Gaining access to the data center’s innards requires biometric authentication and the possession of a key card, verified both by the data center’s systems and a somewhat stern-looking security guard. The message is clear: the data center takes security very seriously, and so should you.

Over the last decade, enterprise users have increasingly come to rely on a growing number of cloud services to perform their daily tasks. The strategic use of cloud services offers a number of immediate benefits to the enterprise, both in terms of required infrastructure, and in providing the necessary tools to a more mobile and geographically distributed workforce.

With more organizations moving their servers to the cloud, managing SSH keys that are used to access these servers is fast becoming a critical identity and access management issue. Read to gain a better understanding of the risks underlying poor SSH key management, and what to look for in a key management solution.