On 23 March 2013 21:58, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's a concern raised on an article on PKI on CIO East Africa. Wondering about the bit on keys being expensive, and how much that is likely to be an issue here.

KPI is a very expensive security infrastructure to implement and operate. Most of the early adopters of PKI have abandoned the technology and have are using other more open, efficient and easier to operate technologies to secure online transactions. One of the biggest complaint and the source of failure in most countries has been the lack of uptake by private sector who fine it expensive to procure and maintain KPI certificates/keys. Kenya may want to explore this more and see if there are alternatives that could work better.