Leverage over two decades of hands‑on PKI delivery across regulated industries. We design, deploy, and operate Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with BYOK/Managed HSM, automated certificate management, and audit‑ready governance—for on‑prem, cloud, hybrid, and OT/IIoT environments.
Why Choose Our PKI Solutions (Experience, Scale, Compliance)
- 20+ years in enterprise PKI, with complex migrations and greenfield builds
- Vendor‑neutral across Keyfactor, Venafi, EJBCA, AD CS, AWS ACM/PCA, Azure Key Vault/Managed HSM, HashiCorp Vault
- Outcomes: reduced outages, faster issuance, strong key custody, and audit evidence packs
Core PKI Capabilities (Discovery, Automation, BYOK, HSM, Governance)
- Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM): discovery, renewal automation (ACME/EST/SCEP/CMP), inventory & policy
- CA Design & Operations: offline root, issuing CAs, RA workflows, OCSP/CRL SLAs, ceremony evidence
- Strong Authentication: FIDO2/WebAuthn, smart cards/PIV, certificate‑based auth (CBA), EAP‑TLS for Wi‑Fi/VPN
- Digital Signing: QES/AdES, PAdES/XAdES/CAdES, TSA/LTV, AATL; code signing with secure CI/CD
- Crypto Policy & PQC Roadmap: approved algorithms, key sizes, crypto‑agility, hybrid/PQC pilots
- Compliance & Audit: GDPR/UK GDPR, NIS2, PCI DSS 4.0, ISO 27001, eIDAS/PSD2, HIPAA; evidence packs & traceability
Sector Solutions (Finance, Public Sector, Enterprise, International)
PKI for Financial Services (PCI DSS, eIDAS/PSD2, SOX, SWIFT)
Use cases: customer authentication (mTLS/OAuth MTLS), PSD2/QWAC/QSeal integration, HSM‑backed code signing for releases, trading platforms, payment gateways.
Design patterns: offline root + dedicated issuing CAs per risk domain; Managed HSM; service mesh mTLS; zero‑downtime renewals; strong admin MFA.
Compliance: PCI DSS 4.0 strong cryptography, key custody & rotation, change evidence for SOX, eIDAS/PSD2 alignment where applicable.
Deliverables: CP/CPS, key ceremony packs, CLM policies, SWIFT/PCI evidence, DR runbooks, SIEM dashboards.
PKI for Public Sector (Government, Defence, Justice, Health)
Use cases: secure citizen & staff identities, cross‑agency federation, document signing with LTV, device identity for networks and clinical/justice systems.
Design patterns: high‑assurance RA, offline roots, air‑gapped issuance options, attribute‑based access, federation with Entra ID/CBA.
Compliance: UK/NIS2, ISO 27001, eIDAS trust services integration, FIPS 140‑3 where mandated, records retention & auditability.
Deliverables: governance suite (CP/CPS, RA SOPs), HSM & ceremony documentation, OCSP/CRL SLAs, DPIA inputs, audit evidence packs.
PKI for Large Enterprises (Global Workforce, Hybrid Cloud, OT/IIoT)
Use cases: enterprise Wi‑Fi/VPN (EAP‑TLS), workstation & server auth, microservice mTLS, device identity at scale, S/MIME, code signing.
Design patterns: AD CS modernisation, CLM control plane (Keyfactor/Venafi), cert‑manager for Kubernetes, GitOps for policy & issuance.
Compliance: ISO 27001, NIS2, sector standards; crypto‑agility roadmap for algorithm deprecation and PQC transition.
Deliverables: HLD/LLD with zoning, naming & policy standards, renewal windows, monitoring, DR plans.
PKI for International Organisations (UN‑class, Multilateral, NGO)
Use cases: cross‑jurisdiction identities, multilingual RA processes, high‑assurance document signing, inter‑agency mTLS and secure data exchange.
Design patterns: multi‑region CA hierarchy, geo‑fenced HSMs, federation & bridging, delegated RA, resilient OCSP/CRL distribution.
Compliance: data residency statements, export controls review, eIDAS interactions, FIPS 140‑3 validated modules when required.
Deliverables: policy localisation, ceremony packs, translator‑assisted RA workflows, residency & sovereignty documentation.
Architecture & Integrations (On‑Prem, Cloud, Hybrid)
Reference Architectures (On‑Prem, Cloud, Hybrid)
- On‑Prem High Assurance: offline root in vault; issuing CAs with HSM; OCSP/CRL HA; strict RA workflows
- Cloud‑Forward: AWS ACM/PCA or Google CAS issuing; keys in Managed HSM/CloudHSM; cross‑cloud CLM
- Hybrid Enterprise: on‑prem root; cloud issuing CAs by environment; cert‑manager in K8s; automated renewals
Integrations & Tooling (Keyfactor, Venafi, EJBCA, AD CS, AWS, Azure)
- CLM: Keyfactor Command (KF‑CLM), Venafi Control Plane (VEN‑TLSP)
- CA: EJBCA (KF‑EJBCA), Microsoft AD CS (MS‑ADCS), DigiCert/Entrust/GlobalSign/Sectigo managed PKI
- Cloud: AWS ACM/ACM PCA (AWS‑ACM/AWS‑PCA), Azure Key Vault/Managed HSM (AZ‑AKV/AZ‑MHSM), HashiCorp Vault PKI
Assurance & Benefits (Compliance, Evidence, Uptime)
Compliance & Assurance (Evidence, Policies, Audit)
- CP/CPS authoring and maintenance, Key Management Standard, crypto policy packs
- Ceremony scripts & custody forms, immutable logging, SIEM dashboards
- Compliance traceability matrix mapping regulatory clauses to PKI artefacts
Outcomes & Benefits (Security, Uptime, Audit‑Readiness)
- Fewer outages with proactive discovery and automated renewals
- Stronger key custody (BYOK/Managed HSM) and crypto‑agility
- Faster audits with curated evidence, clearer ownership and tagging
FAQ: PKI Solutions — Common Questions
How fast can we deploy? We use reference builds and automation, then tailor policies and RA workflows to your environment.
Do you replace or modernise AD CS? Both—keep where appropriate, modernise templates and enrolment, or migrate onto enterprise CLM with EJBCA or cloud CAs.
Can you support OT/IIoT and remote sites? Yes—disconnected RA options, CRL distribution in constrained networks, device identity at scale.
Who owns the keys? Preferably you do—BYOK with Managed HSM or on‑prem HSM; for qualified signatures we coordinate QTSP custody.
Get Started (Assessment, Roadmap, Pilot)
- Inventory & gap assessment → roadmap with risks & priorities
- Pilot: scope one or two high‑value use cases (e.g., EAP‑TLS + mTLS)
- Scale: policy packs, automation, and evidence ready for audit