The application of third certification program in Malaysia

Nowadays, many people deliberately limit the online transaction because they do not fully trust the e-commerce process. These people fear that their personal finance information will simply transmitted over the internet when making an online transaction. In order to overcome this problem, the application of third party certification programme is implementing in Malaysia.

Certification Authority (CA) is an entity which issues digital certificate that contain public key and the identity of the owner for use by other parties. It is an example of a trusted third party.

The most famous application third party certification programme in Malaysia is MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd. MSC Trustgate .com Sdn Bhd was incorporated in 1999 and it is a licensed Certification Authority (CA) operating within the Multimedia Super Corridor. The objective of MSC Trustage.com Sdn Bhd is to meet the growing need for secure open network communication from both local and the ASEAN. MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd is licensed under the Digital Signature Act 1997 (DSA). It offers complete security solutions for individuals, organizations, government, and e-commerce service providers by digital certificates, digital signatures, encryption and decryption.

Here are some of the examples of products and services provide by MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd:

(I) MyTRUST for mobile signature
By using MyTRUST, you can turn a SIM card into a Mobile Digital Identity for secure mobile banking and other finance services. Under Digital Signature Act 1997, Mobil digital signature provides non-repudiation on transaction. Users are able to digitally sign any transaction with ease and convenience through their mobile phone.

(II) MyKad PKI ( My Key)
Government has put in place a smart National Identity Card (“MyKad”) for every citizen in Malaysia. MyKey, is the MyKad PKI solution. It is works with MyKad that allow the people to authenticate themselves online and to digitally sign documents or transactions and it is accepted by Government Malaysia.

(III) Managed PKI for Enterprise Trust Services
Managed Public Key Infrastructure (MPKI) is a service with a fully integrated enterprise platform designed to secure intranet, extranet and internet applications by combining maximum flexibility, performance and scalability with high availability and security.

(IV) SSL VPN for Remote Access Services

Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network (SSL VPN) os a type of VPN that runs on Secure Socket Layers technology and its accessible through https over web