TLS certificates are moving to 47-day lifespans—a shift that will overwhelm manual processes and expose gaps in visibility, governance, and uptime planning. This is not a back-office IT issue. This is a strategic leadership challenge.

This executive brief from CyberArk CIO Omer Grossman outlines how CISOs can lead through the disruption and turn risk into resilience, providing guidance on:

• The primary questions leaders should ask their teams to assess readiness
• Actionable board-level insights to communicate TLS certificate risks and align certificate management with business resilience
• Next steps to evaluate preparedness and reduce risk

"This is not just an IT concern—it’s a strategic issue that affects uptime, operational resilience, compliance, digital trust, and brand reputation." - Omer Grossman, CIO, CyberArk

This executive brief is essential reading for:

• CISOs and Security Leaders managing enterprise security strategy and risk management
•  IT and Infrastructure Leaders managing uptime, automation, and system resilience
• Compliance and Risk Officers overseeing regulatory readiness and audit preparedness
• Enterprise Architects and IAM Professionals designing scalable, secure machine identity frameworks
• Executives with digital or cloud transformation mandates ensuring operational continuity and trust amid rapid TLS changes