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Enterprise PKI (EPKI) Agreement Setup

What is EPKI?

An Enterprise PKI (EPKI) Agreement allows an authorized representative to assume responsibility for retaining and validating identity evidence  of employees or contractors  within a company or organization. This agreement is typically used to purchase a high volume of North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) client auth certificates  and Individual Validation+Organization Validation (IV+OV) S/MIME certificates enabling pre-validation of certificates containing an individual identity associated with the organizational identity. After a successful validation of the individual identity of a signatory to an EPKI agreement as well as an organizational validation of the entity the signatory represents, that person will then attain the function of the EPKI Administrator and be granted the authority to manage the life cycle of NAESB and IV+OV S/MIME certificates. Specifically, the EPKI Administrator can: The EPKI Administrator can purchase EPKI-enabled, pre-validated NAESB certificates through the SSL.com Bulk Order Tool. Visit this guide  for instruction on how to use the bulk order tool with an enabled EPKI agreement. Currently, only NAESB certificates can be purchased through the SSL.com Bulk Order Tool. 
The Subscriber entering into an EPKI Agreement must retain IDs and make identity evidence available for sampling, if needed, during SSL.com quarterly and annual audits.

Partner Obligations in the EPKI Agreement

SSL.com includes the following obligations to its partners in an EPKI Agreement:

Below are steps for submitting a completed EPKI agreement:

  1. Fill out all required fields in the main form below
  2. Download and complete the 3 ePKI forms: Download ePKI forms
  3. After accomplishing the downloaded forms, attach/upload them to the main form below and click the Submit button.
  4. A member of the SSL.com sales team will reach out to confirm order details and schedule the next steps in the validation process.
If you need additional guidance, please contact the sales team at sales@ssl.com. [contact-form-7 id=”35739″ title=”ePKI Sales Form”]
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