Security News > 2021 > May > Dispelling four myths about automating PKI certificate lifecycle management

There are four primary myths about cloud-based PKI solutions and digital certificate lifecycle automation that have kept organizations from adopting such solutions.

Eliminating the pain of manual digital certificate management requires dispelling these myths and learning how to maximize the benefits of today's cloud-based solutions using PKI best practices.

There was a time when automating PKI certificate management required an intermediary command-and-control management platform that imposed additional cost, configuration, support, and point-of-failure risks.

Today's solutions use a Connector model for communicating with endpoints, making it much easier to add commercial certificate utilities such as Automatic Certificate Management Environment clients to the lifecycle management platform.

Myth #4: There is no security downside to continuing manual PKI certificate lifecycle management.

Using manual certificate renewal or certificate database management in today's complex device and user ecosystem is especially dangerous, in part due to shortening of certificate validity.

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