Achieving Internet Security

Poor cybersecurity is a global economic issue. Hackers and cyber-thieves steal valuable information and compromise our trust in the Internet for a broad range of confidential business-to-business, business-to-government and government-to-government transactions.

Over the past decade, numerous Identity Trust Hubs (also known as “Public Key Infrastructure Certification Authority Bridges” or “Certification Bridges”) have evolved to assure the identities of those using the Internet for sensitive and confidential transactions. Trust hubs are identity federations combining technology and rules to create trusted cyber-communities. Each trust hub asserts the identity of participants across the entire federation.

The 4BF is a coalition of the nation’s leading federated identity trust hubs.

We are…

• Federal PKI Architecture (Federal Bridge), serving all Federal agencies.
• CertiPath, serving the aerospace and defense industries.
• SAFE-BioPharma Association, serving the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
• HEBCA, serving the higher education sector in the United States.

Participate in the 4BF and

• improve identity management
• increase the secure exchange of confidential and other sensitive information
• minimize risk of identity-based cyber-attacks and exposure to hackers
• maximize the efficiencies of the Internet and reduce business costs
• achieve identity portability
• improve interoperability
• improve compliance with government privacy and other regulations and automatically create auditable digital records
• leverage employer-issued credentials to authenticate to partner systems