NetGuard Certificate Manager

Why do communication service providers need a PKI system?

Mobile network operators use Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to establish a trusted environment for electronic communications between radio network elements and the core network.

Therefore, they activate IP security tunnels, where the tunnel endpoints are authenticated with device-specific identity information, so called digital certificates.

This allows users and computers in the network to exchange network data securely. PKI requires a certificate manager in place to ensure efficient and secured management procedures.

Security certificates for 4G/5G networks with Nokia NetGuard Certificate Manager

The Nokia NetGuard Certificate Manager (NCM) consists of software and highly available and secure hardware. Based on a trusted certificate authority (CA), the NCM issues and manages digital certificates in a standardized and secure way. Its primary use is for 4G and 5G mobile networks where base stations and small cells are deployed in an unsecured area, and where a secured connection to the backbone network is required.

Secure Authentication for IoT with NetGuard Certificate Manager

For the Internet of Things (IoT), NetGuard Certificate Manager enables safe authentication of users, devices, applications and systems. Authentication happens without the need for tokens, passwords, or other non-standardized authentication schemes. The distributed architecture allows NCM deployments of active certificates to scale up to 100M+.