PKI Spotlight 29.1 Release Announcement
PKI Spotlight 29.1 marks a significant expansion of PKI observability with the introduction of monitoring for Public Certificate Authorities. For the first time, PKI Spotlight brings internal and public trust infrastructure into a single operational and security view. Public PKI is no longer limited to a handful of web certificates. It now underpins SaaS platforms, […]
PKI Spotlight Wins Bronze Globee® Award — Best of Category for Unified HSM and Key Management
We’re proud to announce that PKI Spotlight® has been named a 2025 Bronze Globee® Award Winner — Best of Category in Unified HSM and Key Management. This award honors our industry-first support for multi-vendor HSM monitoring, now built into the PKI Spotlight platform. This capability delivers unified, real-time observability for cryptographic hardware, providing deep operational […]
PKI Spotlight v27.5.0 Release Announcement
We’re excited to announce the availability of PKI Spotlight 27.5.0, our latest cumulative quarterly release delivering powerful new features, critical visibility enhancements, and application security hardening to support the evolving needs of enterprise PKI and cryptographic environments. This release represents our continued investment in real-time PKI observability, expanding support for complex deployment scenarios across ADCS, […]
PKI Spotlight Wins 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Detection
We’re proud to announce that PKI Spotlight has been named a winner in the Detection category at the 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards, hosted by the Business Intelligence Group. This recognition affirms our commitment to advancing visibility and operational resilience in some of the most overlooked areas of cybersecurity—Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and cryptographic hardware. “Cybersecurity […]
Ensuring Security and Compliance in Hybrid PKIs with PKI Spotlight
No one deployment type of PKI works for every organization. While most enterprises design, operate, and trust their business identity systems on their on-premises PKI, others look to offload some operational complexities to other organizations. However, these hybrid, cloud-based, or managed PKIs do not eliminate security risks within the PKI, nor are they the panacea […]
PKI Spotlight v27.2.0 Release Announcement
We are excited to announce the release of PKI Spotlight v27.2.0, packed with powerful new features, key enhancements, and essential bug fixes to further enhance your PKI monitoring and security posture. This release introduces support for Multi-Vendor HSM Monitoring, SSO with SAML Integration, and a host of refinements to strengthen your PKI operations. New Features Multi-Vendor HSM Monitoring […]
Preparing for Microsoft’s Strong Certificate Mapping Enforcement – What You Need to Know
Microsoft’s recent update, released on February 11, 2025, significantly changed certificate-based authentication by introducing Strong Certificate Mapping. This update is designed to reduce the risk of credential escalation by enforcing stricter mapping requirements for certificates used in authentication. Ensuring compliance in organizations that rely on certificate-based authentication is necessary and vital for preventing authentication failures and costly […]
Comparing PKI Spotlight vs. CLM and Security Tools for PKI Monitoring and Management
Update Feb 21, 2025: This blog post has been updated to include Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools such as Venafi, KeyFactor, and AppViewX, as well as Rapid7 in the comparison. The expanded coverage provides a more comprehensive look at how different solutions interact with PKI and their monitoring capabilities. Introduction Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is […]