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
Top PKI use cases
TLS/SSL certificates for public-facing websites and services
Enterprise user authentication
Private networks and VPN
Email security
Document/messaging signing
Code signing
Top trends driving PKI deployment
Internet of Things (IoT)
Consumer mobile
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.