Palo Alto Networks, a global cybersecurity company, said businesses face growing risks of service outages and security failures as digital certificate renewal cycles shrink to as short as 47 days, pushing companies to automate cryptographic security management.
To address the issue, the company introduced Next-Generation Trust Security (NGTS), a platform designed to automate certificate lifecycle management and reduce the risk of expired or non-compliant certificates disrupting business operations.
Digital certificates act as identity credentials for websites, applications, cloud services, and connected systems. Many enterprises still manage certificate renewals manually, a process that becomes harder as organizations adopt hybrid cloud systems, AI applications, and connected devices.
Palo Alto Networks said the shift toward shorter certificate validity periods, combined with the transition to post-quantum encryption standards, is increasing operational pressure on IT and cybersecurity teams.
“When digital trust breaks, the business stops. Expired or non-compliant certificates trigger outages that take business-critical applications, infrastructure, and cloud services offline,” said Anand Oswal, executive vice president of Network Security, Palo Alto Networks.
Oswal said manual certificate management requires coordination across multiple teams and is becoming unsustainable as renewal cycles accelerate.
NGTS combines certificate lifecycle management with network monitoring and enforcement tools, allowing companies to automatically identify, refresh, and secure certificates before they cause outages or compliance issues.
According to Palo Alto Networks, the platform also helps organizations detect “shadow certificates,” or unmanaged credentials that may create hidden security gaps across enterprise networks.
The company said NGTS is built to support the industry’s shift toward quantum-safe encryption, which is expected to become more important as future quantum computing technologies threaten existing encryption methods.
Palo Alto Networks also integrated machine identity intelligence technology from CyberArk into the platform to improve visibility across enterprise systems and reduce gaps between cybersecurity and IT operations teams.
The issue has growing relevance in the Philippines and Southeast Asia as more companies digitize customer services, banking platforms, e-commerce systems, and cloud-based operations. Certificate-related outages can disrupt online transactions, internal applications, and digital services that businesses rely on daily.
Industry analysts have warned that weak certificate management is becoming a major operational risk as organizations handle thousands of machine identities across increasingly complex networks.
For enterprises, the move toward automated certificate security indicates a shift from reactive cybersecurity practices to systems designed for continuous resilience and uptime.