Index of documents supporting the Grant of Approval to NPIA’s Root CA service.
| Base Approval Profile | tSd0111 | 3.00 |
| Approval Profile for Certificate Generation | tSd0104 | 3.01 |
| Approval Profile for Certificate Dissemination | tSd0105 | 3.01 |
| Approval Profile for Certificate Status Management | tSd0106 | 3.01 |
What the tScheme Approved Service Mark signifies
When a trust service carries the tScheme Mark, you can be secure in the knowledge that:
For each service, tScheme approval is regularly reviewed and may be withdrawn.
This Grant of Approval does not affirm or endorse any claims of conformance to standards or adherence to guidelines not explicitly listed as forming part of the service assessment.
Approved Service - Service Description
The subject service of this Grant of Approval is the Police Service PKI Root Certificate Authority (Root CA).
The Police Service PKI is an infrastructure that provides trust services to the Police Forces of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as organisations from the wider Criminal Justice community.
The Police Service PKI is governed by the Police PKI Policy Management Authority (P3MA). The Police Service PKI Root CA is operated by the NPIA on behalf of the P3MA.
The Police Service PKI Root CA is the top-most trust point within the Police Service PKI at the national level, from which other Certificate Authorities are vested.
The Police Service PKI Root CA is a core component of the NPIA Identity and Access Management (IAM) initiative, which aims to provide strong identity assurance of police workers to enable secure, controlled access to national and regional police information systems.
The Police Service PKI Root CA primarily issues Subordinate CA Certificates and Cross-Certified CA Certificates to Police organisations. The Police Service PKI Root CA will also issue Cross-Certified CA Certificates to PKI hierarchies from partner organisations, on approval of the P3MA.
All certificates signed by the Police Service PKI Root CA are issued under the control and approval of the P3MA. Subscribing organisations must demonstrate compliance with defined criteria and be granted approval by the P3MA before being issued with a certificate by the Police Service PKI Root CA.
Participants in the electronic trust services industry strive: