Certificate Management

Certificate management refers to the processes and tools used to oversee the life cycle of digital certificates. This includes requesting, creating, revoking, and renewing certificates and ensuring their proper installation and configuration. Effective certificate management is critical for ensuring secure data transmission over the internet, as certificates play a crucial role in establishing trust and encrypting communication between parties. Certificate management also involves:

• Maintaining an accurate inventory of all certificates in use within an organization.

• Tracking their expiration dates.

• Ensuring compliance with industry regulations and best practices.

The ThreatNG Discovery and Assessment facility helps with Certificate Management by identifying an organization's digital certificates associated with its external attack surface. Through thoroughly examining an organization's web applications, services, and infrastructure exposed to the internet, this assessment can identify issues such as expired or weakly encrypted certificates and improperly configured certificate chains. This information enables organizations to better manage their digital certificates, improve their overall security posture, and protect sensitive data from cyberattacks such as man-in-the-middle attacks or certificate spoofing.