SSL Certificate Web-PKI Manager
What is an Enterprise SSL / Managed PKI Account?
Enterprise SSL (also known as Managed PKI) is a certificate management system that enables the webmasters or technology administrators within a particular organization to more efficiently manage their SSL certificates.
In a DigiCert Managed PKI environment your organization's admins are empowered to handle the PKI management functions that are necessary to meet the needs of a large organization.
Who Needs an SSL Managed PKI System?
While each organization's structure, both in administration as well as technical configuration, is unique to that organization, there are three common threads that can help you determine if an Enterprise PKI Management system is right for you.
Your organization manages a large number of certificates per domain.
One of the main advantages of Web-Based PKI is that once a domain has been approved, certificates can be issued, reissued, and even revoked automatically and in real time through your online management account.
Even if your organization only manages a few domains, but has several secure sites on subdomains of those domains, or multiple levels of subdomains within those domains, you can experience a significant time savings by switching to managed PKI.
Your organization manages a large number of domains per company.
Many large organizations own dozens of domains, and may require many certificates to keep those domains secured.
Managed PKI can help in cases like this both from a time savings and from the point of view of simplified account management in a large organizational structure.
Many contacts need to request certificates, but those requests require administrative oversight.
If your needs require organizational oversight in a setting where a large number of certificates are involved, an Enterprise PKI account can help simplify that process.
This can also help in a case where structural or internal billing purposes are facilitated by having a centralized Web PKI Admin system, or in a setting where multiple departments need to separately manage their own certificates, all within the oversight of a centralized adminstrator or group of administrators.
The best examples of ideal Enterprise PKI customers would be universities, large corporations, or any organization who fits these critera.
Who Doesn't Need Web-Based PKI?
Some organizations will wish to sign up for DigiCert's PKI manager even though the product is not entirely right for them.
Managed PKI is not always helpful to an organization just because they deal with a large number of certificates. Specifically, in a high volume SSL situation where one or two certificates are being requested per organization, Managed PKI would actually have the potential to slow down the process from what a standard DigiCert certificate management account would provide.
Web PKI Availability
Managed PKI from DigiCert is now available! Easily Issue and Manage SSL Certificates from any Browser! Public Key Infrastructure Management Made SIMPLE.
You can easily manage multiple orders and subdomains from any web browser! Managing servers is complex enough, you don't need the headaches of complicated PKI technologies!
