Because the RDW manages several hundreds of very sensitive certificates and corresponding keys, they decided it was time to look for a certificate and key management system.

Primary goal for that system would be a real-time insight in the actual status of all certificates and associated key (s). KeyTalk’s specialized partner Avensus overheard the special needs from the RDW and advised them KeyTalk. After some preliminary discussions and presentations the RDW concluded that the KeyTalk CKMS is a solid solution for their needs and demands in the area of PKI management.

Due to the flexibility of KeyTalk and the possibility of quickly realizing specific functionalities for a customer, it is expected that the KeyTalk CKMS can be deployed operationally for the RDW in the course of Q1 this year.

Due to the increasing threat of BEC (Business Email Compromise), where cyber criminals pose as a senior manager of the organization to have large amounts of money transferred fraudulently, Trafigura has decided to provide all of its approximately 4,500 employees with a digital signature for their email.

These digital certificates issued by KeyTalk’s partner GlobalSign must be automatically requested, installed and configured for MS Outlook. An additional challenge for GlobalSign was Trafigura’s need for a specific disclaimer under each email from an employee, matching the correct Trafigura subsidiary out of more than 60 different ones. GlobalSign, which has been providing all digital certificates for Trafigura for years, called in KeyTalk to jointly come up with the solution.

In the end, the KeyTalk option for short customized development sprints delivered the solution for Trafigura, so it is expected that all Trafigura employees will be able to digitally sign their email around mid-March with a personal GlobalSign certificate.