Mandate and Objectives
Advanced Card Technologies (ACT) Working Group
Background
The TBITS ACT Working Group was re-formed in April 1996 to address the results and
recommendations of the CAR Information Technology Security Strategy Steering Committee
(ITSSSC) report on Advanced Card Technologies. The mandate and objectives of the TBITS ACT
Working Group was to identify a standards based, common systems approach for the use of
Advanced Card Technology in the Government of Canada (GoC).
Re-focus of TBITS ACT Working Group:
Treasury Board's EAA policy states that a physical token is required for EAA to be
implemented effectively. This token can be in the form of a diskette, Smart Card or PCMCIA
Card. In addition to this policy, the delays encountered in the work of the TBITS ACT
Working Group and the initial results of the pilots to implement a multi-application card,
it has become evident that the work of the TBITS Working Group required a re-focus and the
mandate restated including specific objectives.
It is felt that the use of Digital Signatures and Encryption through PKI will form the
basis of activating and using multiple applications within the GoC thus focusing the TBITS
ACT Working Group on this specific issue will provide the base to build future ACT
applications and uses.
New Mandate
To develop GoC standards (functional and technical) for ACT in response to the
requirements for a PKI token.
Objectives
- Develop functional standards for use of Smart Cards as the token for Electronic Commerce
utilizing PKI and the ENTRUST products.
- Develop technical standards for use of Smart Cards as the token for Electronic Commerce
utilizing PKI and the ENTRUST products and PKCS #11.
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