Chapter 13. Public Key Infrastructure

This chapter covers the following official CompTIA Security+ Certification exam objectives

Explain the core concepts of public key infrastructure

Implement PKI, certificate management, and associated components

(For more information on the official CompTIA Security+ Certification exam topics, see the “About the CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam” section in the Introduction.)

In Chapter 12, “Cryptography Tools and Techniques,” you learned the basic concepts of public and private keys. A public key infrastructure (PKI) makes use of both types of keys and provides the foundation for binding keys to an identity via a certificate authority (CA), thus providing the system for the secure exchange of data ...

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