Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) Glossary Definition

Term Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM)
Definition

Certificate lifecycle management is the process of issuing, renewing, inventorying, monitoring, revoking, and governing digital certificates.

Context & Usage

Organizations use CLM to avoid outages, reduce expired-certificate risk, enforce trust policies, and support secure TLS and identity infrastructure.

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Related concepts include Public-Key Infrastructure and Key Management.

Categories Web, Database, Cloud, and DevOps Technologies, Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Access Management