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Secure AI agents and MCP toolchains with cryptographic identity. Replace API keys with short-lived, hardware-backed certificates and mTLS for verifiable access to tools, APIs, and data.

Protect SaaS applications with device identity certificates. Enable Zero Trust access to cloud services with hardware attestation.

Replace static SSH keys with daily-rotating certificates. Integrate Okta, Google, or Entra ID for MFA. Centralized auditing, emergency access, zero manual key management.

Step-CA Pro provides certificate management with high availability, active revocation, HSM/KMS integration, APIs, and automation. It is built on Smallstep’s open-source foundation.

AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery is compressing the patch window. Hardware-bound identity and short-lived certificates are how trust holds up.

Smallstep's Blog

The page says organizations using legacy PKI, such as Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services, struggle with inefficiency and security loopholes.

Let’s Encrypt, a nonprofit certificate authority offering free SSL/TLS certificates for secure HTTPS connections, plans to end OCSP support in favor of CRLs. The page explains the change and its reasons.

Smallstep provides logos, press resources, and brand assets for media coverage of its device identity platform.

The company offers device identity management with ACME device attestation, SSH certificates, Wi-Fi authentication, VPN/ZTNA, and an enterprise CA, with custom pricing.

Smallstep compares its device identity with Okta Device Trust across platform coverage, security posture, and SSO integration, and describes hardware-backed, device-attested credentials.

The company’s team comprises security experts building modern device identity and offers automated certificate management for enterprise PKI.

Secure devices, enforce Zero Trust and simplify cryptography with Smallstep's unified platform for device identity and certificates.

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