-Looking at some countries, there are generally two types of electronic authentication (CA) settings. The first category is the institutions directly established by the subordinate units of the relevant competent departments of the state to engage in electronic certification services. Or the relevant government departments play the role of the highest level certification center in the CA system. The second category is that the relevant government departments authorize, stipulate strict examination and approval conditions and procedures, issue certificates, and exercise supervision power at the same time to ensure the safety of online transactions. Either way, the role played by the government is crucial. The reason for this is the following：

-1) permissions.

-Only the electronic certification service company authorized by the national competent department or the CA certification institution with the wholesale business license issued by the competent department is the most authoritative. In a sense, this is just like the personal identity card issued by the public security department is absolutely reliable and authoritative.

-At the same time, because the application of electronic authentication in the network has the characteristics of crossing national boundaries, only the national competent department intervenes in the name of the country, thus making the reliability of the effectiveness of electronic authentication have the consequences of being recognized by other countries.

-2) standardization.

-The competent government departments can formulate a unified legal technical scheme to standardize the electronic certification standards and processes of CA institutions at all levels. At the same time, government authorities can play the role of the highest level public key certification center. This is a common form of public key infrastructure system in American states and federal governments, Germany and other countries.

-3) enforceability

-Because the government department plays the role of the state in CA certification, it has the characteristics of absolute authority and unity in the establishment of the system, the formulation of standards and the compatibility with transnational certification. Therefore, in the process of implementing electronic authentication service, its operability and enforceability are obvious. In this way, the possibility that electronic authentication cannot be implemented due to the emergence of different standards (technologies and services) can be avoided, and the fear of lack of security in online transactions can not be eliminated. -CA institutions must meet certain examination and approval conditions when applying for a license to engage in electronic authentication services. When approving the wholesale license, the competent government departments should not only examine the applicant's hardware measures (such as the choice of office space) and software conditions (such as the technical expertise of the company's personnel), but also examine the subject qualification and the ability to bear damages. The following is a brief introduction to the conditions for CA to provide electronic authentication services under Utah electronic signature law.

-( 1) Subject qualification: can be a practicing lawyer; Trust machine function or insurance institution registered in Utah; Utah governor, state courts, cities, counties and other institutions that designate public servants to carry out CA certification business according to laws or administrative orders and their certified employees; Any company that obtains a business license in Utah;

-(2) Procedures: CA itself must apply for a public key certificate and store it in a public key certificate database established or recognized by the competent authority for public viewing and reading;

——(3) Notary qualification: You must have a notary qualification or at least employ one employee with a notary qualification;

-(4) Employees must not have a serious criminal record: employed employees must not have a serious criminal record or commit other crimes of fraud, false reporting or deception;

-(5) Professional knowledge: The employed employees must have professional knowledge in conducting certification business;

-(6) Business guarantee: In addition to government officials or institutions applying for CA business, other applicants must provide business guarantee;

-(7) Software and hardware facilities: You must have legal rights to the software and hardware facilities required for CA business;

-(8) Business place: You must have a business place in Utah or appoint an agent to perform business on your behalf;

-(9) All other regulations of the competent authority must be observed.