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Enterprise PKI, Built Into What You Already Run.

Axon designs, deploys and operates certificate authorities, certificate lifecycle management and digital signature infrastructure — issued from globally accredited roots, integrated into the identity systems we already run for you, and supported in-country.

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In short

PKI only earns its keep when it underwrites something that matters — a SIM registration that has to satisfy a regulator, a national ID credential, a device in the field proving it is the device. Axon builds and runs the certificate infrastructure, and lands it inside the identity systems already carrying that work.

That means the trust hierarchy design, the policy, the HSMs, the issuance and renewal automation, and the day-two operations — not a licence handed over at go-live. The certificates themselves are issued from publicly accredited roots, so they are trusted by browsers and operating systems without anyone installing anything.

Trust and accreditation

The commercial point of PKI is that other people’s systems trust your certificates without being asked to. That depends on the root, not the software — so the accreditation behind the roots we issue from matters more than any feature list.

Globally accredited roots

Issued beneath internationally recognised, publicly trusted certificate authorities.

WebTrust

Independently audited root and intermediate CA operations.

CA/Browser Forum

Issuance under the Baseline Requirements for public TLS.

Mozilla & Microsoft root programmes

Certificates trusted silently across browsers, Windows, Edge and Office.

eIDAS aligned

For European electronic signature and trust services.

ISO 27001 · SOC 2 Type II

Plus CMMI DEV Level 3 and GDPR compliance.

What we deliver

Automation

Certificate Lifecycle Management

Enterprises rarely fail at issuing certificates. They fail at knowing where the certificates are, and renewing them before they expire.

Automated discovery of certificates already sprawled across the estate
Policy-driven issuance, renewal and revocation
Central repository with real-time monitoring and expiry alerting
CA connectors across web servers, load balancers, cloud and DevOps pipelines
Audit trail aligned to CA/Browser Forum, PCI, HIPAA and GDPR
Post-quantum readiness — inventory now, migrate before it’s urgent

Private PKI

Your Own Certificate Authority

Purpose-built internal CAs for organisations that need to issue under their own policy and control.

Device identity at fleet scale
Service-to-service and mutual TLS authentication
Internal TLS and code signing
Key generation, storage and rotation with HSM integration

Signing

eSignature & Approval Workflow

Takes a paper approval chain fully digital — with the evidence trail intact.

Multi-level approval routing
Real-time workflow monitoring
Verifiable, non-repudiable audit trail

Access

Converged Identity

Authentication, access management and identity governance on one platform.

Adaptive, risk-based authentication
Single sign-on across the estate
Centralised access governance and review

Certificate types issued

DV / OV / EV SSL/TLSWildcard & multi-domainDocument signerS/MIMECode signingDevice identity

Our technology partner

Axon is a partner of eMudhra, a global digital trust company and Certifying Authority. Their accredited roots and product suite sit underneath the PKI we deliver — which is what lets certificates we issue be trusted worldwide without a customer having to build and audit a CA of their own.

The split is simple: eMudhra supplies globally accredited trust and the underlying platforms. Axon designs the hierarchy, integrates it into your systems, and operates it in-country.

100M+

Certificates issued

1,000+

Enterprise customers

50+

Countries served

37.9%

Share of India’s CA market

Figures as published by eMudhra. Recognised by Gartner, IDC, Frost & Sullivan and G2, and named an Example Vendor for Certificate Lifecycle Management in Gartner’s 2024 research.

Platforms we build on

Certificate lifecycle management and private PKI — discovery, issuance, renewal, revocation, key management and post-quantum readiness. Container-native, so it runs on-premise, in private cloud, at the edge or hybrid.

eSignature and approval workflow — multi-level routing, real-time monitoring and a verifiable audit trail behind every signed document.

Converged identity — adaptive authentication, single sign-on and centralised access governance across the estate.

Certificates are issued beneath eMudhra’s emSign roots — WebTrust-audited and carried in the Mozilla and Microsoft root programmes.

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How it fits the Axon stack

PKI is rarely bought on its own — it underwrites something else. This is where certificates plug into what Axon already runs for customers, and where the value compounds rather than sitting in a silo.

Axon capability	What PKI adds
GovPass — credential issuance	Publicly trusted certificate issuance and signing infrastructure
ePassport / ICAO PKI	Enterprise and commercial PKI alongside CSCA and DSC operations
Polaris — SIM registration	Signed, non-repudiable subscriber registration records
National identity programmes	Citizen-facing digital signature and trust services
COMET devices & SolarMDM fleets	Device identity certificates and mutual TLS at fleet scale

Who it’s for

Banks & Financial Services

Signed customer agreements and regulator-ready audit trails.

Government & Public Sector

Citizen digital signatures and secure inter-agency exchange.

Telecoms Operators

Signed subscriber registration and device identity at scale.

Healthcare

Signed records under privacy regulation.

Large TLS Estates

Discovery and automated renewal to stop expiry outages.

How an engagement runs

Discovery

Inventory the existing certificate estate and trust requirements.

Design

Trust hierarchy, CP/CPS policy, HSM and deployment topology.

Deploy

Install and integrate into existing infrastructure and pipelines.

Operate

Monitoring, renewal automation, audit support and local support.

Frequently asked questions

Is Axon an eMudhra partner?

Yes. Axon is a partner of eMudhra, delivering and supporting eMudhra’s PKI, certificate lifecycle management and digital signature products for customers across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

What is eMudhra?

eMudhra is a global digital trust and identity company and a Certifying Authority. It is India’s largest Certifying Authority by market share and has issued more than 100 million digital certificates to over 1,000 enterprise customers across more than 50 countries.

What is CertiNext?

CertiNext is eMudhra’s certificate lifecycle management platform. It discovers, issues, renews and revokes SSL/TLS and signing certificates from one place, adds key management and policy enforcement, and can run private PKI. It deploys on-premise, in private cloud, at the edge, or hybrid.

What is the difference between public and private PKI?

Public PKI issues certificates from a root already trusted by browsers and operating systems, so external parties trust them automatically — used for public websites and services. Private PKI issues from a root you control yourself, used inside an organisation for device identity, internal services and machine-to-machine authentication. Most enterprises need both.

Are eMudhra certificates publicly trusted?

Yes. eMudhra’s emSign roots are WebTrust-audited and present in major root programmes including Mozilla and Microsoft, so certificates issued beneath them are trusted by mainstream browsers and operating systems without manual installation.

Can Axon help migrate to post-quantum cryptography?

Yes. CertiNext includes post-quantum readiness, so organisations can inventory what they have and plan migration to quantum-resistant algorithms before the change becomes urgent. Axon handles the assessment and migration planning.

Which countries does Axon deliver eMudhra solutions in?

Primarily across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where Axon already delivers identity and enrolment infrastructure and provides in-country support.

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