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Certificate Management

What is Certificate Management?

The processes for managing the lifecycle of digital certificates including issuance, renewal, revocation, and key storage.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as certificate management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on certificate management

Requirements naming certificate management across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Document and implement an enterprise certificate management standard covering the certificate lifecycle and certificate policies, so certificates used by critical services are tracked and renewed.

ASBv3-DP-7 · Use a secure certificate management process

Use AWS Certificate Manager and Private CA to issue, deploy and rotate TLS certificates, avoiding manual installation and unmanaged certificate stores.

SEC09-BP01 · Implement secure key and certificate management
ISO 270431 control

Certificate management. Control from ISO 27043 framework, domain: ISO 27043: Cryptography.

ISO27043-19 · Certificate management
ISO/SAE 214341 control

Certificate management. Control from ISO/SAE 21434 framework, domain: ISO/SAE 21434: Cryptography.

ISO21434-19 · Certificate management

Participants must use qualified certificates from the Open Banking Directory for mutual TLS authentication.

OB-SEC.4 · Certificate Management
HKMA TM-G-11 control

HKMA TM-G-1 Information Security Programme. Comprehensive technical + administrative + physical security controls. (1) INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAMME (TM-G-1.6.1) - documented + Board-approved information security programme + governance + roles + ISMS-style al...

HKMA-TMG1-InfoSec-Access-PAM-Network-Crypto-DLP-Endpoint · TM-G-1 Information Security Programme + Access + PAM + Network + Crypto + DLP + Vulnerability + Endpoint

Questions people ask about certificate management

What is Certificate Management?
The processes for managing the lifecycle of digital certificates including issuance, renewal, revocation, and key storage.
Why is Certificate Management important for compliance?
Certificate Management is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding certificate management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Certificate Management?
Certificate Management appears in the requirement text of Azure Security Benchmark, AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar, ISO 27043, ISO/SAE 21434, UK Open Banking Standard. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Certificate Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how certificate management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Certificate Management applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.