Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) underpin secure authentication, encryption, and signing across hybrid and cloud environments. But as certificate volumes grow and validity periods shrink, manual processes and siloed ownership make it difficult to scale, maintain compliance, and prevent outages.

The Gartner^® Buyers' Guide for PKI and Certificate Lifecycle Management delivers a clear five-step roadmap for evaluating PKI and CLM capabilities, defining operating models, and aligning vendor choices with long-term automation and resilience goals.

We believe this Gartner report provides valuable guidance on how to:

• Define PKI and CLM objectives focused on visibility, automation, and crypto agility
• Map use cases and trust boundaries to the right operating model
• Evaluate vendor trends and convergence across PKI, CLM, and identity security
• Develop RFP and proof-of-concept requirements to validate automation and discovery features
• Optimize total cost of ownership and resource effort for sustainable scale
• Download the Gartner report to access the full framework — and benchmark your PKI and CLM program maturity as you plan your next phase of modernization.

Who We Believe Will Benefit From This Report:

• Executives – CISOs, CIOs, and CSOs leading automation and crypto-agility initiatives.
• Security & Risk Management Leaders – Defining PKI and CLM strategy, requirements, and vendor evaluation processes.
• IT & Infrastructure Directors – Planning automation, integrations, and scalable certificate lifecycle management tools.
• Compliance & Operations Teams – Managing audit, visibility, and crypto agility initiatives across the enterprise
• Gartner, "Buyers' Guide for PKI and Certificate Life Cycle Management," Sarah Almond, 29 May 2025

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