Security News > 2022 > January > Enterprise PKI automation: The modern approach to certificate lifecycle management

The challenge faced by already strained IT teams is how to deliver strong certificate management across increasingly complex IT environments, at a time when workforces are massively distributed and entering the corporate network via the consumer-grade technologies in their homes.

While third-party certificate authorities are a trusted option for many enterprises across the globe, many choose instead to issue them in-house, operating their own "Private CAs" to fulfill at least a portion of their PKI needs.

Supports the entire certificate lifecycle management process, enabling issuance, deployment, renewal, and replacement of certificates quickly, reliably, and at scale.

Many organizations still manually manage their certificates using tools like spreadsheets to track the lifecycle of each individual certificate.

Perhaps the most significant risk of manual certificate management is the inevitability of human error.

Certificate lifecycle management cuts risk and cost.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/01/07/pki-management/