MITRE D3FENDdefensive technique
D3-CERO Certificate Rotation
- Tactic
- Harden
Definition
Certificate rotation involves replacing digital certificates and their private keys to maintain cryptographic integrity and trust, mitigating key compromise risks and ensuring continuous secure communications.
How it works
How it works
Certificate rotation should be performed when:
• Any certificate expires.
• A new CA authority is substituted for the old, thus requiring a replacement root certificate.
• New or modified constraints need to be imposed on one or more certificates.
• A security breach has occurred.
Considerations:
• Managing certificate rotation across an enterprise can be complex. Automated solutions, sold by multiple vendors, should be considered to manage this complexity.
Related
Counters · MITRE ATT&CK (1)
- T1649 Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates technique
Child of · MITRE D3FEND (1)
- D3-CRO Credential Rotation defensive technique
References
- https://www.ssh.com/academy/iam/password-key-rotation Password and Key Rotation