Article offered: "How IT security certificates can become untrustworthy - an e-tail nightmare for Christmas

Venafi's new President & CEO, Jeffrey Hudson, has written an article about the trouble which an organisation can get into when it doesn't manage its security certificates properly. This is the first article which he has written since his appointment as CEO this month.

The article has been written not just to demonstrate the effects of not managing your security certificates but how you can manage them and save your organisation major downtime. He uses the example of target.com whose customers recently got a "This Connection is Untrusted" message due to an expired security certificate leading to major downtime and losses. With the holiday season bearing down on us he explains the answer to this problem.

The answer to this problem is to implement a product which automates SSL certificate management and corporate key management processes, including discovery, monitoring, alerts, lifecycle management and automated application configuration. This helps organisations increase data security, reduce downtime and improve operational efficiency.