Guidance

Accountability

Accountability is an ever increasing issue in both the public and the private sectors. Outrageous scandals like Enron or the USAF/Boeing case are often the only examples of serious impropriety to garner major media attention. [More...]

Digital Certificates

Digital Certificates (DC) consists of two parts, the Private Key and the Public Key. By uploading the Public Key to the ElectronicTender System you can use your Private Key to log in, sign documents, and perform other significant activities on the system. Their security is proven enough that the E-Sign Act of 2000 was passed, declaring that these digital signatures carry the same weight as a pen and paper signatures. [More...]

Security

There are important facts to keep in mind in regards to e-procurement and Internet security. Amongst the most commonly encountered Internet security terms is SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). Despite the unquestioned security benefits SSL provides, it can be easy to misunderstand what those benefits are. [More...]