Beyond the Firewall
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Why Visibility Into Digital Trust Matters for Every Part of the Organization
In this edition of PKI Insights, we explored one of the most pervasive blind spots in cybersecurity: the overreliance on firewalls as the first line of defense.
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Description
Firewalls are often seen as the cornerstone of network security — but without secure, validated certificates and a healthy PKI, they can become a false sense of protection. In this webinar, we’ll explore how firewalls depend on certificates for critical functions like VPNs, SSL inspection, and Zero Trust access — and how operational gaps in PKI, such as expiring certificates, stale CRLs, or insecure templates, can silently compromise those defenses. We’ll also explain how PKI Spotlight brings real-time visibility into your PKI’s health and security posture, helping teams detect issues before they disrupt the firewall layer. If your network relies on firewalls, this is the visibility you didn’t know you were missing.
Webinar Recap
In this edition of PKI Insights, we explored one of the most pervasive blind spots in cybersecurity: the overreliance on firewalls as the first line of defense.
Firewalls remain one of the most well-funded and widely adopted security tools. But behind that confidence lies an often-ignored dependency: digital certificates. As this session reveals, many critical firewall capabilities depend heavily on the resilience and integrity of PKI — yet most organizations have little to no visibility into this foundational layer.
From real-world disruptions to overlooked misconfigurations, this webinar challenges conventional thinking and raises key questions: What happens when the certificate behind your firewall fails? Is your team prepared for those scenarios? And just how deep does the trust layer go?
If you’re focused on network protection, this session will have you rethinking where your true vulnerabilities lie.
Watch the full recording above to uncover the hidden connections—and risks—that could be impacting your security.
When Firewalls Falter, PKI Spotlight Sees Why
Firewalls are built to enforce boundaries. But trust is built elsewhere.
PKI Spotlight gives you real-time insight into the digital certificate infrastructure your security stack relies on — so failures don’t catch you off guard. From TLS inspection breakdowns to VPN disruptions, PKI Spotlight shines a light on what’s happening beneath the surface.
Presenters
Mark B. Cooper
Mark B. Cooper, president and founder of PKI Solutions, has been known as “The PKI Guy” since his early days at Microsoft. He has deep knowledge and experience in all things Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). PKI Solutions LLC provides consulting, training — including online training — and Gartner-recognized software for PKI Posture Management at enterprises, many of them Fortune 500 companies. PKI Solutions has led hundreds of PKI training sessions, including private training sessions, across the country and around the world. Cooper is an avid proponent of the SHAKEN/STIR global standard to end robocalls, which uses authentication and PKI to verify callers’ identities. Prior to founding PKI Solutions, Cooper was a senior engineer at Microsoft, where he was a PKI and identity management subject matter expert who designed, implemented, and supported Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) environments for Microsoft’s largest customers.
You can reach Mark Cooper at hello@pkisolutions.com or follow him on X @ThePKIGuy
Brad Beutlich
Crypto Geek