7 Things Every CISO Needs to Know About PKI

Why Public Key Infrastructure Is So Important

A public key infrastructure (PKI) is responsible for supporting public encryption keys while also enabling users and computers to safely exchange data over networks and verify the identity of other parties. With the number of machines in a business growing exponentially faster than the amount of people, protecting the keys that machines use to verify their identity is becoming more critical. Businesses spend billions protecting usernames and passwords for people, but almost nothing on protecting keys and certificates for machines. With PKI, CISOs and other information security specialists can implement hardware, software, policies, and procedures to better establish, manage, distribute, implement, and protect digital certificates and key policies.

1. Defend brand reputation and business continuity

As a CISO, it is one of your chief responsibilities to safeguard your company against external threats which could potentially wreak havoc on the reputation and continuity of your brand. With a reliable PKI infrastructure, you can provide the utmost…