Steve:
I think PKI has some legal baggage attached to it from a
pure deployment perspective. Perhaps it might be
appropriate to add a phrase "Legal issues.".
Just a thought.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hanna" <>
To: "David Sweigert" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: PKI Obstacles survey
> David Sweigert wrote:
> > Are you going to address any issues related to cost.
> > Perhaps license fees, cost of professional services to
> > deliver and implement. ?
>
> The first item under Q4 (primary obstacles to PKI deployment
> and usage) is Cost.
>
> > Are you going to address any issues related to governance
> > of a PKI system. This would include empowering the PKI
> > with management endorsement, SAS-70 audit, CP, CPS, etc. ?
>
> Do you mean that you consider this a substantial obstacle
> to PKI deployment and usage and therefore it should be listed
> in Q4? I have heard a request that "Organizational Issues"
> or "Lack of Executive Support" be listed as an obstacle.
> Would that address your concern?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Hanna" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 5:20 PM
> > Subject: [pki-tc] PLEASE REVIEW the draft PKI Obstacles survey
> >
> > > Here is a draft of the PKI TC survey on PKI obstacles.
> > > Please review it and send comments to the pki-tc list.
> > > The PKI Survey SC appreciates your help.
> > >
> > > In one week (on May 14), we plan to start working on
> > > getting it onto the web. So please send comments
> > > before then, if possible.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > ------
> > >
> > > OASIS PKI TC Survey on PKI Obstacles
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Draft: May 7, 2003
> > >
> > > The OASIS Public Key Instracture Technical Committee (PKI TC) aims to
> > > address issues related to the successful deployment of digital
> > > certificates. We have decided to begin by identifying the most common
> > > obstacles to PKI deployment and usage so that they can be addressed.
> > >
> > > If you have experience or expertise with PKI, please help us
> > > by completing this survey. To respect your privacy, responses
> > > will only be reported in aggregate form.
> > >
> > > Q1 Are you currently using PKI within your organization? Yes/No
> > >
> > > Q2 Have you considered using PKI? Yes/No
> > >
> > > Q3 Which PKI applications are most important to you?
> > >
> > > Not Somewhat Very
> > > Important Important Important
> > > Web Server Security ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Single Sign On ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Document Signing ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Electronic Commerce ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Virtual Private Network ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Secure Email ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Code Signing ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Secure RPC ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Other (describe below) ( ) ( ) ( )
> > >
> > > Other: ____________________________________________________
> > >
> > > Q4 In your opinion, what are the primary obstacles to PKI
> > > deployment and usage?
> > >
> > > Not Somewhat Very
> > > Important Important Important
> > > Cost ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Complexity ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Poor Interoperability ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Hard for End Users to Use ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Legal Issues ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Applications don't support it ( ) ( ) ( )
> > > Other (describe below) ( ) ( ) ( )
> > >
> > > Other: ____________________________________________________
> > >
> > > Q5 If these obstacles were removed, would you use PKI more? Yes/No
> > >
> > > Q6 What is your primary job?
> > >
> > > Popup: {IT Management, IT Staff, Non-IT Management, Software
> > > Developer,
> > > Auditor, Lawyer, Researcher, Other (describe below)}
> > >
> > > Other: ____________________________________________________
> > >
> > > Q7 What country is your primary work location in?
> > >
> > > Popup: {Countries, listed from A to Z}
> > >
> > > Q8 How many employees does your employer have?
> > >
> > > Popup: {1-99, 100-499, 500-999, 1000-9999, 10,000 or more}
> > >
> > > Q9 What is your employer's primary sector or industry?
> > >
> > > Popup: {Education, Government, Health Care, Other Services,
> > > Manufacturing (Computer-related), Manufacturing
> > > (non-Computer),
> > > Other (describe below)}
> > >
> > > Other: ____________________________________________________
> > >
> > > Q10 How many years have you been involved with IT?
> > >
> > > Popup: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-10, 11-15, 16 or more}
> > >
> > > Q11 What is your email address? We will only use this to send
> > > the results of the survey and announcements of follow-up
> > > surveys (if any). This answer is not required.
> > >
> > > ______________________
