Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for managing the eligibility of data signing in an online code signing system. The method is used by a plurality of data publishers in an online code signing system. The method includes defining, by an administrator of the system, a hierarchy of a plurality of entities, and managing, by an administrator of the system, eligibility to designate at least one of a plurality of users to access the at least one configuration entity to sign the data via a plurality of accounts and eligibility to designate at least one of a plurality of managers via owner account to manage user access to sign data for at least one model entity.

Abstract: A method is provided for automatically renewing digital certificates in advance of their expiration in field deployed devices. The method includes generating a certificate renewal request comprising a request for at least one renewed digital certificate according to a renewal paradigm in which the at least one renewed digital certificate is generated before the at least one of the digital certificates expires, providing the certificate renewal request to the offline domain, obtaining, in the online domain from the offline domain, the at least one renewed digital certificate, and transmitting the least one renewed digital certificate to the client domain for storage in the HSM in place of the at least one of the subset of the plurality of digital certificates.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for managing the eligibility of data signing in an online code signing system. The method is used by a plurality of data publishers in an online code signing system. The method includes defining, by an administrator of the system, a hierarchy of a plurality of entities, and managing, by an administrator of the system, eligibility to designate at least one of a plurality of users to access the at least one configuration entity to sign the data via a plurality of accounts and eligibility to designate at least one of a plurality of managers via owner account to manage user access to sign data for at least one model entity.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for maintaining inventory levels of identity data to be provisioned in electronic devices. The method includes monitoring over a communications network inventory levels of identity data records stored on a plurality of identity data personalization servers that each provision electronic devices with an identity data record. Additionally, if the inventory level on at least one of the identity data personalization servers falls below a minimum specified level, a refill request is sent to an identity data management authority requesting that additional identity data records be uploaded to the identity data personalization server.