MULTI-FACTOR CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY

摘要

Disclosed herein is a certificate authority server configured to provide multi-factor digital certificates. A processor readable medium may include a plurality of instructions configured to enable a certificate authority server of a certificate authority, in response to execution of the instructions by a processor, to receive a request to provide a multi-factor digital security certificate by digitally signing a certificate request having a plurality of factors and a cryptographic key, wherein a first of the plurality of factors is an identifier of a device and a second of the plurality of factors is an identifier of a user of the device. The instructions are also configured to enable the certificate authority server to associate the cryptographic key with the plurality of factors and issue the digital security certificate based on the certificate request. Also disclosed is a method of using a multi-factor digital certificate as part of the authorization process to implicitly bind the plurality of factors. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.