Enterprise Information Technology Services Press Release
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

CONTACT: UGA Certificate Administrator, ssladmin@uga.edu

Digital certificate program now available to UGA technical community

ATHENS, Ga.— The University System of Georgia Board of Regents (BoR), through the Office of Information and Instructional Technology, is offering a digital certificate program to University System of Georgia (USG) institutions.

A digital certificate is issued by a certificate authority (CA), and attests to the legitimacy of an online transfer of information, funds, or other sensitive materials through the use of encryption. [more]

The University System has partnered with GeoTrust (a root certificate authority) to offer this program.

The University of Georgia, through the Office of the CIO and Enterprise Information Technology Services, is now participating in this program. In order for technical staff in UGA departments to request digital certificates through the BoR Certificate Program, they must follow the BoR Certificate Program Technical Contact Registration Process. This process includes verification from a departmental billing contact that the technical contact is authorized to request digital certificates through this program.

For more information and to register for the program, see:

eits.uga.edu/dcp

About the Office of the CIO and EITS
The Office of the Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) are committed to the mission of UGA as a land-and-sea-grant institution where academics come first and the research extensive university community encourages research efforts at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To that end, under the direction of the University´s Chief Information Officer, EITS endeavors to provide a robust, reliable, and secure information technology infrastructure, maintain essential production services, and offer world-class support.