Key concepts in AMS

Learn about the key concepts in Advanced Message Security to understand how the tool works and how to manage it effectively.

• Public key infrastructure and Advanced Message Security
  Public key infrastructure (PKI) is a system of facilities, policies, and services that support the use of public key cryptography to obtain secure communication.
• Digital certificates in AMS
  Advanced Message Security associates users and applications with X.509 standard digital certificates. X.509 certificates are typically signed by a trusted certificate authority (CA) and involve private and public keys which are used for encryption and decryption.
• Object authority manager
  On Multiplatforms, the Object Authority Manager (OAM) is the authorization service component supplied with the IBM MQ products.

Parent topic: Overview of Advanced Message Security