Aug 15, 2023

ATLAS S/MIME Products BR changes and Impacts

Overview

The article goes through the S/MIME BRs changes, Impacts and Solutions/Alternatives to the queries related to ATLAS S/MIME certificate Types:

Starting on September 1, 2023, at 00:00 UTC, new baseline requirements will apply for SMIME certificates that need to be followed by GlobalSign as a publicly Trusted Authority.

The new standards will be implemented by GlobalSign from 21-Aug-23 and will affect the current PersonalSign products from GlobalSign. 

Please take a look at the table below for detailed understanding on ATLAS S/MIME BR changes:

BRs Impacts on ATLAS S/MIMEs

Current Products	Secure Mail [Domain Validated]	Secure Mail Enterprise[Organization Validated]
Validation Types as per Baselines requirements	Mailbox validation	Organization validation	Sponsor Validation
Organization Identifier Information is needed	N/A	Yes [Just like Organization details, Organization Identifier will be fetched from Identities]	Yes [Just like Organization details, Organization Identifier will be fetched from Identities]
Common Name [CN] change for new Certificate, If present	Yes [Only Email address is allowed]	Yes [Email address Or Organization Name allowed only]	No
Generation Types allowed: Legacy, Multipurpose, Strict	Yes [All]	Yes [All]	Yes [All]
Maximum Validity allowed for certificates	734 Days [For Multipurpose & Strict], 1184 Days [For Legacy]	734 Days [For Multipurpose & Strict], 1184 Days [For Legacy]	734 Days [For Multipurpose & Strict], 1184 Days [For Legacy]
Organization Unit field will not be allowed	N/A	Yes	Yes
Reissue allowed for existing certificates	Yes	Yes	Yes
Addition of Pseudonym in API Request & response	N/A	N/A	Yes [Only for Strict & Multipurpose generation types]
New S/MIME Intermediate Certificate (GlobalSign ATLAS R6 SMIME CA 2023) will be used for all End Entity (Not applicable if you are using a Custom profile)	Yes	Yes	Yes
New addition in Distinguished Name (DN) Field	No	No	Yes [Given Name / Surname and Pseudonym is introduced]
Updates as per BR in Legal service agreements and CP and CPS documents	Yes	Yes	Yes

 

For further queries on issuance or renewal etc. kindly contact GlobalSign Support.