A10 Thunder ADCs integrates Symantec's Certificate Intelligence Center

A10 Networks has announced that Symantec's Certificate Intelligence Center now supports A10 Thunder ADCs (application delivery controllers). Through its partnership with Symantec, A10 said it simplifies and consolidates key management, allowing customers to dramatically reduce the number of keys required by centralising certificates for thousands of web servers, versus provisioning a certificate for each server directly.

In addition, with the Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center integration, customers can gain real-time visibility of all certificates on all A10 devices in the network. Other benefits include expiration alerts to avoid disruption, optimizing certificate usage, eliminating gaps in security coverage, and reducing operational costs.

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Symantec's Certificate Intelligence Center provides necessary visibility and reporting to ensure Thunder ADCs are using the latest standards supported, via the aXAPI integration and programmability.

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"Together A10 and Symantec provide a complete view of organisations' digital certificates and keys, enabling efficient operation, user confidence, and ultimately brand reputation," said Jason Matlof, VP - marketing at A10 Networks. "We are very happy to be working with a leader like Symantec to make it easier for our customers to keep their infrastructures up to date and secured."