The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized the
Second ITU-T X.509 Day, which took place virtually on
9 May 2023 from 13h00 to 16h10 CEST.
ITU-T X.509 is the universal language for public key infrastructure (PKI) and privilege management infrastructure (PMI) – the fundamental building blocks for secure transactions in business-to-business (B2B), business-to-customer (B2C) and government-to-citizen (G2C) environments.
As a widely recognized standard, ITU-T X.509 provides a reliable and secure foundation for a wide range of industries, from agriculture and education to energy, finance, entertainment, health, manufacturing, transport, and utilities. The basic data structures defined in ITU-T X.509 support seamless interoperability and application-specific extensions, making it indispensable to businesses, consumers, governments and all organizations worldwide.
For over 34 years, ITU-T X.509 has been empowering businesses and organizations globally to secure their transactions and communications and ITU would like to honour the legacy of ITU-T X.509, once again, by celebrating its achievements on this day.
The objectives of this event included but were not limited to:
- promoting the applications of ITU-T X.509,
- reviewing the cutting-edge progress in X.509 activities from leading organizations worldwide, featuring an analysis of the impact of quantum information technologies on ITU-T X.509,
- identifying future directions for ITU-T X.509 including trust governance, decentralized PKI and decentralized identity based on distributed ledger technologies, and
- identifying potential directions for future developments of ITU-T X.509 standardization and discussing how relevant SDOs could enhance collaboration on future work on ITU-T X.509.
Target audience
Participation was free of charge and open to all interested stakeholders including ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions and to any individual from a country that is a member of ITU and who wished to contribute to the work. The event was held fully virtual and in English only. Registration to the event was mandatory.
Watch recording here
