As industry mandates reduce certificate lifespans, IT teams face a significant increase in manual workload - up to 6x more certificate renewals annually.
An effective certificate automation platform is key to relieve IT teams of this burden and reduce the risk of outages.
Learn more about the 47-day certificate lifespan and the solutions available to support your automation needs.
This four-part series dives deep into practical, real-world automation scenarios. It’s designed to help teams streamline certificate management and prepare for what’s next: achieving crypto-agility and a modern PKI built for scale, automation, and compliance.
Calculate the impact of outages and administrative overhead; manual processes don’t scale as lifespans shrink and certificate volumes increase. With the high operational burden of manual certificate management comes an increasing risk of outages. A Ponemon Institute study found that manual management of certificates costs an average of $11.1 million annually for large organizations. This includes staff, outages, remediation, and risk mitigation.
* For those who stick with manual procedures, that number is likely to increase significantly over the next several years as certificates begin to expire more frequently.
The move from a manual to modern, automated PKI infrastructure will save organizations time and money.
Forrester estimates a composite organization achieved 312% ROI and a Net Present Value of
$10.1M with DigiCert ONE.
The acceleration of machine identities, the adoption of short-lived certificates, and Google Chrome’s root policy changes are redefining how organizations must approach PKI. These shifts—combined with the looming impact of quantum computing—require a modern, adaptable certificate lifecycle management strategy. Whether adopting X9-compliant PKI or pivoting to a robust internal PKI, organizations need solutions that deliver crypto-agility, operational efficiency, and long-term compliance.
Download our white paper, Modernize Your PKI for Security, Efficiency, and Agility, to explore how modern PKI architecture supports evolving security needs and prepares your organization for future cryptographic standards.
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