While firewalls are a key part of any security strategy, they’re only as effective as the digital trust behind them — and that trust comes from certificates and the systems that manage them. When those systems are overlooked, organizations face serious risks, including outages, compliance failures, and data exposure. In this session, we’ll break down how certificate-related blind spots can impact everything from secure communications to regulatory reporting — and why these risks matter just as much to Operations, Legal, and Finance as they do to IT. We’ll also introduce PKI Spotlight, a solution designed to bring critical visibility to these trust systems before they cause disruption. If your organization depends on digital security — and it does — this webinar is for you.
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President & Founder
Mark B. Cooper, president and founder of PKI Solutions, has been known as “The PKI Guy” since his early days at Microsoft. He has deep knowledge and experience in all things Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). PKI Solutions LLC provides consulting, training — including online training — and Gartner-recognized software for PKI Posture Management at enterprises, many of them Fortune 500 companies. PKI Solutions has led hundreds of PKI training sessions, including private training sessions, across the country and around the world. Cooper is an avid proponent of the SHAKEN/STIR global standard to end robocalls, which uses authentication and PKI to verify callers’ identities. Prior to founding PKI Solutions, Cooper was a senior engineer at Microsoft, where he was a PKI and identity management subject matter expert who designed, implemented, and supported Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) environments for Microsoft’s largest customers.

You can reach Mark Cooper at hello@pkisolutions.com or follow him on X @ThePKIGuy
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Crypto Geek
Brad Beutlich, Crypto Geek at PKI Solutions, is an information security professional who has worked with numerous US-based companies over the past 25 years, providing security solutions ranging from end-point, to data security. He has worked to provide security solutions that protect customer data, financial transactions and IoT device manufacturing. Brad holds a BS in Electrical Engineering Technology from Bradley University, and is an award-winning writer and speaker on numerous security topics. His passion as a historian is on brass-era (pre 1913) automobiles, of which he owns a 120-year-old car that runs on steam. As an avid skier, he hits the slopes on the weekends when possible.

Brad resides with his wife and three children in Southern California.
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