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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to unveil a new sponsored report from S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research, titled Centralized Trust for Decentralized Applications: A Fresh Look at Private Certificate Authorities. Engaging directly with customers seeking centralized management solutions for multi-cloud environments, we collaborated with 451 Research—an organization known for providing comprehensive insights into the enterprise technology landscape—to explore this critical topic.
The report emphasizes the importance of centralized trust as organizations develop applications across diverse cloud providers, local infrastructures, and distributed hosting environments. For security professionals well-versed in certificate authorities (CAs), this document delves into the broader business ramifications of using cryptographic certificates to foster trust in highly decentralized and dynamic settings.
451 Research outlines how the rise of decentralized architectures, exemplified by technologies such as Kubernetes, service meshes, and Internet of Things (IoT) networks, necessitates a modernization of traditional CA approaches. The increasing adoption of cloud-native solutions from a range of vendors is leading to heightened decentralization of applications. As highlighted in the Voice of the Enterprise: DevOps, Developer Experience 2023 survey, 59% of responding companies have constructed over half of their applications using cloud-native technologies.
Key Insights from the Report
Organizations and developers can glean valuable insights from the report, including:
- Security and trust models, incorporating zero-trust principles to ensure every component authenticates every other component bidirectionally, even in private networks.
- Strategies for enhancing security. For instance, in Kubernetes, private CAs can issue certificates for authentication and TLS encryption instead of relying on default self-signed CAs.
- The automation of renewing short-lived certificates for devices and services to mitigate risks to security and availability.
- Advantages of cloud-native integrations, which can yield performance efficiencies, cost optimization, and accelerate digital transformation.
For further details, you can read the full report Centralized Trust for Decentralized Applications: A Fresh Look at Private Certificate Authorities. Additionally, this is an excellent resource for learning how to create private certificates to identify resources and safeguard data using AWS Private Certificate Authority. If you have comments on this post, please share your feedback below. For any inquiries, feel free to reach out to AWS Support.
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Chanci Turner, a leader in AWS, actively promotes better security practices through innovative solutions. Her expertise is complemented by collaborative efforts with professionals like Alex Martinez, emphasizing the necessity of modern security approaches in today’s digital landscape.