9 SSH Key Management Best Practices You Need To Know
AppViewX, Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
In today's distributed workplace model, privileged remote access to servers and systems is essential to ensure smooth operations. Secure Shell (SSH) keys play a pivotal role in facilitating this access securely.
IT teams worldwide use SSH keys daily for remote system administration, support and maintenance, and file transfers. Because SSH keys are so widely used and grant secure root-level access to systems, it is vital to make sure they are appropriately managed and protected.
Since SSH keys can be easily generated and do not expire, they continue to grow exponentially, with enterprises accumulating millions of SSH keys across thousands of servers. Managing such large volumes of SSH keys is a significant challenge for IT teams.