Downloadable and recorded computer software for secure event management used to track, distribute, govern, protect, and/or securely manage digital information, processes, services or devices in the fields of trusted computing, electronic distribution, rights protection and digital information management; DOWNLOADABLE computer software used to protect and govern digital information; Computer hardware for secure event management used to track, distribute, govern, protect, and/or securely manage digital information, processes, services or devices in the fields of trusted computing, electronic distribution, rights protection and digital information management; On-line service to govern digital information, namely, providing a website that features technology that facilitates secure exchange of information by users; Computer security service, namely, digital credentials services in the nature of enforcing, restricting and controlling access privileges of users to protected digital information through an on-line service granting access directly or issuing electronic rights to govern digital information based on assigned credentials; Computer security assurance and administration of cryptographic keys, digital certificates and digital credentials, namely, providing on-line certificate authority services and digital identities services for computer software used to protect digital information and providing on-line certificate authority services for the purpose of distributing cryptographic keys, digital certificates, electronic identities, and electronic credentials to protect digital information by permitting identification, authorization, authentication, encryption, integrity, confidentiality, and non-repudiation of participants including software, clients and people and data; Authentication, issuance and validation of digital certificates