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PKI & IoT Trends Survey – 2023

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The Report

The PKI & IoT Trends Survey 2023 by Encryption Consulting provides a global look at how organizations are adapting Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Authorities (CAs) to secure their IoT environments. This survey highlights key industry shifts, with insights from cybersecurity professionals across countries like the U.S., Germany, Japan, and Brazil.

The report focuses on the increasing role of multi-factor authentication, cloud adoption, and IoT credentialing, shedding light on the future of PKI security practices.







    Uncover Strategic Insights

    Understand how organizations are enhancing their PKI strategies to secure IoT devices, manage certificate lifecycle processes, and integrate cloud solutions.

    • Explore the rise of multi-factor authentication in securing infrastructure

    • Delve into the role of PKI in the expanding IoT landscape

    • Discover the shift toward hybrid and cloud-based PKI deployments

    • Analyze how HSMs are being utilized for key management

    Survey Trend Analysis

    This year’s survey reveals how organizations are enhancing PKI to support IoT expansion, comply with changing security standards, and manage cryptographic keys at scale.

    61%

    of respondents are using multi-factor authentication

    51%

    see IoT as the main factor influencing PKI practices

    60%

    leverage OCSP for certificate revocation

    44%

    favor HSMs for managing CA private keys

    52%

    use HSMs in offline CA environments

    Key Focus Points

    Discover how PKI is securing IoT and cloud-driven infrastructures, exploring the challenges and solutions for credentialing, certificate management, key protection, and ensuring robust security.

    IoT Credentialing
    PKI Deployment
    Multi-Factor Authentication
    Certificate Revocation Processes
    Hardware Security Modules
    PKI Deployment

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