Venafi upgrades machine identity platform for cloud era

Venafi has announced significant enhancements to its Machine Identity Control Plane to assist security teams in managing cloud complexities and preparing for quantum computing challenges.

The updated features in the Venafi Control Plane include native support for cloud-to-cloud connectivity with major providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP, reducing the complexity associated with agents. This development offers a more streamlined process for managing machine identities by integrating directly with cloud environments, which aims to improve efficiency and cut costs.

Venafi has also introduced support for post-quantum cryptography as part of its TLS Protect and CodeSign Protect offerings. These updates allow businesses to experiment with NIST-approved algorithms, such as ML-DSA and SLH-DSA, thereby preparing for potential future vulnerabilities in encryption caused by quantum computing.

Additionally, new workload identity federation capabilities have been launched to enhance security and scalability. The use of custom API integration service accounts for accessing and authenticating APIs eliminates reliance on traditional static API keys, which are known targets for potential security breaches. This feature helps in reducing risks associated with credential leaks and unauthorised access.

For Red Hat OpenShift users, the latest version includes a component that automates the management of certificates used in OpenShift Routes. This is intended to reduce operational complexity and improve security automation, thereby minimising human error and accelerating deployment processes.

Commenting on the launch, Shivajee Samdarshi, Chief Product Officer at Venafi, stated, "As today's security landscape continues to rapidly evolve with multi-cloud and post-quantum readiness as key concerns, security professionals and developers alike are faced with new, emerging machine identity challenges every day. Organizations need a unified platform for end-to-end machine identity security that brings security and platform teams together to address all of these challenges at enterprise scale."

Samdarshi further noted, "Together with CyberArk, Venafi can now help organizations solve more machine identity security problems more quickly and easily – and ensure they are prepared for today and the future."

These enhancements come after the recent acquisition of Venafi by CyberArk, a leader in identity security. This acquisition is aimed at combining machine identity management with identity security capabilities on a broader scale.

The enhanced features are now available for current users of Venafi's Control Plane for Machine Identities.