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It can handle almost anything, and someone once called it the kitchen sink of PKI. With its extensive history as one of the longest-standing CA software projects, EJBCA offers proven robustness, reliability, and adaptability. "EJBCA was created as an open-source project. The first version of the software was released as open source in December 2001. The ability to make a living from working with it and form a good company with many developers working on open source came later when the co-founders of PrimeKey and I realized that it was something we could do," Tomas Gustavsson, the creator of EJBCA, told Help Net Security.
The Ponemon Institute recently canvassed 1,426 IT and IT security practitioners knowledgeable about their organizations' approach to post-quantum cryptography, and found that 61% of them worry that their organization will not be ready to address the security implications of post-quantum computing. Obstacles to remove for a successful transition to post-quantum cryptography.
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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.
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.
Nearly two-thirds of enterprises are concerned about how much time is spent managing certificates. The typical enterprise says as many as 1,200 of the certificates are actually unmanaged, and 47% say they frequently discover so-called "Rogue" certificates.
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.
The market valuation of public key infrastructure will cross $7 billion by 2027, according to Global Market Insights. The managed service segment in the PKI market is anticipated to witness a 20% growth rate till 2027.
Enterprise PKI Manager in DigiCert ONE from DigiCert supports security for today's increasingly remote workforces via certificate automation to authenticate employees and their devices at scale, and encrypt data. Enterprise PKI Manager makes it easy for organizations to manage and use digital certificates to secure all employees, devices and data that connect to the network, and it can be deployed as a customer-managed on-premises or cloud solution, or managed by DigiCert.
IoT, authentication and cloud, top drivers in PKI usage growth. PKI usage surging for cloud and authentication use cases.