IGC-Santé (Health CKI)
A platform to help streamline and secure health data transmission
A software certificate is a digital component that acts as a digital ID to authorize remotely a natural person (a healthcare professional) or a legal person (a healthcare structure). The software certificate contains information about its owner, certified by a third-party entity named “certifying authority”.
The main goal of the certificate is to protect data. In order to do so, the certificate has several functions:
The ANS is the certifying authority for the health sector. We issue software certificate to guarantee safe data transmission between healthcare professionals.
To enable you to develop and test secure applications for CPS cards or software certificates, we provide you with tools:
4 types of software certificates are made available by the ANS
1.5 Million Health Professional Cards (CPx) were put in circulation since 2018
23,000 software certificates are currently in use
Read about the full offer of certificates and cards available to determine which product is the most relevant to your activity
Select your profile and structure, then fill in the form
The ANS will send you a test card which will enable you to log in with our trusted certifying platform, IGC-Santé. You may order, download, and edit your test certificates via IGC-Santé
The ANS answers the most common questions about software certificates
In order to request test products for certificates (CPS cards and test software certificates) issued by the IGC-Santé, go to our service page for the IGC-Santé.
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The certificates that the ANS issues are an official means to identify the players of the health sector, persons and organisations. Certificates also act as a seal of quality, making sure that the issuing cryptographic key infrastructures (CKP) are conform to the sector’s best practice standards. Certificates can be revoked in case of failure to comply.
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The ANS offers 4 types of software certificates:
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