Twenty-five years ago, when much of Brazilians' lives still took place far from screens, the country made a decision that would help pave the way for the digital transformation we experience today. In August 2001, the Brazilian Public Key Infrastructure (ICP-Brasil) was born, created to guarantee authenticity, integrity, and legal validity to relations carried out in the electronic environment.
Since then, technology has changed significantly. Court cases began to be processed electronically, companies started issuing digital invoices and fulfilling obligations remotely, and doctors began signing prescriptions and other electronic documents.
Brazilian citizens also gained new possibilities to carry out services without facing queues or depending on paper documents. In many of these transformations, ICP-Brasil was present as a layer of trust not always visible to the user, but essential to ensure that people and companies can be securely identified in the digital environment.
