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On Demand: Certificate Authority Compromises – Ramifications & Security Best Practices

Encryption keys and certificates have proliferated within organizations as the primary means of protecting data and authenticating entities. These technologies have spread organically and reached critical mass. Organizations that fail to properly deploy and manage keys and certificates subject themselves to security vulnerabilities and unplanned outages with increasing frequency and cost.

What happens if your certificate authority—either your internal or external CA—is compromised? Are you prepared?

• Do you know where all the certificates and private keys are installed?
• On both clients and servers?
• How long would it take you to replace all certificates if your CA(s) were compromised?
• Do you know what all your certificates are used for so that you know which you would replace first?
• What would happened if it was a root CA?
• Enhanced Operational Network Validation and Alerting
• Do you know what root certificates all your systems are trusting?
• What would your executives say? Did you appropriately inform them of the risk?

Join Paul Turner, Venafi vice president of product and customer solutions, for a discussion of recent compromises and the best practices to deal with these and similar security issues. Join us for this live webinar on Thursday, April 21 at 11 AM EST.

You need to be able to monitor, validate and replace their digital certificates and encryption keys quickly—in case of a compromise. And it’s not just a technology issue. Organizations must also have best practices for the people and processes aspect of proper key and certificate management. Missed business opportunities and costly brand reputational damage are often the fall-out when security is breached. Learn more about best-practice approaches for preparing for and responding to future CA compromises here.

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About Venafi

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. Venafi also publishes best practices for effective key and certificate management at www.venafi.com/best-practices. Venafi customers include the world’s most prestigious Global 2000 organizations in financial services, insurance, high tech, telecommunications, aerospace, healthcare and retail. Venafi is backed by top–tier venture capital funds, including Foundation Capital, Pelion Venture Partners and Origin Partners. For more information, visit www.venafi.com.