The Problem
- Manual SSL/TLS certificate management leading to expired certificates and service outages
- High costs from public certificate authorities for internal services that don't need them
- No internal certificate authority for signing code, securing IoT devices, or issuing employee certificates
- Weak authentication mechanisms vulnerable to man-in-the-middle and spoofing attacks
- Compliance requirements for mTLS, code signing, and secure communications not being met
Our Solution
Enterprise Certificate Authority
Private CA infrastructure for issuing and managing internal certificates at scale
Automated Certificate Lifecycle
Automatic issuance, renewal, and revocation of certificates with zero-touch operations
mTLS & Zero Trust
Mutual TLS authentication for service-to-service and user-to-service communications
Code & Document Signing
PKI infrastructure for code signing, document signing, and software integrity verification
IoT & Device Certificates
Certificate management for IoT devices, containers, and ephemeral workloads
HSM Integration
Hardware security module integration for cryptographic key protection and compliance
What's Included
PKI Architecture & Design
Week 1-3- Current certificate inventory and usage analysis
- PKI hierarchy design (root CA, intermediate CAs, issuing CAs)
- Certificate policy and practice statement
- Trust model and certificate profiles definition
- Compliance requirements mapping (PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP)
Infrastructure Deployment
Week 4-12- Root CA and offline storage setup (air-gapped)
- Intermediate CA deployment with HA configuration
- Certificate issuance automation (ACME, EST, SCEP protocols)
- HSM integration for key protection (optional)
- OCSP and CRL distribution setup
- Certificate templates and enrollment workflows
Integration & Automation
Week 13-16- Application integration for certificate retrieval
- Web server and load balancer automation (nginx, Apache, F5)
- Kubernetes cert-manager integration
- Code signing workflow implementation
- Device certificate provisioning automation
- Certificate monitoring and expiration alerting
Operations & Training
Week 17-18- PKI operations team training
- Security and compliance documentation
- Disaster recovery and CA backup procedures
- Certificate revocation and incident response procedures
- Key ceremony documentation and processes
- 90-day post-launch support
Return on Investment
70% Cost Savings
Reduced spending on public certificates for internal services
Zero Outages
Automated certificate renewal eliminates expiration incidents
Enhanced Security
mTLS and strong authentication across all services
Investment
Starter
$30,000
Basic internal PKI setup
- Two-tier CA hierarchy
- SSL/TLS certificate automation
- Basic certificate templates
- ACME protocol support
- Standard monitoring
- 10-12 week timeline
Most Popular
Professional
$55,000
Enterprise PKI with automation
- Three-tier CA hierarchy with offline root
- Multi-purpose certificate support
- mTLS and service mesh integration
- Code signing infrastructure
- Advanced automation (ACME, EST, SCEP)
- HSM integration
- Compliance documentation
- 14-16 week timeline
Enterprise
$80,000+
Global, highly-available PKI
- Multi-region CA deployment
- Full HSM integration with redundancy
- Custom certificate profiles
- IoT and device certificate automation
- Advanced monitoring and analytics
- 24/7 PKI support
- Dedicated PKI architect
- Annual CA key ceremonies
- 16-20 week timeline
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