CertiPath is a member of the PKI Consortium

CertiPath focuses on the use of digital identity in the modern connected world

Providing solutions for the use, validation, and integration of high-assurance identities

The next wave of systems security measures will evolve from better knowledge of the people and resources that organizations allow to access their assets. User identity and systems identity are the keys to trusted access. For more than a decade, CertiPath has been designing, implementing, and supporting systems and solutions that analyze and validate identity credential usage for security-conscious clients. CertiPath’s TrustSuite of identity security products are designed to address gaps left by network security solutions and expose threats posed by intruders intent on bypassing traditional security infrastructure under the guise of trusted identities.

Groundbreaking PKI experience

CertiPath extends to commercial entities the same trust fabric relied upon by the U.S. federal government. The CertiPath Bridge community is a fully functioning, independent trust community that partners with the U.S. Federal PKI to provide uninterrupted cross-community trust and interoperability. The CertiPath Bridge was modeled on the Federal Bridge concept first espoused by NIST in response to the U.S. Federal CIO challenge to establish PKI as a ubiquitous, interoperable capability across the Federal enterprise. In 2006, the CertiPath Bridge became the first commercial bridge to cross-certify with the U.S. Federal PKI Bridge. We were driven in our collaboration with Federal PKI by the need for our member community to have seamless interoperability with various departments in the U.S. federal government. As a result, we helped Federal PKI prove the viability of the Bridge-to-Bridge concept. The value of this collaboration continues today as both communities become ever more dependent on the capabilities of PKI for providing identity assurance, signature, and confidentiality for digital communications.

Jeff Nigriny

Founder and CEO

As the Founder and CEO of CertiPath, Jeff is committed to helping government and commercial customers reduce the cost and increase the reliability and scalability of identity assurance associated with even the most massive projects. His efforts focus on overcoming the core challenges of identity and access management. He has invented commonly used identity technology, helped to write federal identity policy, and authored Virginia’s digital identity law. His success has earned him recognition as one the industry’s leading visionaries for solutions and services in the areas of digital identity, electronic physical access, enterprise security, risk mitigation, and security system design.

Judith Spencer

Chair, CertiPath Policy Management Authority

Judith provides leadership for the Certipath Public Key Infrastructure Policy Management Authority (PMA), an advisory group composed of Certipath Bridge Certification Authority member organizations. As PMA Chair, Judith manages and maintains CertiPath’s Certificate Policy, prepares operational guidance for CertiPath’s trust community, and partners with the U.S. Federal PKI Policy Authority to ensure alignment on identity management matters. At CertiPath, Judith also helps track trends and policies in the identity provisioning and management market and helps guide both the company and the industry in the adoption of more robust and usable standards.

Matt Cooper

Vice President, Identity/Access Management

Matt has more than 25 years of experience working with PKI technology and has authored an array of sophisticated software, including certificate path building and validation libraries, a timestamp server, S/MIME clients, and custom CA components. He also has extensive experience identifying security risks and non-conformant behavior in software, protocols, and systems and has experience with large-scale private sector enterprise PKI deployment, ranging from architecture planning and policy to implementation and maintenance.