Raising your security position on your network and systems will help to protect you from threats, risks and possible attacks.

This is true when deploying a Certificate Authority (CA), or a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Every aspect of security needs to be scrutinized. In fact, security has to be considered at all levels of the infrastructure, from the most basic LANs to how a Web server will allow external users to access a Web page through a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection. This article covers the importance of using certificates, and how to monitor them with Windows Server 2008. It may also indicate that you have not taken care of your updates, do not have a maintenance routine, and do not get real time fault-based email or text alerts or worse. An expired certificate can show a request of a service to show that your security is weak or non-existent many times it may even instigate an attack. It is Important to know how certificates affect your security posture and if they are healthy or require maintenance, such as replacement. In this article we will very briefly cover what CA’s are and then cover the important aspects of using specific certificate-monitoring tools such as PKIView.msc and certutil.exe with Windows Server 2008. Identity and access management should be taken very seriously.

One of the main objectives of administering certificates is to achieve an advanced level of security in your enterprise.

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