Certighost: How to Determine Whether Your Enterprise CA Was Exploited
Microsoft’s patch closes the Certighost vulnerability — but it cannot tell you whether an attacker previously used it. Here is how to assess your exposure and hunt for evidence with PKI Spotlight®. Certighost is the kind of vulnerability that keeps PKI teams awake at night. Tracked as CVE-2026-54121, it affects Active Directory Certificate Services and […]
Trust, But Verify: The Missing Step in Certificate Automation
For years, the challenge for most PKIs was getting certificates issued quickly enough. Today, that is no longer the hard part. Modern Certificate Lifecycle Management platforms have dramatically improved the process of requesting, approving, issuing, and renewing certificates. As certificate lifetimes continue to shrink, automation has become essential rather than optional. However, this automation has […]
47-Day TLS Certificates Are Coming
If your public-facing TLS certificates still live on a spreadsheet, brace yourself. The way most teams handle certificates is about to break. The CA/Browser Forum has set an aggressive schedule for shrinking how long TLS certificates stay valid. By March 2027, newly issued certificates max out at 100 days. By March 2029, that drops to […]
PKI Solutions Celebrates Growth with a New Office in Downtown Portland
PKI Solutions is pleased to announce that we have relocated our corporate headquarters to the heart of downtown Portland. This move comes from a surge in growth at the company, not only in gaining new customers and users, but also the expansion of our team. To continue to provide the best possible support to our […]
PKI Spotlight Release 32.1: SSO Configuration Improvements, Topology Changes, and Password Encryption Enhancements
PKI Solutions is pleased to announce the release of PKI Spotlight® version 32.1, which include enhancements to key components within the solution. SSO Configuration Enhancement As part of an effort for ease of use, the Entra ID SSO setup screen has been simplified to show only the fields needed for configuration. Saving your settings and […]
PKI Solutions Wins 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Detection
PORTLAND, OR JUNE 2, 2026 — PKI Solutions is honored to be awarded Best Detection Product in the 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards. The 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards honor achievement across the full landscape of digital defense, spotlighting the companies and leaders moving security beyond reaction and into proactive, accountable practice. PKI Spotlight was recognized as […]
PKI Spotlight Release 31.1: New EJBCA Virtual Agent and Support for CRL Partitioning
New Feature: EJBCA Monitoring This release introduces new monitoring support for EJCBA, a platform-independent, open-source PKI that is known for its flexibility and robust nature. PKI Spotlight has developed a direct API integration that acts as a virtual agent to gain visibility into CA health, availability, topology and configuration risk. Through this virtual agent, customers […]
PKI Solutions at 12
From Grassroots to Growth Mark B. Cooper, also known as the “The PKI Guy,” founded PKI Solutions on April 1, 2014, with the goal of helping organizations safeguard their PKI infrastructure. Through a combination of consulting, assessments, training, and now a robust software solution in PKI Spotlight, what began as a grassroots consulting business has […]