The public key infrastructure (PKI) underpins the most effective strategy for securing communications between machines, network and mobile devices, virtual servers, and the IoT. As the volume of machines, devices and network endpoints soars, the management of associated digital certificates exceeds any efficient or reliable manual approaches to lifecycle management. There are four primary myths about cloud-based PKI solutions and digital certificate lifecycle automation that have kept organizations from adopting such solutions. Eliminating the pain of manual digital certificate management requires dispelling these myths.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/05/06/pki-automation/