Venafi Control Plane for Machine Identities

this document shows you how to configure the {{futurex}} {{k3}} with venafi trust protection platform (tpp) by pkcs #11 libraries for other questions about your {{k3}} device, see the relevant user guide application description venafi tpp is a software solution designed to protect and manage cryptographic keys and digital certificates it provides security for machine to machine connections and communications, safeguarding the flow of information to trusted machines and preventing unauthorized data loss the following breakdown shows some of the main functionalities and components of venafi tpp function or component description certificate management venafi tpp enables businesses to automate the lifecycle of their cryptographic keys and digital certificates, including everything from the initial request and installation to ongoing maintenance, renewal, and eventual retirement policy and workflow automation the platform offers advanced policy and workflow capabilities, enabling organizations to enforce consistent security practices across all certificates and key types visibility and control venafi tpp provides complete visibility into key and certificate usage it provides detailed insights into where certificates and keys are used, who has access to them, and the current state of their health scalability the platform handles large scale enterprise environments with millions of keys and certificates threat identification and response the platform can identify anomalies, potential compliance issues, and security risks related to keys and certificates it can also automatically remediate identified problems machine identity protection the platform also ensures secure machine to machine communication by providing proper machine identity it identifies and controls the use of ssh keys, ensuring that only authorized machines can access network resources integration overview this guide covers the following tasks install futurex pkcs #11 configure {{k3}} edit the {{futurex}} pkcs #11 configuration file configure venafi tpp to integrate with the {{k3}} the following sections show you how to perform these tasks