Ponemon Institute Report
Strengthening Finance Security through PKI Management and Software Safeguards
Certificate Lifecycle Management, PKI and Software Supply Chain Security
Despite sophisticated certificate management workflows, most organizations in banking, financial services, and insurance remain structurally unprepared for the coming changes to cybersecurity.
This deep-dive report, conducted by Ponemon and sponsored by DigiCert, reveals missing links in certificate management, code signing, and software supply chain security that put companies at risk.
Key findings
- 62% of respondents say their organizations experienced one more more certificate-related outages
- 48% of respondents say their organizations were impacted by one or more software supply chain attacks in the past year
- 51% of respondents say their organization does not know how many certificates (including self-signed) it has
- 57% of respondents say their organizations are concerned that their organizations publish compromised software
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Current cybersecurity Strategies Fall Short
Only 18% of organizations have achieved optimized certificate management, despite frequent high-profile attacks. As quantum computing threatens to upend current security paradigms, the need for a holistic, agile approach to digital trust has never been more urgent.
Read the full report to:
- Benchmark your organization against industry peers
- Identify critical gaps in your security posture
- Discover strategies to enhance certificate management, code signing, and software supply chain security
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The Key Takeaways
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