Digital Certificates With Shorter Lifespans Reduce Security Vulnerabilities

Proposals from major vendors to shorten TLS certificate lifetimes (from the current ~398 days to as low as ~47–100 days) will dramatically increase rotation frequency and operational workload. The article argues organizations should adopt automated certificate lifecycle management (CLM) to prevent manual errors, ensure timely renewals, maintain business continuity, and surface shadow IT—an imperative that will particularly impact smaller organizations that still manage certificates manually.