Enterprise Encryption Key Management: Security Threats and Operational Challenges
The ever-growing use of encryption and the dependence on encryption keys poses new operational and security vulnerabilities. The encryption keys used to secure the data become the figurative keys to the kingdom. The key—and not the data itself—becomes the entity that must be secured. Poorly managed, lost or stolen encryption keys can lead to failed audits, data breaches and system downtime.
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- Discovery,
- Monitoring,
- Workflow Automation,
- Provisioning and
- Auditing
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The Leader in Enterprise Key and Certificate Management
Venafi is the inventor of and market leader in Enterprise Key and Certificate Management (EKCM) solutions. Venafi delivered the first enterprise–class solution to automate the provisioning, discovery, monitoring and management of digital certificates and encryption keys—from the datacenter to the cloud and beyond—built specifically for encryption management interoperability across heterogeneous environments. Venafi products reduce the unquantified and unmanaged risks associated with encryption deployments that result in data breaches, security audit failures and unplanned system outages.