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Certificate Life Cycle Management

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Certificate Life Cycle Management (CLM) enables organizations like yours to gain full visibility and control over your digital certificates. HID ACM is a certificate life cycle management platform designed to prevent outages, ensure compliance, and automate life cycle operations in a centralized and automated fashion.

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Key Benefits of a Certificate Life Cycle Management Platform

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One Centralized Platform

HID Account Certificate Manager (ACM) is a cloud-based certificate life cycle management platform that provides a single pane of glass to all public or private trust digital certificates in one place.
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Full Certificate Visibility

Gain centralized insight into every certificate across your on-premise, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Automated discovery ensures nothing is missed, reducing the risk of outages and compliance gaps.
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Instant Value

HID ACM can be deployed in days, not weeks or months. Our cloud-native architecture and pre-built integrations allow you to start discovering and managing certificates immediately.
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End-to-End Automation

Automate the entire certificate life cycle — from issuance to renewal and revocation — using industry-standard protocols (ACME, SCEP, EST) and standard REST APIs. Free up your teams and eliminate manual errors.
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Post-Quantum Readiness

Stay ahead of evolving threats with built-in support for crypto- agility. HID ACM helps you identify weak algorithms and prepare for post-quantum cryptography transitions with minimal disruption.
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Seamless Integration

Integrate effortlessly with your existing PKI, ITSM, DevOps and cloud platforms. HID ACM is designed to work across diverse environments, enabling unified governance without vendor lock-in.

HID’s Account Certificate Manager Capabilities

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Approval Workflows

Policy-based automation with audit trails
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Reporting & Alerts

Proactive notifications and compliance insights
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Discovery & Inventory

Real-time visibility across all environments
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Centralized Governance

Unified control with decentralized issuance
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Process Integration

Seamless fit into DevOps, ITSM and cloud-native workflows
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Delegated Administration

Empower teams with role-based access
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End-to-End Automation

ACME, SCEP, EST and REST

Why HID?

HID brings decades of experience in identity and security to the evolving world of certificate life cycle management. Through our IdenTrust brand—an established and globally trusted Certificate Authority — we’ve helped secure digital identities for governments, financial institutions and enterprises worldwide. Our ACM solution builds on this legacy, empowering organizations to simplify complexity, reduce risk, and prepare for tomorrow’s cryptographic challenges.

What Sets HID ACM Apart:

  • Trusted PKI Leadership — Backed by HID’s IdenTrust CA and deep expertise in identity and access management, our HID Account Certificate Manager is engineered with security, scalability, and compliance at its core
  • Rapid Time to Value — With ultra-fast deployment and intuitive workflows, organizations can start discovering and managing certificates in days, not weeks or months  
  • Discover Any Certificate — HID ACM enables organizations to discover certificates from any source and bring them under full life cycle management. This ensures deep integration, robust automation and reliable orchestration with trusted CAs
  • Cloud-Native and Scalable — Delivered as a cloud-based service, HID ACM fits seamlessly into modern infrastructures, enabling secure and scalable certificate management without the complexity of on-prem deployments

Future-Ready: HID Prepares You for Tomorrow’s Threats

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Quantum computing, shrinking certificate lifespans and tighter compliance demand action now. Gartner warns current encryption may be unsafe by 2029, with quantum threats by 2034. The risk of “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” attacks is already urgent.

HID’s ACM keeps you ahead by:

  • Enabling Crypto-Agility — Replace outdated assets before they fail
  • Supporting PQC Transition — Prepare with hybrid certificates
  • Automating Renewals — Stay compliant as TLS lifespans shorten

Act today. Start your transition with ACM and download Preparing for the Post-Quantum Cryptography Era.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Certificate Life Cycle Management (CLM), and why do I need it?

CLM is the process of discovering, issuing, renewing, revoking and monitoring digital certificates across your organization. Without proper CLM, expired or misconfigured certificates can lead to outages, security breaches and compliance failures.

2. How quickly can HID ACM be deployed?

HID ACM is designed for ultra-fast deployment. As a cloud-native solution with pre-built integrations, it can be up and running in hours — delivering immediate visibility and value.

3. Can HID ACM manage certificates from any certificate authority (CA)?

HID ACM can discover certificates from any CA, providing full visibility across your environment. However, full life cycle management (issuance, renewal, revocation) is currently supported for HID and DigiCert-issued certificates.

4. How does HID ACM help with post-quantum cryptography readiness?

HID ACM supports crypto-agility by identifying outdated cryptographic algorithms and key lengths. It helps organizations prepare for post-quantum transitions by enabling visibility and control over cryptographic assets.

5. How does HID ACM reduce the risk of service outages?

HID ACM eliminates manual tracking and renewal errors that often lead to certificate expirations. Automated alerts, policy enforcement and renewal workflows ensure that certificates are renewed proactively — avoiding costly downtime and reputational damage.

6. How does HID ACM help organizations adapt to shorter certificate lifespans?

With certificate validity periods shrinking to just 47 days by 2029, manual processes are no longer sustainable. HID ACM automates the entire certificate life cycle, enabling organizations to scale effortlessly and maintain compliance with emerging industry standards.

7. What makes HID ACM different from other CLM solutions?

HID ACM combines enterprise-grade security with rapid deployment, deep integration with HID and DigiCert PKI, and a focus on cryptoagility. It’s backed by HID’s decades of experience in identity and trust management. 

8. How do I access user guides and documentation for HID ACM?

You can access comprehensive guides and documentation here — HID Account Certificate Manager documentation.

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