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Current State of Certificate Management Survey
All questions in this survey are optional. Answers are recorded by clicking the 'Thank You' button at the bottom. Summary results will be shared publicly on the smallstep blog.
1.
What are your plans for using certificates for:
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
Laptops and devices
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
Code signing
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
Non-web servers (database etc)
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
Mutual TLS
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
Site-to-site VPN
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
Corporate network VPN
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
Document signing
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
OpenSSH
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
Service mesh
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
IoT or connected devices
No plans
Thinking about it
2024 project for us
Currently using
What else?
2.
How do you secure connections between your internal services?
I don't, all my services are on one platform
We use VPN/tunnel to secure connections
We use mTLS to secure connections
With insecure connections
Don't know
Can't say
Other (please specify)
3.
Do you have an internal PKI? eg. service mesh, internal TLS or mutual TLS
Yes
No
Don't know
Can't say
Yes, but I have to say
4.
How do you get certificates to internal things now?
EST - Enrollment over Secure Transport
SCEP - Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
ACME - Automatic Certificate Management Environment
Let's Encrypt
Custom vendor API/UI
Manually
Something else (please specify)
5.
In the next twelve months, are you starting a project using certificates around:
Issuing certs to Linux servers
Issuing certs to laptops
Issuing certs to services
Issuing certs to humans
Issuing certs to IoT devices
Service Mesh
SSH Certificates
Something else (please specify)
6.
Do you use any of these certificate management tools?
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
EJBCA
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
CFSSL
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
Smallstep (step & step-ca)
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
Active Directory (ADCS)
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
OpenSSL
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
HashiCorp Vault
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
Netflix Lemur
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
Google Trillian
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
AWS ACM private CA
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
GCP CAS
Yes
No, but considering it
No, not an option
Never heard of it
Other (please specify)
7.
Where are you hitting the most challenges around internal PKI?
8.
About Me
Hobbyist
Small Company (<100)
Medium Company (100 to 1000)
Large company (>1000)
Developer
Hobbyist
Small Company (<100)
Medium Company (100 to 1000)
Large company (>1000)
Operator
Hobbyist
Small Company (<100)
Medium Company (100 to 1000)
Large company (>1000)
Security Professional
Hobbyist
Small Company (<100)
Medium Company (100 to 1000)
Large company (>1000)
PKI Nerd
Hobbyist
Small Company (<100)
Medium Company (100 to 1000)
Large company (>1000)
9.
Complete if you would like to speak with our Product team about your company use case
Full Name
Company
Email Address
10.
Can we add you to the smallstep mailing list?
No
Yes (please provide email)
