Implementing PKI-as-a-Service (PKIaaS) enables organizations to quickly create and deploy their own PKI trust hierarchies to secure their networks, IT systems, and IoT devices. Most enterprises already have a strong ecosystem of PKI-certificate aware products, but managing the issuance, renewal and revocation of certificates across an entire organization can become a burden rather quickly, due to lack of dedicated in-house PKI expertise, or PKI providers that use semi-automated models to help unburden IT teams. HID PKIaaS utilizes an innovative model that simplifies PKI, automates the entire certificate lifecycle, and reduces cost.