Certificate Lifecycle Management
The importance of digital certificate lifecycle management
As use cases for digital certificates continue to expand and become more complex, your organization becomes more vulnerable to risk if the certificates are not managed properly. Let’s take a look at some numbers to illustrate some industry trends.
THE TREND
Proliferation of certificates
Source: 2015-2020 Ponemon Global PKI & IoT Trends Studies
Top PKI use cases
TLS/SSL certificates for public-facing websites and services
Public cloud-based applications and services
Enterprise user authentication
Private networks and VPN
Email security
Device authentication
Document/messaging signing
Private cloud-based applications
Code signing
Source: 2020 Ponemon PKI & IoT Trends Study
Top trends driving PKI deployment
Internet of Things (IoT)
Cloud-based services
Consumer mobile
Source: 2020 Ponemon PKI & IoT Trends Study
SUMMARY OF TRENDS
With TLS/SSL certificates coming in first, the top applications using PKI credentials are still mostly traditional use cases, like VPN and email security. This year saw public cloud-based applications take a big jump, which is no surprise as cloud- based services is one of the top trends driving PKI adoption, alongside IoT.
THE SOLUTION
Visibility and proper certificate lifecycle management
With Entrust Certificate Hub, no certificate will go unmanaged. Find, control, and automate the management of all your certificates - all from a single portal.
MULTIPLE CAs, SINGLE PANE OF GLASS
Gain full visibility into all your public and private certificates across multiple CAs.
Simple and intuitive interface
Provides a central enforcement point that lets you easily manage the complete lifecycle of all your certificates.
Discovery and reporting
Powerful discovery capabilities and automated reports and notifications keep your team aware and accountable.
Easy integration
Expansion-ready pluggable architecture integrates easily into existing applications, enabling certificate automation via our CA Gateway REST API.