Patent ID: 8726011

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a request for a digital certificate from a requester within an organization; providing, by the computer system, the request to an approver within the organization; receiving, by the computer system from the approver, an approval of the request; providing, by the computer system, an approved request to an implementer within the organization; receiving, by the computer system, from the implementer, technical information related to the approved request for generating a digital certificate based on the technical information; determining, by the computer system, a computer on which the digital certificate is to be installed; providing, by the computer system, an alert to the approver at a first time before an expiration date of the digital certificate; and determining, by the computer system, if the approver has responded to the alert by a second time before the expiration date, and, if the approver has not responded, providing, by the computer system, an alert to another party.