Who needs a Client Certificate (aka Digital Certificate)?

Individuals who process or work with sensitive data are the ideal candidates who should be using a client certificate to ensure that data when transmitted via email or other means is encrypted to prevent accidental disclosure.  These are high-level guidelines and provide only a broad outline of likely users. Consult with your desktop support staff or the Information Security Office if you have questions.

Examples:

• Researchers who have human subject information.
• Medical Staff who deal with HIPAA information.
• Faculty members who work with student information, aka FERPA.
• Any Faculty or Staff who wishes to email 

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  data to their colleagues or others.

See the Extended List of Category-I Data for examples of what constitutes Category-I data.

Digital certificates are one option that will enable a number of security tools for certain circumstances. For example, researchers who have human subject information, faculty members with student information, or administrators with sensitive business data may all be good candidates for digital certificates.

People who Need Digital Certificates

• • Those who want to ensure to recipients that messages are being sent from a legitimate email account (i.e. that they have not been impersonated).

  • Email Category I data to their colleagues or others. See the Extended List of Category-I Data for examples of what constitutes Category-I data.