Digital Certificate Automation
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Is your organization prepared for 47-day digital certificate lifetimes?
The CA/B Forum announced in April 2025 that the long-anticipated reduction of digital certificate lifetimes is confirmed. By 2029, a 47-day digital certificate lifetime will be the standard.
This means that companies’ digital certificate renewal workload will increase eightfold. Organizations with manual tracking and monitoring methods simply will not be able to cope with hundreds (or even thousands) of certificates expiring at different times. Missed certificate renewals = unencrypted sites = security risk.
The only way for companies with large certificate portfolios to cope is automation.
So, are you ready for digital certificate automation? If your answer is anything other than “yes,” then read on.
Do you think your organization is prepared for 90-day certificate lifetimes?
Automated certificate management environment (ACME)
This is an open standard protocol that all the major software authors have adopted for SSL automation. There are other protocols available, but ACME (RFC8555) is by far the most popular and supported. Originally published in 2016, the proposed standard was finalized in 2019.
Why is this important? ACME is not backwards compatible indefinitely. Older appliances and servers may not be able to support automation.
Upgrading servers to the latest versions is time consuming and increases risks to the business. It needs to be planned and communicated throughout your organization. This process can take up to a year to complete depending on the complexity.
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