March 21, 2023
An exploration of the role of public key infrastructure (PKI), keys, and digital certificates in securing IT organizations across EMEA and North America.
“The number of machines (workloads and devices) now outnumbers humans by an order of magnitude and organizations must establish tooling and processes to control those identities.”
– Gartner, Managing Machine Identities, Secrets, Keys, & Certificates, Erik Wahlstrom
16 March 2022
PKI and machine identities remain essential building blocks to digital trust as organizations accelerate their path to multi-cloud, zero-trust, and DevOps strategies. But that path is not always straightforward — cryptography is changing.
Organizations rely on PKI, cryptographic keys, and digital certificates to securely connect more users, machines, and applications than ever before across their IT environment. However, companies are increasingly struggling to manage their growing PKI and machine identity landscape while navigating economic pressures, a global cybersecurity labor shortage, and the challenges of post-quantum computing.
The forces driving the proliferation of machines will continue to accelerate in 2023 and beyond. Establishing — and then maintaining — digital trust will be critical for organizations of all sizes and across all industries.
Discover in-depth insights into the PKI and machine identity landscape in the 2023 State of Machine Identity Management Report.
