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Venafi Delivers the First Comprehensive Solution for Automating Digital Certificate Management
AutoCert Manager takes the pain out of PKI and enables e-business expansion through secure connections
DRAPER, UT-Feb. 7, 2005-Venafi Corp., a pioneer in digital certificate management solutions, today launched AutoCert Manager, the industry's most comprehensive solution to assure the security and scalability of e-business operations for Fortune 1000 companies and government institutions. The only solution that manages across certificate authorities, platforms, applications and devices, AutoCert Manager offers the broadest platform support in the industry.
Digital certificates, powered by PKI, secure more than 90 percent of e-business transactions today. Nearly every major device, platform and application vendor relies on digital certificates in some way to secure communications and access. According to Netcraft, digital certificate deployments grew by 46 percent in 2004. Organizations rely on PKI and digital certificates to secure their e-business operations, including online banking, patient information sharing, intranet benefits access, online sales, financial information access and other operations.
Yet most organizations don't know how many digital certificates they have, where they are and the status of each. Digital certificates have a finite lifecycle and high administration costs since certificate management is currently a time-intensive, manual process. Without a digital certificate management solution, organizations experience downtime and service interruptions, are out of compliance with security policies and key regulations, and are hindered in their plans for e-business expansion.
With the launch of AutoCert Manager, Venafi delivers the most comprehensive digital certificate management solution available on the market, supporting a broad number of applications and systems that rely on digital certificates for security. In addition, Venafi provides executives and audit committees the information they need to assure critical systems are properly secured and comply with internal policies and applicable regulations.
"One of the biggest challenges for organizations attempting to leverage PKI for e-business operations is digital certificate management," said Andrew Braunberg, a senior analyst at Current Analysis. "With the introduction of digital certificate management across multiple certificate authorities, platforms and applications, Venafi is fully, and exclusively, committed to breaking down this barrier."
Organizations are realizing the importance of this security component as critical to their current and future e-business success.
"Having a key business application stop due to an expired or misconfigured digital certificate is unacceptable, but it's happening for many organizations today. Organizations are realizing that the manual processes they rely on today to manage certificates are inadequate for assuring the security and availability of their mission critical business systems, and impeding the secure expansion of their e-business initiatives," said Paul Turner, vice president of marketing for Venafi. "Organizations need an automated solution to prevent downtime, protect revenue streams and reduce costs - while continuing to scale their business operations securely."
An agent-less solution, AutoCert Manager automates all stages certificate lifecycle management - enrollment, installation, renewal and revocation - and conducts auto-discovery of all certificates. AutoCert Manager boasts:
- Direct integration with 80 to 90 percent of Web Servers, Application Servers, and SSL Offloaders
- Certificate management for IBM MQ Series implementations for secure scalability
- Management of certificates from all CAs that issue X.509 standard certificates
- Executive dashboard for improved compliance reporting
- Enhanced AutoDiscovery for discovery of thousands of certificates within minutes
- The industry's broadest certificate authority support
Pricing and Availability
Available now, pricing for AutoCert Manager starts at USD $150,000.
About Venafi
Venafi provides digital certificate management solutions that enable Fortune 1000 companies and government institutions to securely scale business operations, reduce costs, prevent downtime, and improve regulatory compliance. Venafi's AutoCert Manager strategically manages the complete lifecycle for digital certificates across certificate authorities and diverse IT infrastructures, increasing security and improving organizational responsiveness. Headquartered in Draper, Utah, Venafi is funded by UV Partners, Origin Partners, Highway 12 Ventures and ASH Capital. More information can be found at www.venafi.com or by calling (801) 676-6900.
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