Accreditation Council

The Ministry of Information Technology, in line with the National IT Policy and the Electronic Transactions Ordinance 2002, has formally notified the formation of the Accreditation Council for Certificate Authorities.

The voluntary licensing program aims at promoting high integrity licensed CAs that can be trusted. A CA wishing to get licensed will have to meet stringent licensing criteria in various aspects, including financial soundness, personnel integrity, strict security controls and procedures.

Only CAs that meet the high integrity and security standards set up by the controller will be licensed. The Council will consist of five members, all from the private sector apart from the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) chairman who has been made the ex officio head of the Council.

For further information on the Accreditation Council visit Ministry of IT & Telecom government of Pakistan.