Whether you're ensuring a certificate is valid or that the private keys for a global
organization are secure, avoid becoming a statistic with this simple framework
for TLS certificate management best practices.
One international business was fined heavily after an expired TLS certificate caused 4G outages across multiple countries1
Costly outages caused by lapsed TLS certificates make the news, but they’re also incredibly underreported and one of the best kept secrets in digital security
Despite TLS management best practices being so simple to deploy, certificate failures jeopardize organizations of all sizes
POOR TLS MANAGEMENT DAMAGES REVENUE
$
Certificate outages cost large corporations an average of $5,600 per minute2
$
Severe outages can take days to resolve and can cost more than $500,000 per hour3
$3.92M
The average cost of a data breach in 2019 was
$3.92m2
CERTIFICATE-OUTAGES HARM REPUTATION
%
50% of CIOs are concerned certificate outages will impact customer experience4
%
45% of IT Leaders are concerned by the time and resources lost to outages that could have been better spent on customer facing tasks4
MORE COMMON
THAN YOU
MIGHT BELIEVE
%
In 2019, 60% of organizations were victims of a certificate-related outage that impacted their business4
%
80% of organizations estimate TLS usage to grow by 25% over the next 5 years4
%
85% of CIOs believe
growing complexity in
IT systems will make
outages even more
damaging in the future5
To secure business and mitigate certificate outages, businesses should approach TLS management with the focus it deserves
POOR TLS
MANAGEMENT
IS ONLY GETTING
MORE DANGEROUS
THE 4 STEPS TO BETTER SECURITY
1. IDENTIFY
your issued certificate's locations, owners and server configurations
2. REMEDIATE
unresolved issues—removing weak keys, cypher suites and unsafe versions
3. PROTECT
business apps and data by securing, standardizing and automating processes
4. MONITOR
your certificate ecosystem for changes and rogue certificates or requests
THE BENEFITS OF TLS BEST PRACTICE
ARE EXTENDING BEYOND SECURITY
In 2014, Google search made webpages that use HTTPS rank higher than those that don’t in search results6
46% of people wouldn’t enter any personal details into a website labelled “not secure”—64% of which would leave the website immediately7
98% of browsing time on Chrome is now spent on pages with secure TLS certificates8
