Patent ID: 8935524
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first module to receive, at a key management system, a first request from a first requestor, wherein the first request is related to a digital certificate issued by a first certificate authorization entity; a second module to receive, at the key management system, a first response from the first certificate authorization entity, wherein the first response is related to authorization of the digital certificate related to the first request; a third module to receive, at the key management system, a second request from a second requestor, wherein the second request is related to a digital certificate issued by a second certificate authorization entity, and further wherein the first certificate authorization entity is different from the second certificate authorization entity; a fourth module to receive, at the key management system, a second response from the second certificate authorization entity, wherein the second response is related to authorization of the digital certificate related to the second request; a fifth module to store the first and second requests and the first and second responses in a data store and analyze at least one of the first or second responses to determine whether automatic certificate renewal is authorized based on a selectable setting, and automatically renew the digital certificate related to the at least one of the first or second responses upon determining automatic renewal is authorized for the at least one of the first or second responses; and a graphical user interface configured to allow a user to set an alert to advise of when a certificate has expired, to set a threshold date of expiration earlier than a lifespan associated with a certificate, to provide authorization for the automatic renewal of a certificate, to display a network topology of a plurality of servers with a graphical representation of one server from the plurality of servers bearing an indication of a status of a certificate for the one server.