DigiCert Research Finds Certificate Failures Are a Six-Figure Infrastructure Risk

DigiCert published its Certificate Management Outlook report: 9.2% of Australian organizations lost over $250,000 due to a certificate incident, and 43.6% experienced downtime from an expired certificate. From 2029, public TLS certificate lifespans will shrink to 47 days, but 37.6% of companies are not preparing.

• 9.2% of Australian organizations lost over $250,000 on certificate incident
• 43.6% experienced downtime from expired certificate, 31.6% over 5 hours
• From 2029, TLS certificates will last 47 days, domain validation 10 days
• Only 8% of companies have implemented automation; main barrier is budget (24.4%)