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IoT Security & The Importance Certificates with Ellen Boehm, SVP, IoT at Keyfactor

Over the Air · 3 Aug 2023 · 23m

What this episode covers

Ellen Boehm, SVP of IoT at Keyfactor, discusses the critical role of digital certificates and public key infrastructure (PKI) in securing IoT devices, particularly in high-stakes industries like medical and automotive. She explains how Keyfactor helps OEMs manage certificate lifecycles at scale to prevent field failures and prepare for post-quantum cryptography threats. The conversation also covers the challenges of integrating enterprise security solutions with open-source foundations and the emerging need for OT security in industrial automation.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Keyfactor, Very, Wire Pass
Products
Matter, Sign Server, EJBCA
Also
NIST, CSA, PKI.org

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