Daily Operations

Target audience: PKI Operators, Helpdesk
Duration: 5-15 min per task

Runbooks for daily operative PKI tasks with Post-Quantum Cryptography.


Overview

flowchart LR subgraph INPUT["INPUT"] CSR[CSR received] REQ[Renewal request] INC[Security Incident] end subgraph PROCESS["PROCESSING"] P1[Validate] P2[Approve] P3[Execute] end subgraph OUTPUT["OUTPUT"] CERT[Certificate] CRL[CRL Update] LOG[Audit Log] end CSR --> P1 --> P2 --> P3 --> CERT REQ --> P1 INC --> P3 --> CRL P3 --> LOG style P1 fill:#fff3e0 style CERT fill:#e8f5e9 style CRL fill:#ffebee


Runbooks

# Runbook Description Duration Frequency
1 Issue Certificate Validate CSR, sign, deliver ~10 min Daily
2 Renew Certificate Renew expiring certificates ~15 min Weekly
3 Revoke Certificate Revoke compromised certificates ~5 min As needed
4 Health Check Daily PKI system check ~5 min Daily

Quick Access

Most common commands:

# Create certificate from CSR (Hybrid mode)
openssl x509 -req -in request.csr -CA intermediate.pem -CAkey intermediate.key \
    -out certificate.pem -days 365 -copy_extensions copy
 
# Verify certificate
openssl x509 -in certificate.pem -text -noout
 
# Generate CRL
openssl ca -gencrl -out crl.pem -config openssl.cnf

Escalation

Situation Escalate to SLA
———–————-—–
CSR validation unclear PKI Admin 4h
Suspected compromise Security Team 1h
CA unreachable IT-Ops 30 min

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Wolfgang van der Stille @ EMSR DATA d.o.o. - Post-Quantum Cryptography Professional

Zuletzt geändert: on 2026/01/30 at 01:41 AM