Digital Certificate Exchange of Agricultural Products using SOAP Web Services

Abstract

Developing countries have continued to experience a number of challenges in managing import and export certificate for various goods. In this paper, we are proposing a model for digital certificate exchange in an effort to improve the security levels of data exchange among the government organizations and the business community. With the increase of various information systems being used in many organizations, data exchange between systems has become critical. The model developed uses SOAP web services for data exchange and RSA encryption for secure data exchange. Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the issuance of import and export certificates in Zambia while Zambia Revenue Authority is responsible for ensuring that goods imported or exported out of the country have a valid certificate that is authentic. The results show that the model provides a secure and timely exchange of information between the ministries and the government agencies.