TLS Lifecycles are Shrinking: 5 Questions CISOs Must Ask

July 10, 2025

TLS certificates are moving to 47-day lifespans—a shift that will overwhelm manual processes and expose gaps in visibility, governance, and uptime planning. This is not a back-office IT issue. This is a strategic leadership challenge.

This executive brief from CyberArk CIO Omer Grossman outlines how CISOs can lead through the disruption and turn risk into resilience, providing guidance on:

  • The primary questions leaders should ask their teams to assess readiness
  • Actionable board-level insights to communicate TLS certificate risks and align certificate management with business resilience
  • Next steps to evaluate preparedness and reduce risk

"This is not just an IT concern—it’s a strategic issue that affects uptime, operational resilience, compliance, digital trust, and brand reputation." - Omer Grossman, CIO, CyberArk

This executive brief is essential reading for:

  • CISOs and Security Leaders managing enterprise security strategy and risk management
  •  IT and Infrastructure Leaders managing uptime, automation, and system resilience
  • Compliance and Risk Officers overseeing regulatory readiness and audit preparedness
  • Enterprise Architects and IAM Professionals designing scalable, secure machine identity frameworks
  • Executives with digital or cloud transformation mandates ensuring operational continuity and trust amid rapid TLS changes
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