• DocumentCode
    86207
  • Title

    Social Life of PKI: Sociotechnical Development of Korean Public-Key Infrastructure

  • Author

    Dongoh Park

  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Apr.-June 2015
  • Firstpage
    59
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    Until the late 1990s, technology analysts expected public-key infrastructure (PKI) technology to be an essential element of online security systems. Today however, South Korea represents a unique example of widespread PKI use. This article traces the development of the Korean PKI and analyzes the social and cultural factors that contributed to the implementation and social adoption of the technology.
  • Keywords
    cultural aspects; public key cryptography; security of data; social aspects of automation; Korean public-key infrastructure; PKI; cultural factors; online security systems; social adoption; social factors; social life; sociotechnical development; Computer security; Digital signatures; Electronic government; History; Public key cryptography; KPKI; Korean PKI; PKI; computer security; history of computing; online security systems; public-key infrastructure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2015.22
  • Filename
    7116458