AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an authentication management technology for efficiently performing time authentication or its update.SOLUTION: An authentication management apparatus 100 acquires electronic files as time authentication targets from a plurality of terminals of a research development base 200, causes an external PKI time authentication authority 302 or an external archiving time authentication authority 304 to perform time authentication, adds authentication time to the electronic files and returns them to the terminals of the research development base 200. Subsequently, the authentication management apparatus 100 scraps the electronic files. Further, the authentication management apparatus 100 notifies a user that the expiration date of the time authentication approaches.