Security News > 2020 > August > ISO defines standard approach to embed LEIs within digital certificates

ISO has defined a standard approach for Certification Authorities to embed Legal Entity Identifiers within digital certificates.

The move to simplify LEI integration paves the way for all digital certificates to be linked by a universal identifier to verified and regularly updated entity reference data, in a freely accessible repository, and also can contain the certificate owner's role within a legal entity.

LEIs can reduce these instances of revocation as these changes to entity reference data appear within the Global LEI System repository and have no impact on the validity of information of within digital certificates.

The proposal for standardizing how to embed LEIs in digital certificates was brought to ISO by the GLEIF. The organization also participated in work efforts for the revision through its membership of the technical committee which manages ISO 17442.

"As a next step, the Global LEI Foundation encourages all Certification Authorities to consider integrating LEIs within digital certificates as a matter of priority, to expedite the associated benefits."

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