"Avoidable Digital Certificate Issues Fuel Data Breaches"

According to a report by AppViewX and Forrester Consulting, of the organizations that have experienced data breaches, 58 percent were due to problems with digital certificates. Fifty-seven percent revealed that their organizations have incurred significant costs per service outage. According to the Forrester study, organizations have traditionally paid less attention to managing machine identities than human ones, in part because machine identities have different requirements and more complex lifecycle and security challenges. Digital certificates provide authentication and protection for sensitive information. However, few organizations are confident in their ability to effectively layer and manage identity security across machines and navigate privacy and security responsibility assignments. Fifty-eight percent of organizations that experienced a data breach attributed it to preventable certificate-management issues. Fifty-two percent of organizations that faced a service or application outage cited certificated-related issues as the cause. This article continues to discuss key findings from AppViewX and Forrester Consulting regarding digital certificate issues. 

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