THought Leadership Report
The 47-Day Reckoning: Why Certifcate Lifecycle Automation Is No Longer Optional
The Challenge
Machine identities now outnumber human identities by 109:1, and every application, workload, API, container, IoT device, and AI agent relies on digital certificates to establish trust. As certificate validity periods shrink from 398 days to 47 days, organizations face growing operational complexity, increased outage risk, and mounting pressure to automate certificate lifecycle management.
In this report, you'll learn:
- Why shrinking TLS certificate lifecycles are creating new operational and security challenges
- How expired certificates can impact business continuity and increase downtime risk
- The role certificate lifecycle management plays in a broader machine identity security strategy
- Five proven strategies for automating certificate management at scale
- Practical steps to prepare for 100-day and 47-day certificate lifecycle
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Machine Identity Security Starts with Trusted Certificates
Certificate management is no longer just a PKI issue. Every certificate represents a machine identity and a trust relationship that businesses depend on to keep applications, services, and infrastructure running. As AI adoption accelerates and machine identities continue to grow, organizations must treat certificate lifecycle management as a core component of their identity security strategy.
The Numbers Behind the Challenge
Machine identities now outnumber humans 109:1TLS certificate validity will shrink to 47 days by 2029Manual renewals can take ~4–5 hours per certificateAverage IT downtime can cost $5,600 per minute
A Complete Approach to Certificate Lifecycle Management
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CyberArk (now Idira) Provides enterprise-grade certificate lifecycle management, helping organizations automate certificate discovery, issuance, renewal, revocation, and governance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. |
MajorKey Technologies Brings deep identity security and certificate lifecycle expertise, helping organizations modernize legacy PKI environments, establish governance, reduce risk, and align certificate management with broader machine identity security strategies. |
iON Operationalizes certificate lifecycle management through integration services, managed services, and ongoing support, helping organizations turn automation into a sustainable day-to-day operational practice. |