Automation is essential
Over the past decade, encrypted communication has become well established on the internet. Browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Safari now display a standard warning about insecure connections.
In 2023, Google tried to reduce the validity of SSL certificates to 90 days. However, this proposal is still under discussion.
Now Apple is going one step further and proposing to reduce the certificate validity period to 45 days by 2027 to further improve security. Among other things, this should minimise the risk of misused, outdated certificates.
However, these measures make certificate management more complex, especially for companies that have to manage a large number of certificates. This is where solutions like essendi xc come in. essendi xc simplifies management and automatically renews certificates, ensuring security and compliance. The shorter the validity period of certificates, the more important it is to manage certificates automatically to avoid outages and security breaches.