Understanding Public-Key Infrastructure: Concepts, Standards, and Deployment Considerations

Internal Communications Business Model

From a corporate-security perspective, the overall goal in any organization is to provide cost-effective, useable security that is commensurate with the perceived level of risk. If the cost of providing the security is too great, or if the deployed security services are too difficult to use or administer, the business case for deploying that solution cannot be justified.

It is extremely difficult (if not impossible) to justify anything of this nature without considering the true benefits that will be realized through the judicious deployment of a comprehensive security infrastructure. For example, significant cost savings can be realized by reducing the amount of time individuals spend logging in to multiple ...