Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM)
The process of deploying, managing, and controlling digital certificates through their entire lifecycle, from request to renewal or revocation.
Venafi automates the lifecycle management for encryption technologies, including enrollment, installation, testing and monitoring, tracking, notifications and renewal. It interfaces directly with the leading Certificate Authorities (CAs), and can concurrently manage encryption certificates from multiple CAs. This centralized and automated lifecycle management not only helps reduce administrative costs, it also eliminates encryption errors, such as unexpected certificate expirations or lost encryption keys that can shut down and disrupt critical business operations.
Additional Terms Related to Encryption, Certificate, and Key Management