Minnesota Statutes 325K.03 – Role of the Secretary
Subdivision 1.Secretary as certification authority.
The secretary shall be a certification authority. The secretary shall issue, suspend, and revoke certificates in the manner prescribed under section 325K.10 to applicants for licensure. The secretary may also issue, suspend, and revoke certificates for governmental entities. Except for licensing requirements, this chapter applies to the secretary with respect to certificates the secretary issues.
Subd. 2.Record.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 325K.03
- Certificate: means a computer-based record that:
(1) identifies the certification authority issuing it;
(2) names or identifies its subscriber;
(3) contains the subscriber's public key; and
(4) is digitally signed by the certification authority issuing it. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Certification authority: means a person who issues a certificate. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Certification authority disclosure record: means an online, publicly accessible electronic record that concerns a licensed certification authority and is kept by the secretary. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Certification practice statement: means a declaration of the practices that a certification authority employs in issuing certificates generally, or employed in issuing a material certificate. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Licensed certification authority: means a certification authority to whom a license has been issued by the secretary and whose license is in effect, or a certification authority who operates under a license issued by a governmental entity which has been certified pursuant to section 325K. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Secretary: means the Minnesota secretary of state. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Suitable guaranty: means :
(1) a surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit issued for the benefit of persons holding qualified rights of payment against the licensed certification authority named as the principal of the bond or the customer of the letter of credit; or
(2) a policy of insurance that provides that claims may be made and resolved without obtaining a qualified right to payment. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 325K.03
- Certificate: means a computer-based record that:
(1) identifies the certification authority issuing it;
(2) names or identifies its subscriber;
(3) contains the subscriber's public key; and
(4) is digitally signed by the certification authority issuing it. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Certification authority: means a person who issues a certificate. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Certification authority disclosure record: means an online, publicly accessible electronic record that concerns a licensed certification authority and is kept by the secretary. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Certification practice statement: means a declaration of the practices that a certification authority employs in issuing certificates generally, or employed in issuing a material certificate. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Licensed certification authority: means a certification authority to whom a license has been issued by the secretary and whose license is in effect, or a certification authority who operates under a license issued by a governmental entity which has been certified pursuant to section 325K. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Secretary: means the Minnesota secretary of state. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Suitable guaranty: means :
(1) a surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit issued for the benefit of persons holding qualified rights of payment against the licensed certification authority named as the principal of the bond or the customer of the letter of credit; or
(2) a policy of insurance that provides that claims may be made and resolved without obtaining a qualified right to payment. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
The secretary must maintain an online, publicly accessible electronic database containing a certification authority disclosure record and list of judgments for each licensed certification authority.
Subd. 3.Rules.
The secretary must adopt rules to:
(1) govern licensed certification authorities and repositories, their practice, and termination of their practice;
(2) determine an amount reasonably appropriate for a suitable guaranty, in light of the burden a suitable guaranty places upon licensed certification authorities and the assurance of quality and financial responsibility it provides to persons who rely on certificates issued by licensed certification authorities;
(3) specify reasonable requirements for the form of certificates issued by licensed certification authorities, in accordance with generally accepted standards for digital signature certificates;
(4) specify reasonable requirements for record keeping by licensed certification authorities;
(5) specify reasonable requirements for the content, form, and sources of information in certification authority disclosure records, the updating and timeliness of the information, and other practices and policies relating to certification authority disclosure records;
(6) specify the form of the certification practice statements; and
(7) specify the procedure and manner in which a certificate may be suspended or revoked.
Subd. 4.Certification practice statement.
The secretary in the role of licensed certification authority may adopt and amend a certification practice statement without using the provisions of chapter 14.