Security News > 2021 > November > Lack of resources and skills continues to challenge PKI deployment

Driven by organizational changes, enterprise use of Public Key Infrastructure and digital certificates has never been higher, while the related skills to manage PKI are in historically short supply, according to a research from Ponemon Institute.

The study also revealed that IT professionals continue to see lack of clear ownership, resources and skills as the top challenges in deploying and managing PKI. PKI is at the core of nearly every IT infrastructure, enabling security for critical digital initiatives such as cloud, mobile device deployment, identities and the internet of things.

When it comes to the most important trends driving the deployment of applications using PKI, cloud-based services remain the highest driver at 51%, IoT remains the second highest growing trend cited by 46% of respondents, and consumer mobile comes in third at 39%. The top challenge that impedes the deployment and management of PKI is a lack of clear ownership - cited by 67% of respondents.

Insufficient skills were rated as the second biggest challenge at 56% and lack of visibility of the applications that will depend on KPI was the third greatest challenge at 47%. Similarly, the top challenges to enabling applications to utilise PKI were the existing PKI being incapable of supporting new applications and insufficient skills.

TLS/SSL certificates for public-facing websites and services are the most often cited use case for PKI credentials.

"At the same time, the skills and resources required to deploy and manage PKI continue to be in short supply - an issue exacerbated by lack of clear organizational ownership over PKI deployments. To deal with this complexity, organizations need a strategy first and products second to support this transformation."

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