14 DAY TRIAL // These days, a large number of organizations depend on digital certificates to protect their assets. However, the large number of incidents reported over the past months has shown that issuing and managing them is not an easy task, especially if the problem is not approached properly.
According to a GlobalSign study published today, 74% of enterprise IT professionals believe that SaaS certificate authority (CA) providers are more secure than internal CAs, such as Microsoft Certificate Services, especially when it comes to issuance and management.
In addition, 44% of the 154 respondents think that the use of SaaS CAs significantly reduces not only costs, but also the management burden caused by internal CA processes.
55% of those who took part in the survey revealed that they were already using SaaS CAs for issuing digital certificates.
The benefit of using a SaaS CA is that the organization doesn’t have to worry about spending time and human resources and it doesn’t need advanced knowledge of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) environment.
“As enterprises become more dependent on digital communications, cloud infrastructures and mobile communications, the need for digital certificates will continue to rise exponentially, providing a challenge to enterprises everywhere,” explained Steve Waite, CEO of GlobalSign Americas.
“The survey proved our initial belief to be true: SaaS CAs provide enhanced services, ease of management and superior security when compared to internal CAs. SaaS CAs allow IT departments to quickly implement certificate services that enable secure communications and protect sensitive data without the administrative burdens and technical headaches of internal CAs.”
When asked about why it was easier to use a SaaS CA instead of Microsoft Certificate Services, 53% of the respondents noted that the certificate policy standards were already established. The same percentage also believed that SaaS CAs provided more advanced security, and they eliminated upgrade costs, management and other burdens.
The complete report is available here.