A system, apparatus and method for processing Personal InFormation EXchange Syntax (PFX) objects in a data processing system is presented. The PFX object may be formatted, i.e. may maintain a syntax, as defined by PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standard) standards, and in particular PKCS #12. A PFX object utility allows a user to view and edit the contents of data objects embedded within a PFX object via a graphical user interface. Graphical objects represent the data objects embedded within a PFX object. A user may drag and drop objects onto other objects within the PFX object, and the PFX object utility automatically performs the necessary operations.