摘要 |
<p>Disclosed herein is a method for providing assurance information regarding a business entity to a customer for an electronic transaction. The method comprises submitting a compliance token to a certificate authority as part of a certificate signing request wherein the compliance token comprises an assessment result describing the business entity's level of compliance with an assurance policy, as determined by an assessor, receiving an assurance certificate from the certificate authority, wherein the certificate includes the compliance token, and providing the assurance certificate to a customer in order to provide security information to the customer as part of an electronic transaction.</p> |