DigiCert, an intelligent trust leader, and Citrix, a business unit of Cloud Software Group, Inc., have partnered on a new integration that automates the entire lifecycle of SSL/TLS certificates, from issuance to renewal.
Combining DigiCert’s and Citrix’s capabilities
Through this collaboration, DigiCert’s capabilities with Citrix’s NetScaler Zero-Touch Certificate Management (ZTCM) and ACME protocol integration enable enterprises to maintain continuous security and compliance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
DigiCert’s integration with Citrix NetScaler ZTCM is managed through the ACME protocol, enabling fully automated certificate issuance, installation, and renewal across NetScaler-managed applications and environments.
Both DigiCert CertCentral and DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager (TLM) are supported by the ACME integration, providing organizations with flexibility to automate certificate workflows.
Advantages and benefits of the integration
Organizations that utilize TLM gain advantages through advanced policy enforcement, delegated administration, and centralized visibility across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
“The cryptographic landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, and shorter certificate lifetimes are just one part of that change,” said Anthony Ricci, AVP of Solutions Engineering at DigiCert. “Our integration with Citrix NetScaler enables enterprises to automate every stage of certificate management – from issuance to renewal – ensuring uptime, compliance, and crypto-agility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.”
The current shift in certificate lifetimes is significant, as they are being shortened across the industry from 398 days to 47 days. This is making automation even more critical as manual processes are no longer scalable. To help organizations adapt to this shift, DigiCert and Citrix NetScaler are delivering a fully automated certificate management framework that minimizes risk while reducing operational overhead.
The key benefits of the integration include:
- Operational efficiency: Elimination of manual certificate tasks and reduction of administrative overhead.
- Continuous security: Ensures consistent and compliant encryption across distributed systems.
- Reduction of downtime risk: Prevention of outages caused by expired or misconfigured certificates.
- Scalability: Support for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments through centralized automation.
- Crypto-agility: Centralized management and automation that enables fast, organized implementation of advances like post-quantum cryptography.
“Enterprises are being forced to rethink how they manage encryption at scale,” said Steve Shah, SVP/GM at Citrix NetScaler. “As certificate lifetimes shrink, the margin for error disappears. Our collaboration with DigiCert helps organizations automate certificate management from end-to-end, simplifying operations, improving reliability, and ensuring that security keeps pace with the speed of modern business.”
The integration is currently available to all Citrix NetScaler enterprise customers worldwide.
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