# ca-certificates-brazil
The Brazilian Public Key Infrastructure:  ICP-Brasil

## Description
The Brazilian Public Key Infrastructure - ICP-Brasil is a hierarchical chain
of trust that enables the issuance of digital certificates for the virtual
identification of citizens.

It is observed that the model adopted by Brazil was single-root certification,
and the ITI, in addition to playing the role of Root Certifying Authority - Root AC,
also has the role of accrediting and discrediting the other participants in the
chain, supervise and audit the processes.