# Eliminate certificate risk.    Enforce trusted identity.

Identify and manage certificate trust across your xIoT estate — securely and at scale.

## State of xIoT

### Certificate hygiene

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About 25% of certificates are expired at any given time

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**Expired or self-signed certificates** create security gaps, enabling unauthorized access, data exposure, and service disruption.

### Real-world example

#### Expired certificate causes global outage

A global service disruption occurred when an expired certificate on a ground station caused widespread connectivity issues.1

### State of certificate hygiene:

#### Causes outages and downtime

Certificate failures can break connectivity and disrupt critical systems and operations.

#### Exposes sensitive data

Weak cryptography and self-signed certificates weaken encryption, leaving communications vulnerable to interception.

#### Enables unauthorized access

Expired and self-signed certificates allow attackers to gain access and move laterally across networks.

## The Phosphorus solution

### Move beyond manual certificate management

## 01

## Identify certificate risk

Continuously discover certificates across all xIoT devices, including expired and self-signed certificates. Gain full visibility into certificate health and device identity across your environment.

## 02

## Extend Certificate Management to xIoT

Extend CyberArk Machine Identity (formerly Venafi) and Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services to IoT and OT devices. Ensure consistent, trusted authentication across your environment with centralized certificate control.

## 03

## Automate certificate lifecycle

Automate certificate generation, installation, and renewal at scale using policy-driven workflows. Reduce manual effort while strengthening security and maintaining continuous device trust.

## Not all certificate management is equal

### From manual certificate handling to automated xIoT identity management

| Traditional certificate tools | Phosphorus xIoT certificate management |
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Limited visibility             | Full certificate visibility            |
| Manual provisioning            | Automated lifecycle management         |
| Frequent expirations           | Continuous validity                    |
| Fragmented identity           | Trusted device identity               |
| No xIoT support                | xIoT-native integration               |
| Manual compliance              | Policy-driven governance               |

Sources

- 1 [https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/spacex-starlink-outage-caused-by-expired-ground-station-certificates/](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/spacex-starlink-outage-caused-by-expired-ground-station-certificates/)

## CERTIFICATE INSIGHTS

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## Platform Overview

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