IT security professionals and operations teams are under increased pressure to manage the security and resiliency of mission-critical systems in support of rapidly evolving enterprise digital transformation (DX) initiatives. In a bid to alleviate that pressure and allocate resources more effectively amid the growing hybrid and multicloud environments, CIOs, chief information security officers (CISOs), and security architects are now addressing public key infrastructure (PKI) implementations that are often disjointed and poorly managed.
PKI is the backbone of many organizations that value cybersecurity resiliency because it enables organizations to automate the process of enforcing data security policies and procedures using digital certificates and public key encryption. PKI was designed to establish validated and trusted connections between systems and provide unhindered user access to sensitive resources. Over time, PKI grew to protect document, email, and code integrity through cryptographic signing certificates as well as protect assets and individuals with digital identities using device certificates.
