TCS issues 200,000 digital signature certificates

Mumbai, June 20 (UNI) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has become the first certifying authority in the country to issue over 200,000 digital signature certificates.

TCS crossed the 100,000-mark in February this year and is the largest certifying authority in the country in terms of the number of certificates issued, a press release here claimed.

In the statement here, Dr M Vidyasagar, executive vice president and head of Advanced Technology Centre, said, ''Until the advent of TCS CA, PKI technology was considered user-unfriendly and difficult to deploy on a widespread geographic scale. Several customers within the government of India and the financial community rely on our products and solutions.'' UNI