FAQs

Redtrust is a company dedicated to protecting corporate digital identity. With more than 15 years of experience in digital certificate management, it serves thousands of customers across a wide range of industries. Since 2019, Redtrust has been part of Keyfactor, a global leader in crypto-agility and cloud PKI solutions.

Redtrust holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications, demonstrating its commitment to quality management and information security. These internationally recognized standards reflect its focus on delivering high-quality services and protecting customer data.

Companies in any industry can use Redtrust to strengthen the security and control of their digital identity. Redtrust serves thousands of customers across sectors including banking and finance, energy, agribusiness, construction, healthcare and logistics, as well as legal and accounting firms.

A company’s digital identity represents it online, enabling it to authenticate, access services, and sign documents. That is why it is essential to ensure it is used appropriately and to control access to it: not every authenticated user should be able to use every digital certificate.

Redtrust views digital identity as the first line of defense, with access restricted to authorized users. Without clear controls and certificate storage policies, companies are exposed to risks such as:

• Misuse or unauthorized use of their digital identity
• Unauthorized access to sensitive systems and data
• Unexpected certificate expiration, which can disrupt critical authentication or digital signing processes
• Lack of traceability over certificate use

A digital certificate manager is a tool that lets companies centralize, control, and protect their digital certificates and manage how they are used. Certificates are stored in a secure environment, and the company can:

• Define who can use each certificate
• Control how and when certificates are used
• Log all activity for auditing
• Receive alerts before certificates expire

This helps reduce the risk of misuse, prevent certificates from being lost, and support compliance with security policies.

Failing to control digital certificates can lead to misuse, security breaches, and compliance issues. The main risks include:

• Unauthorized use of certificates
• Unauthorized access to sensitive systems and data
• Unannounced certificate expiration, causing service interruptions
• Lack of traceability over certificate use
• Difficulty conducting audits and meeting regulatory requirements

These problems can result in financial losses, operational disruptions and reputational damage.

Controlling digital certificates is essential because they are used to establish a company’s digital identity in online transactions and to create legally binding signatures. Without proper controls, a certificate can be misused to:

• Sign documents on behalf of the company
• Authorize fraudulent or unauthorized transactions
• Access sensitive systems and data

Because these actions can have legal consequences, misuse can lead to financial losses, legal exposure, and reputational damage. That is why it is critical to control who uses certificates and how, and to log all activity, for security and traceability.

Redtrust protects companies’ digital identity by centralizing certificate storage and giving organizations control over the entire certificate lifecycle. It lets them define usage policies, monitor certificate use, and run detailed audits, strengthening stronger certificate security and supporting compliance across your digital operations.

Yes. Redtrust lets you control exactly who can access and use each digital certificate. With the platform, you can:

• Set specific permissions by user, team, or system
• Control which certificates each person can use
• Monitor usage in real time
• Log all activity for auditing

This strengthens security, provides full traceability, and helps prevent unauthorized use of your certificates.

Yes. Redtrust sends configurable alerts as certificates approach their expiration date, so you can renew them proactively and avoid downtime.

Redtrust is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux, and works with major web browsers.

Redtrust offers several deployment options to meet the needs of companies of different sizes and with varying IT resources. For cloud deployment, you can choose between the Cloud and Cloud MSP versions, both of which store certificates in the cloud. Redtrust is also available on-premises in HSM and Virtual Machine versions. With an on-premises deployment, the server that stores your certificates runs within infrastructure you control, and you are responsible for maintaining its availability.

Certificate-based authentication (CBA) lets employees access corporate systems using a digital certificate instead of a username and password. With Redtrust, certificates are stored centrally in an encrypted repository, and the company defines which users can use each one, when, which services they can access.