Abstract: A system by which documents and other network resources may be kept secure and private. Using public key encryption technology, an integrated set of elements serve to provide security, encryption, and privacy for files, e-mail and other messages, and network resources. Digital certificates are obtained and held as well as being managed and manipulated in order to secure testing in order to secure privacy and prevent unauthorized access to such network resources, files, and messages. The generally difficult enrollment process is handled efficiently and generally transparently to the user so that the complex and sophisticated process for such management is made more readily available to the individual user such that privacy and securing of information becomes readily available even to the new user who is unfamiliar with computer processes.