificates
          • View Revoked CA & User Certificates
          • View All Expiring Soon & User Certificates
          • View All CRL Based Certificates
        • Application Settings
          • Manage emCA Authentication Matrix
          • External Application On-Boarding
        • Manage Keystore
  • Deployment Models
    • Single Instance
    • High Availability Deployment
    • Hybrid Deployment
    • Cloud Deployment
    • List of Prerequisites
      • Installations
        • Token Drivers
        • emCA Websocket
    • emCA Deployment Guide
      • Prerequisites
        • Other Prerequisites
      • emCA
      • emCA API
      • OCSP Core
      • OCSP Responder Web
      • TSA Core
      • TSA Web
      • Scheduler
      • DB Password Encryptor
      • emCA Initial Setup
      • Protocols Configuration Overview
        • ACME Protocol
        • EST Protocol
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  1. Introduction

Summary

PKI, or Public Key Infrastructure, serves as a critical framework for secure communication and data exchange across digital networks. Within this ecosystem, an essential component is the issuance of digital certificates, which validate the identity of entities involved in online transactions. An enterprise-grade PKI solution such as emCA (eMudhra Certificate Authority) is designed to streamline and secure this certificate issuance process. emCA operates as a robust, centralized system that manages the lifecycle of digital certificates, ensuring their proper creation, distribution, renewal, and revocation.

One of the core functionalities of emCA is its ability to authenticate users, devices, or services through the issuance of digital certificates. These certificates contain public keys and other pertinent identity information, assuring the legitimacy of entities participating in online interactions. emCA enhances security by employing cryptographic algorithms to safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of transmitted data. Furthermore, it supports compliance with industry regulations and standards, fostering trust in digital transactions across various sectors such as finance, healthcare, and government.

With its user-friendly interface and automation capabilities, emCA streamlines certificate issuance workflows, reducing administrative overhead. It offers scalability to meet the demands of both small-scale businesses and large enterprises, ensuring a seamless integration into existing IT infrastructures. The solution's comprehensive management tools enable administrators to efficiently monitor and maintain certificates, ensuring their proper functioning throughout their lifecycle. Overall, emCA stands as a cornerstone solution within PKI frameworks, providing robust security measures and streamlined certificate management for organizations seeking a trustworthy and efficient digital identity solution.

Additional Highlights

  • Cost-Effective Solution: emCA is a cost-effective solution that offers great value for the price.

  • Faster Deployment: emCA is designed for quick and easy deployment, helping organizations realize the benefits sooner rather than later.

  • Enhanced RA Management: emCA excels in the management of Registration Authorities (RAs), a critical aspect of certificate issuance.

  • Superior Support: eMudhra provides robust support services to ensure a reliable user experience with emCA.

  • Easy Migration: eMudhra facilitates seamless migration for organizations transitioning to emCA.

  • Managed Services Capability: emCA can be provided as a managed service, offering an additional layer of convenience and security for clients.

  • WebTrust Compliance: emCA is utilized in WebTrust-compliant deployments, demonstrating its adherence to the highest industry standards.

  • IoT Support: emCA's ability to issue certificates to smart devices within the IoT ecosystem showcases its adaptability to emerging technologies.

Technical Highlights

  • Standards Compliance: emCA holds the prestigious EAL 4+ Common Criteria (CC) certificate, ensuring that it meets the most stringent security standards.

  • Post Quantum Crypto Ready: Supports NIST approved PQC algorithms, empowering organizations to fortify their critical infrastructure against the potential vulnerabilities posed by quantum computing advancements.

  • Comprehensive CA Offering: Beyond its core function of certificate issuance, emCA encompasses supplementary modules tailored for OCSP, Timestamping, and business operations (RA). This holistic suite offers an all-encompassing solution, catering to every aspect of digital certificate requirements within a single, integrated platform.

  • Highly Scalable: emCA has proven its scalability by issuing over 200 certificates per second. This makes it an ideal choice for high-volume environments.

  • Remote Signing: emCA supports ETSI-compliant remote signing, encompassing both long-lived and short-lived key pairs. This enhances its utility in various scenarios, such as digital signature services and mobile authentication.

emCA by eMudhra is a cutting-edge PKI solution that represents a blend of innovation, reliability, and adaptability. It is the ideal choice for organizations seeking a comprehensive and secure solution to manage their digital certificates. With emCA, organizations can be confident that they are meeting the highest standards of security and compliance, while also benefiting from the latest technologies and features.

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