Sectigo, a global provider of automated Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) and digital certificates, announced the successful completion of the largest public certificate infrastructure migration in the industry. This milestone follows the strategic acquisition of Entrust’s public certificate business, with over half a million certificates from Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) transitioning to Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM).
More than half a million certificates, spanning a double-digit product portfolio, were transitioned to SCM. This initiative aimed to provide customers with a CLM platform designed to address challenges such as shrinking certificate lifespans and the readiness for post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
Kevin Weiss, chief executive officer at Sectigo, stated, “We made a promise to Entrust customers that Sectigo would deliver a seamless migration. Today, I am proud to say we delivered on that promise.” He further noted the migration’s significance as a benchmark for digital trust transitions, attributing its success to the efforts of the engineering, sales, and support teams. The company’s State of Crypto Agility Report highlights industry concerns, with 96% of enterprises worried about the impact of shorter SSL/TLS certificate lifespans and only 19% feeling prepared for monthly certificate renewals. Sectigo emphasized that the transition not only aimed for a smooth experience but also equipped customers with a CLM solution to mitigate outage risks, simplify compliance, and ensure agility against cryptographic changes.
Sectigo’s automated migration framework, described as redefining industry standards for scale, speed, and precision, included several key components. These encompassed in-app, guided migration workflows for all customers and partners, extensive pre-validation automation to eliminate backlogs and enable immediate certificate issuance, and real-time user provisioning and inventory synchronization for SSL, S/MIME, and code signing certificates. The framework also featured custom feature parity work, such as custom fields, granular admin roles, and licensing visibility, alongside parallel platform innovations like Sectigo PQC Labs and seamless partner migration into a unified solution through the Sectigo Partner Platform.
Mark Bilger, chief product and engineering officer at Sectigo, commented, “This milestone was as much a transformation exercise as it was a migration. We engineered a fully automated experience at unprecedented scale, while also delivering new capabilities that give former Entrust customers greater control, visibility and agility than ever before.” Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM) is described as a cloud-native, CA-agnostic CLM platform designed to manage and automate the entire certificate lifecycle, from discovery and provisioning to revocation, replacement, and renewal, across various certificate types. The platform aims to enable organizations to scale while maintaining security and performance.
Customers have provided positive feedback regarding the migration. Brian Fisher, infrastructure team lead at Major Drilling Group International Inc., said, “Once we migrated over to Sectigo Certificate Manager, we had complete and immediate access to all certificates, workflows, and users. Everything was fully validated which removed any wait time in terms of issuance. We’re now leveraging the benefits of Sectigo’s CLM platform with streamlined certificate management to better prepare us for the evolving demands of shorter certificate lifespans.” Miguel Vaquera, cloud administrator at Velogica, SCOR, added, “After migrating to Sectigo Certificate Manager, we gained full and immediate visibility and control over all certificates, and Sectigo delivered a remarkably smooth migration.” Bruce Bulmer, manager of sales and marketing at DLS Technology Corporation, noted the support received during their partner migration, stating, “Today, our partnership with Sectigo empowers us to meet our clients’ certificate lifecycle management and cybersecurity needs with confidence.”
