Need indicators
This capability is usually relevant when these signals appear in the operating environment.
Unexpected certificate expiry.
Keys without clear ownership.
No renewal lifecycle.
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What is this solution?
Certificate management tracks where TLS certificates are used, when they expire, and who owns the service, then coordinates issuance, deployment, and renewal. Key management is related but distinct: it governs where private keys are generated and stored, who can use them, and how compromise is handled.
Start certificate lifecycle management with X.509 certificate discovery and ownership mapping, then assess automated certificate renewal within available integrations.
Practical example
The team discovers a service certificate nearing expiry with no clear owner. It associates the certificate with the service and owner, tests renewal, and verifies what was deployed.
Technical summary and scope of use
Technical explanation
Digital certificate detection and monitoring technology is a dedicated technology to identify the X.509 certificates spread within the data centers and networks of an organization, whether they are directly installed or entered into the environment through new devices or software packages.
The technology works through a centralized scan component that searches for certificates using environmentally adaptable search methods, then collects and displays the certificate information in a tracking panel, with the possibility of filtering and assembling to identify and monitor relevant certificates.
Its technical objective is to create a real record of digital certificates, monitor their status, know the dates of expiry, reduce the risks of expiration or incompatible certificates, and support the continuity of systems and operational safety.
Digital Certificate Management Technology is a centralized system for managing the SSL/TLS/x.509 certificate life cycle, which includes certificate application, issuance, distribution on targeted systems, monitoring and renewal.
The technology is based on a centralized platform that connects the application channels, infrastructure, certificate issuances and targeted systems through REST, ACME and SCEP.
This technology helps you know all the digital certificates within your technical environment, even those that are not manually installed or are not known to the operating team.
Instead of relying on a manual scan, the technology automatically searches for certificates within the data center, servers, devices, and cloud environments, and then shows the results in a tracking panel that helps to know the type of certificate, its location, its owner, and its expiry date.
The practical value of these is to reduce the risk of system interruption due to the expiry certificate, improve the clarity of the certificate environment, and help information technology and cybersecurity teams monitor the certificates on a regular basis.
The technology also supports preparation for future changes in certificate standards and key lengths, and provides a better basis for encryption management and transition to the latest encryption technologies.
The digital certificate management technology helps organizations to organize and manage the certificates used in encrypting the connection between systems, servers and applications through one central platform.
Instead of manually tracking certificates, the technology automates the issue, distribution, renewal and monitoring processes, reducing the possibility of service interruptions due to the expiry of certificates.
IT teams also provide a clear view of the status of certificates within the operating environment, with the possibility of monitoring warnings and process management centrally and organized.
Scope of use
The solution applies to data centers, enterprise networks, public cloud environments, Windows and Linux devices, IoT and industrial IoT (IIoT) environments, distributed devices, and embedded systems.
The technology is used to safeguard encrypted communication channels, reduce the risk of certificate expiration, automate renewal and distribution, provide a centralized view of certificate inventory and expiration status, and monitor the certificate revocation lists (CRLs).
The technology works within:
- Datacenters
- Cloud Environment
- containers
- The Internet of Things
- The Inclusive Systems
- Digital Industrial Environment
The technical objective is:
- Certificate lifecycle management
- Protecting Communications
- Reduce the failures resulting from the expiration of certificates
- Automated operating processes.
- Increasing vision and central monitoring
What it delivers
Core capabilities that turn the requirement into practical controls.
Digital certificate discovery
Monitoring and management
Integration
Expected value
The impact security teams and leadership can expect from the right implementation.
Reduced service outages
Clearer cryptography governance
Better audit readiness
Technical capabilities
Feature availability depends on product version, target systems, deployment, and integrations.
Digital certificate discovery
Discovered X.509 certificates in various types.
Check certificate properties such as issuer and validity rather than merely confirming a certificate exists.
Search for certificates from different sources within the data center and network.
Find certificates in authorized sources and associate them with assets and owners for review.
Discover pre-installed certificates on new devices.
Surface in-scope assets and attributes so teams can distinguish known assets from those needing review.
Discover the certificates contained in the software packages.
Find certificates in authorized sources and associate them with assets and owners for review.
Support research in cloud environments.
Narrow results by operational criteria so teams find the needed record without exposing unrelated data.
Support research in decentralized devices.
Narrow results by operational criteria so teams find the needed record without exposing unrelated data.
Supporting IoT Internet of Things.
Find certificates in authorized sources and associate them with assets and owners for review.
Supporting the Internet of Industrial Things IIoT.
Find certificates in authorized sources and associate them with assets and owners for review.
support of integrated systems.
Find certificates in authorized sources and associate them with assets and owners for review.
Use multiple research methods that can be adapted according to environmental conditions.
Find certificates in authorized sources and associate them with assets and owners for review.
There is a central survey component that collects the certificates and prepares their information.
Find certificates in authorized sources and associate them with assets and owners for review.
Monitoring and management
Display discovered certificates on a dashboard.
Present reviewable results to compare changes and identify cases requiring action.
Document the current state of the certificate inventory.
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
monitoring of relevant certificates.
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
Monitoring the expiration dates of certificates.
Identify certificates approaching expiry and their owners so renewal starts before service is affected.
Repeat the monitoring mechanically and regularly.
Reduce disruption from a component failure; test actual failover and recovery to normal operation.
Working search and monitoring all hours after preparation.
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
Warning and monitoring to prevent the expiry of certificates without notice.
Identify certificates approaching expiry and their owners so renewal starts before service is affected.
Filtering and assembly to facilitate the identification of important certificates.
Apply explicit allow or block criteria; test an allowed and a denied example before rollout.
Integration
Possibility of independent use.
Identify both integration endpoints and the data they exchange; verify behavior if either endpoint is unavailable.
Possibility of integration with a central repository for certificate management.
Identify both integration endpoints and the data they exchange; verify behavior if either endpoint is unavailable.
Storage certificate information such as type, owner, and completion date in a central repository.
Define storage location and retention, and verify the copy’s integrity when it is needed.
Support and automatic certificate management when integrated with the certificate management system.
Link the certificate to its owner and asset and track issuance or renewal to avoid late manual replacement.
Possibility of verifying the validity of the existing certificate-based warehouse.
Identify both integration endpoints and the data they exchange; verify behavior if either endpoint is unavailable.
Operations and performance
Automated operation after initial setup.
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Simple setting and running in a few steps.
Configure behavior for the use case and retain the approved configuration for review or rollback.
Unified and automated use does not require high detailed knowledge of certificates.
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Reduces time spent manually locating and identifying certificates.
Narrow results by operational criteria so teams find the needed record without exposing unrelated data.
Reduce stop periods resulting from the expiry of certificates.
Identify certificates approaching expiry and their owners so renewal starts before service is affected.
Do not store data in the cloud.
Define storage location and retention, and verify the copy’s integrity when it is needed.
The ability to adapt to the environment and company requirements when needed.
Identify certificate authorities, target systems, and renewal workflows that need environment-specific configuration before deployment.
Use continuous maintenance and development through regular versions.
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
Cryptographic agility
Provide the ability to act quickly and transparent when changes in certificate data occur.
Limit data readability without the required keys; confirm where encryption starts and ends.
Support to cope with key length changes.
Limit data readability without the required keys; confirm where encryption starts and ends.
Support to deal with key hacking cases or publishers.
Limit data readability without the required keys; confirm where encryption starts and ends.
Provide a basis for the subsequent transition towards quantitative encryption-resistant computing.
Limit data readability without the required keys; confirm where encryption starts and ends.
Compliance and Verification
Check the current processes of certificates.
Map settings and evidence to organizational policy; applicability and effectiveness must still be assessed.
Provide an additional security layer by monitoring the actual situation.
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
Support verification from the existing certificate warehouse.
Map settings and evidence to organizational policy; applicability and effectiveness must still be assessed.
Connectivity to asset management, records, monitoring, encryption, continuity and risk management requirements.
Record what happened, when, and in which scope; review event fields and retention for investigation and audit.
Certificate lifecycle management
Full-life cycle management of digital certificates
Track each certificate from request and issuance through renewal or revocation, with its owner and service.
Apply for certificates centrally.
Associate the certificate with its asset and owner, then validate distribution and replacement without exposing its key.
Distribution of certificates to servers and devices
Associate the certificate with its asset and owner, then validate distribution and replacement without exposing its key.
Certificate monitoring
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
renewal of certificates.
Link the certificate to its owner and asset and track issuance or renewal to avoid late manual replacement.
Change of certificates
Associate the certificate with its asset and owner, then validate distribution and replacement without exposing its key.
cancellation of certificates.
Withdraw trust after key loss or when no longer required, and test the effect of revocation on clients.
Automatic renewal of certificates
Associate the certificate with its asset and owner, then validate distribution and replacement without exposing its key.
Automatic distribution of certificates
Associate the certificate with its asset and owner, then validate distribution and replacement without exposing its key.
Continuous operation under the agreed availability design
Test component monitoring during maintenance and failures before agreeing availability requirements.
Protocols and Integration Mechanisms
Support for REST
Connect defined actions or data to other systems; review authorization, authentication, and failure handling.
Support of ACME
Integrate certificate enrollment or renewal with a compatible issuer; test authorization, renewal, and revocation.
Support of SCEP
Integrate certificate enrollment or renewal with a compatible issuer; test authorization, renewal, and revocation.
Support for API
Connect supported certificate requests and actions to external systems using scoped integration identities.
Support for software add-ons
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Support of transmitters and translators
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Support for integration with different systems
Identify both integration endpoints and the data they exchange; verify behavior if either endpoint is unavailable.
Support multiple certificate application channels
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Automation and Operations Management
Operating Engine for Workflow Management
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Automated issuing certificates.
Link the certificate to its owner and asset and track issuance or renewal to avoid late manual replacement.
Distribution of certificates
Associate the certificate with its asset and owner, then validate distribution and replacement without exposing its key.
Automatic renewal
Start renewal before expiry, deploy and validate the replacement, then retire the old certificate.
Support for approval procedures
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Support of the template
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Management of keys.
Review who creates keys, where they are stored, and who can use or export them within the integration scope.
Access control
Define who may perform the action and within which scope; test that unauthorized requests are denied.
warnings
Notify the team when a monitoring rule is met; set the threshold and escalation path.
reports
Present reviewable results to compare changes and identify cases requiring action.
Registration and application management
Run repetitive steps under defined conditions and review failures and exceptions.
Monitoring of infrastructure, processes and compliance
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
Self-service and delegated administration
The Self-Service Portal
Bring configuration and monitoring into one management point while keeping operator permissions restricted.
Request certificates by users.
Associate the certificate with its asset and owner, then validate distribution and replacement without exposing its key.
Modification of certificates
Bring configuration and monitoring into one management point while keeping operator permissions restricted.
cancellation of certificates.
Withdraw trust after key loss or when no longer required, and test the effect of revocation on clients.
simplify operating processes.
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
Distribution of responsibilities
Bring configuration and monitoring into one management point while keeping operator permissions restricted.
Facilitate use and reduce operational complexity
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
Observation and Vision
Central Proposal for Certificate Reserve
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
Central monitoring
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
Follow the validity of certificates.
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
Monitoring of certificate revocation lists (CRLs)
Show activity within the covered scope and associate events with an asset or session during review.
Preventive warnings
Notify the team when a monitoring rule is met; set the threshold and escalation path.
Operational reports
Present reviewable results to compare changes and identify cases requiring action.
Prevention of failures resulting from the expiration of certificates
Identify certificates approaching expiry and their owners so renewal starts before service is affected.
Support for multiple certificate authorities
Support for multiple certificates
Link the certificate to its owner and asset and track issuance or renewal to avoid late manual replacement.
Not depending on one publisher
Identify both integration endpoints and the data they exchange; verify behavior if either endpoint is unavailable.
Support of public keys and certificates
Identify both integration endpoints and the data they exchange; verify behavior if either endpoint is unavailable.
Security features
Protecting Communications
Use the supported channel and define who can join or view content under team policy.
Protection of data flows
Test the scenario that triggers protection and a similar legitimate case to tune false positives.
Keeping private keys under the control of the owner.
Test the scenario that triggers protection and a similar legitimate case to tune false positives.
Encryption flexibility support
Limit data readability without the required keys; confirm where encryption starts and ends.
Quick response when hacking keys or publishers
Test the scenario that triggers protection and a similar legitimate case to tune false positives.
Support for post-quantum encryption
Limit data readability without the required keys; confirm where encryption starts and ends.
Support for digital industrial environment security
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
Supported environments
Servers
Link each server certificate to the owning service and verify how replacements are deployed.
The endpoint devices.
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
Datacenters
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
Cloud Environment
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
containers
Support deployment in the covered container environment; test networking, storage, and secret handling before production.
The digital signatures
Validate trust and the verification data so unapproved parties or content are not accepted.
Decentralized equipment
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
Digital Industrial Environment
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
The Internet of Things
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
Embedded systems
Check how embedded-device certificates are accessed and whether updates can be applied without unintended disruption.
The Linux system
Identify a supported operating or managed platform; verify version, enrollment, and available policies.
Windows systems
Identify a supported operating or managed platform; verify version, enrollment, and available policies.
Email services
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
The Web Services
Confirm environment requirements, supported versions, and dependencies before moving the configuration to production.
SSH/TLS protocols
Provide an encrypted administration channel; verify host keys and restrict approved connection paths.
How the technology works
Discovery
The technology uses multiple search methods to detect X.509 certificates in servers, networks, cloud environments, devices and embedded systems. Results are collected through a central survey component that equips the certificate information for analysis and tracking.
Report and documentation.
Documents the current certificate inventory so teams can see which certificates are actually deployed without relying on manual records or assumptions.
Periodic monitoring
The search processes are automatically and regularly re-reviewed, allowing continuous monitoring of certificates and their expiration dates, and reducing the likelihood of interruption resulting from uncontrolled certificates.
Analysis and Classification
The technology provides filtering and assembly possibilities to facilitate the identification of important certificates, sorting results according to available information such as type, owner, and completion date when integrated with a central repository.
Integration
Discovered certificates can be integrated into a central repository, then information can be used to automatically manage and renew certificates within the certificate management system.
Encryption flexibility support
The technology provides transparency about the certificate data and key lengths, helping to act when changes or cases of hacking occur to keys or publishers, and supports preparation for the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.
Reduce the operational impact.
Automated discovery, monitoring, and alerts reduce manual work and the risk of outages caused by expired certificates.
Observation and Vision
The technology provides a centralized view of the certificate inventory, expiration status, and monitoring certificate revocation lists (CRLs), with continuous warnings and reports.
Automated
Automates certificate issuance, distribution, and renewal to reduce manual work and operational errors.
Integration
Supports REST, ACME, SCEP and APIs for integration with different systems, servers and infrastructure.
Control and Management
It provides access control, key management, templates and approval procedures within a standard central platform.
Self management
Let users request, modify, and revoke certificates through a self-service portal while retaining centralized oversight.
Security safeguards
The technology helps protect encrypted data flows and reduces the risks resulting from key hacking or certificate expiry.
What to validate before rollout
- Build an inventory linking certificates to services, owners, and expiration dates.
- Test requests, deployment, and renewal on systems in scope.
- Define private-key custody and access, and plan for suspected key compromise.
Integration and scope
Separate certificate lifecycle management from private-key custody. Verify issuers, deployment targets, and vault or HSM support if needed.
Challenges this solution addresses
- There is no comprehensive vision of the digital certificate inventory.
- There are certified certificates without the knowledge of operating teams.
- Access certificates to the network through new devices or software packages.
- The certificate is terminated without notice.
- Use of certificates that do not comply with internal compliance requirements or current standards.
- The possibility of shortening the validity of certificates to three months, which increases the risk of unpredictable completion.
- Procedures were suspended due to terminated certificates.
- Safety of operation is at risk.
- Legal effects resulting from incompatible certificates.
- economic damage due to interruptions.
- Difficulty identifying relevant certificates within large environments.
- Difficulty verifying the existing certificate warehouses.
- Consuming staff time in manual search for certificates.
- Lack of preparation when the certificate data or key lengths are changed.
- Weak preparation for key hacking cases or publishers.
- A weak preparation to switch to quantum-resistant encryption.
- The number of digital certificates required to be managed
- Less duration of validity of certificates.
- Increased operating stress resulting from repeated renewal
- Difficulty Manual Management of Certificates
- The validity of the certificate expires without discovery.
- Disrupts systems and services.
- Operational risks resulting from terminated certificates
- The weak vision of certificates
- IT team time spent on manual certificate management
- The increasing need for data flow encryption
- Certificate Management Complexity in Cloud, Industrial and Digital Environments
Regulatory alignment
Illustrative ways to support control implementation. An area may have more than one example; each row is not necessarily a separate official control.
NCA · ECC 2:2024For entities within the scope of the Essential Cybersecurity Controls.
| Domain or control | How it supports implementation | Application |
|---|---|---|
| Management of assets | Create a real vision of the certificate inventory as digital assets related to systems and services Related capability: Certificate list, trackboard, filtering and assembly | Applied |
| Protection of data and information | Support data protection during transfer by monitoring the certificates used in encryption Related capability: X.509 certificates and their validity monitoring | Applied |
| Cryptography | Support the effective use of encryption by monitoring certificates, key lengths and related changes Related capability: Encryption flexibility, certificate data monitoring and key lengths | Applied |
| Backup and Recovery | Reduce the likelihood of cessation of certificate-related systems, supporting ready-to-operation Related capability: Monitoring, warning and reducing interruptions | Applied |
| Management of deficiencies | Helping to uncover cases of incompatible or ended certificates that may represent operational or security weakness Related capability: Discover unknown and incompatible evidence | Applied |
| records and monitoring. | Provide continuous monitoring of the status of certificates and warnings about completion risks Related capability: Automatic monitoring, track board, warning | Applied |
| Incident and threat management | Support investigation and response when there are problems related to the conclusion of certificates, key hacking or publishers Related capability: Tracking certificates, type and owner data and completion | Applied |
| Continuity of business | Reduce the risk of system interruption resulting from the expiration of certificates Test failure and recovery paths. This capability does not replace a complete continuity or recovery plan. Related capability: Monitoring the completion and reducing stop times | Applied |
| The third party administration. | Support verification of future certificates within external hardware or software Related capability: Discover certificates pre-installed or included in the software package | Applied |
| Cryptography | Support Certificate Management, Encryption, Key Management and Secure Encrypted Communication | Applied |
| Protection of data and information | Protection of data flows during transfer using SSL/TLS/x.509 | Applied |
| records and monitoring. | Providing central monitoring, warnings, reports and validity of certificates | Applied |
| Security of networks. | Supporting encrypted communication between systems, servers and services | Applied |
| Identity and access management | Support access control within the central platform | Applied |
| Cyber Security in the Management of Technical Projects | Support integration through REST, ACME, SCEP and APIs | Applied |
SAMA · CSFFor financial institutions within the Saudi Central Bank framework, subject to the control's applicability.
| Domain or control | How it supports implementation | Application |
|---|---|---|
| Cryptography | The technology supports SSL/TLS/x.509 certificate management, encrypted communication protection and key management, in accordance with the confidentiality and data and communications security requirements. Related capability: Digital certificate management, key management, encrypted communication protection | Applied |
| Protection of data | The technology contributes to the protection of data flows during transmission through digital certificates and encryption. Related capability: Security and encryption of data flows | Applied |
| Management of assets | The technology provides a centralized view of the certificate inventory related to servers, devices and targeted systems, supporting tracking of technical assets related to certificates. Related capability: certificate inventory, central vision, distribution to targeted systems | Applied |
| Identity and access management | The technology supports access control within the platform, helping to limit the management of certificates and related processes for authorized users. Related capability: Access control, self-service portal, approval procedures | Applied |
| Management of Privileges and Powers | The technology enables the distribution of responsibilities and the management of certificate requests, modification and cancellation within organized powers. Related capability: Organized decentralization, access control, approval procedures | Applied |
| Security Monitoring | Provide centralized monitoring of certificates, expiration status, certificate revocation lists (CRLs) and related warnings. Related capability: Central monitoring, warnings, monitoring of certificate revocation lists (CRLs) | Applied |
| Events and records. | The technology supports reports and tracks processes related to certificate management, helping operational audit. Related capability: reports, track the status of certificates, show the stocks of certificates | Applied |
| Protecting the systems | The technology helps to reduce the failures resulting from the expiration of certificates, and supports the continued secure connection between systems, servers and applications. Related capability: Automatic renewal, automatic distribution, expiry monitoring | Applied |
| Protection of Infrastructure | The technology supports certificate distribution to servers, targeted devices and data centers, which supports the protection of communications within the infrastructure. Related capability: Distribution of certificates, server and hardware support, encrypted communication protection | Applied |
| Management of Networks | The technology supports the security of communications between systems via SSL/TLS/x.509, which supports network communication protection. Related capability: SSL/TLS/x.509, data flow encryption | Applied |
| Risk Management | The technology reduces the risks of undetected certificates end, the risks of service interruption, and the risks of key hacking or publishers. Settings or logs can help prepare evidence. Governance decisions and effectiveness testing remain with the organization. Related capability: Alerts, automatic renewal, encryption flexibility | Applied |
| Management of deficiencies | The technology helps to reduce the operational risks resulting from terminated or unmanaged certificates, through automatic monitoring and renewal. Related capability: Authority control, automatic renewal, central vision | Applied |
| Incident response | The technology supports quick action when the certificate data changes, keys or publishers are hacked. Related capability: Encryption flexibility, change certificates, cancellation of certificates | Applied |
| Continuity of business | The technology contributes to the prevention of service interruptions resulting from the expiry of certificates through warnings and automatic renewal. Test failure and recovery paths. This capability does not replace a complete continuity or recovery plan. Related capability: Expiration monitoring, warnings, automatic renewal | Applied |
| Operational Security | The technology reduces the dependence on manual processes in issuing, distributing and renewing certificates, and supports continuous operation throughout the hour. Related capability: Automatization, continuous operation, operating engine | Applied |
| compliance and audit | The technology provides reports and a centralized view of the certificate inventory and cases, supporting the review and audit of the certificate management. Settings or logs can help prepare evidence. Governance decisions and effectiveness testing remain with the organization. Related capability: Reports, Central Vision, Certificate Monitoring | Applied |
| Security of third parties | The technology supports dealing with multiple certificates and not relying on one party. Related capability: The number of certificates | Applied |
| Security of cloud environments | The technology supports the use of certificates in cloud environments and containers, helping to protect communications in these environments. Related capability: Cloud Environment Support, Container Support, Certificate Management | Applied |
| Protection of Critical Environments | The technology supports certificate management in data centers, embedded systems and digital industrial environments, helping to protect communications in sensitive environments. Related capability: Support of data centers, integrated systems, digital industrial environments | Applied |
| Protection of sensitive financial systems | The technology supports confidentiality and security of communications and transactions through digital certificates and encryption, which are key requirements for the sensitive financial environments. Related capability: SSL/TLS/x.509, encrypted communication protection, certificate life cycle management | Applied |
NCA · OTCC-1:2022For operational technology and industrial control environments to which the controls apply.
Evaluate these examples against the facility level and assets in scope. They do not authorize IT/OT connectivity or component installation on operational assets without assessment.
| Domain or control | How it supports implementation | Application |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility and monitoring | Provide vision of the certificate inventory within operating environments and embedded systems Related capability: Discover and track record. | Applied |
| Monitoring of assets | Helps identify certificates related to devices, systems and services within the environment Related capability: Automatic certificate of certificates | Applied |
| Protection of industrial environments | Supports certificate monitoring in industrial IoT devices and embedded systems, reducing the risks of untracked or expired certificates Related capability: IIoT support and integrated systems | Applied |
| Discover threats. | Supports detection of cases that may affect security such as incompatible, expiration certificates or key length changes Related capability: Automatic discovery and encryption flexibility | Applied |
| Incident response | Provide information that helps in investigating certificate-related problems such as completion, key hacking or publisher Verify asset compatibility and test operational impact before deploying an agent or taking response action in an OT environment. Related capability: Certificate and Monitoring Information | Applied |
| Continuity of operation | Reduce the likelihood of system stops due to the expiry of unconscious certificates Test failure and recovery paths. This capability does not replace a complete continuity or recovery plan. Related capability: Monitoring and warning | Applied |
| Management of Change | Supports vision when data of certificates and key lengths are changed. Related capability: Cryptographic agility | Applied |
| Compliance and review | Certificate storage verification can be used as part of the audit and security verification processes. Settings or logs can help prepare evidence. Governance decisions and effectiveness testing remain with the organization. Related capability: Inspection of the Central Storage | Applied |
| Visibility and monitoring | Provide a centralized visibility of the stock of certificates, warnings and reports | Applied |
| Monitoring of assets | Management of certificates related to servers, devices and systems | Applied |
| Protection of protocols and communications | SSL/TLS/x.509 support for encrypted connection Use only authorized paths and assets. Network isolation and remote-access approval requirements still apply. | Applied |
| Access control | Control of access within the central platform. Use only authorized paths and assets. Network isolation and remote-access approval requirements still apply. | Applied |
| Management of communication between technical and operational environments | Supporting digital industrial environments and the Internet of Things and Integrated Systems Use only authorized paths and assets. Network isolation and remote-access approval requirements still apply. | Applied |
| Protection of industrial environments | Supporting the security of digital industrial environments and related systems | Applied |
| Incident response | Support for quick response when keys or publishers are hacked Verify asset compatibility and test operational impact before deploying an agent or taking response action in an OT environment. | Applied |
| Continuity of operation | Prevention of failures resulting from the expiration of certificates through notifications and automatic renewal Test failure and recovery paths. This capability does not replace a complete continuity or recovery plan. | Applied |
“Applied” describes the capability in the illustrative example, not an implementation or compliance status for the customer.
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