Picture a kitchen overflowing with chefs all working on the same dish. The result is not a better meal, it’s a bigger mess. Manual certificate lifecycle management (CLM) works similarly, where more people only increase complexity and risk. With the CA/Browser Forum’s mandate to reduce the lifespan of public TLS certificates to 47 days, enterprises relying on manual processes are about to discover just how brittle their CLM operations really are. Certificate validity periods have been shrinking for years. What began as multi-year lifespans dropped to 397 days, and now just 47. It compresses the margin for error and forces…
Ganesh Mallaya
Ganesh Mallaya
Ganesh Mallaya is a Distinguished Architect and Technical Evangelist at AppViewX, where he serves as a customer advocate helping enterprises strengthen PKI, certificate lifecycle management, and post-quantum cryptography strategies. He represents AppViewX in global standards bodies such as the CA/Browser Forum, IETF, and PKI Consortium, where he brings customer perspectives to industry discussions and advocates for practical, forward-looking changes. A frequent author and speaker, Ganesh focuses on guiding organizations in modernizing digital trust frameworks, advancing crypto-agility, and preparing for the quantum era.