SSL Certificate Management (Managed PKI)

Security Threats and Operational Challenges

Digital information has become a crucial asset and protecting it and its availability is paramount for business success. PKI-based encryption is the most pervasive technology for doing so and SSL certificates are now used extensively for device and user authentication.

The ever-growing use of and dependence on encryption poses new operational and security vulnerabilities.

Automated SSL Certificate Management (Managed PKI)

Venafi helps organizations solve the challenges that come from large encryption deployments across diverse operating environments and CAs. Venafi pioneered the use of IT automation methodologies to manage X.509 certificates and asymmetric keys years ago, and is the leader in SSL certificate management.

In fact, Gartner recently named Venafi a Cool Vendor in Data and Infrastructure Protection. Venafi has the only encryption management platform that manages encryption agnostically across the majority of operating environments and encryption types, based on organization-defined policies.

Venafi Encryption Director is the security platform of choice for managing encryption that provides IT automation functions including discovery, monitoring, workflow automation, provisioning, auditing, and more. Some of the key benefits include:

• + Improved data security and key management
• + Policy compliance and audit enforcement
• + Automated lifecycle management
• + Improved system availability
• + Secure CA strategic sourcing and volume pricing

Venafi Encryption Director

Venafi Encryption Director is a management platform that simplifies the management of encryption technologies—including certificate management and enterprise key lifecycle management—across their diverse operating systems and infrastructure environments. Director performs four key processes, including:

• + Discovery: Allows administrators to identify SSL certificates and asymmetric keys automatically, so they can be brought under management.
• + Monitoring: Provides comprehensive metrics detailing the state of encryption across all SSL certificates, and delivers actionable alerts to key operators and decision makers.
• + Enrollment: Facilitates continuous and automatic maintenance of certificates and keys throughout all stages of their lifecycle—from request to renewal or revocation.
• + Provisioning: Automatically deploys keys and certificates, and configures applications to use them according to administrator-defined policies.

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