Patent ID: 8719908
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A digital certificate management system configured to consolidate information related to digital certificates across enterprise systems, the digital certificates used to electronically authenticate actions by devices in the enterprise systems, the digital certificate management system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a discovery module configured to discover digital certificates used by the enterprise systems and to obtain sets of certificate parameters corresponding to the discovered digital certificates, the discovered digital certificates including a first digital certificate having a first set of one or more certificate parameters; a device module configured to identify the devices in the enterprise systems and to obtain sets of device parameters corresponding to the identified devices, the identified devices including a first device having a first set of one or more device parameters; a correlation module configured to determine whether individual sets of certificate parameters are related to individual sets of device parameters and to automatically correlate individual digital certificates with individual devices responsive to determining that the individual sets of certificate parameters and the individual sets of device parameters are related such that the first digital certificate is correlated with the first device responsive to determining that the first set of certificate parameters and the first set of device parameters are related; and a confidence module configured to determine confidence levels that quantify probabilities that the individual sets of certificate parameters of the individual certificates are related to the individual sets of device parameters of the individual devices, the confidence levels including a first confidence level, the confidence module configured such that the first confidence level quantifies a first probability that the first set of certificate parameters and the first set of device parameters are related.