EJBCA Enterprise Cloud - Standard Support
Digital signatures have strengthened compliance and user access control but still need performance tuning
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for EJBCA Enterprise is for certificate issuance for users and in the digital signature company.
A specific example of how I use EJBCA Enterprise for certificate issuance and digital signatures in my company is that digital signatures are used in my regions for signing PDF documents in business-to-customer business models, and our regulatory compliance is aligned with the Ministry of Information and Digital as a root CA in Indonesian regions.
EJBCA Enterprise is only used for digital signatures in my company and for generating TLS or SSL certificates for internal users.
How has it helped my organization?
EJBCA Enterprise has positively impacted our organization. However, we still struggle with regulatory compliance. EJBCA Enterprise is not used or approved for public use at this time, as we currently only use it internally until we receive permission to make the product public, allowing customers to use our applications with EJBCA Enterprise as the certificate tool for issuance.
Internally, EJBCA Enterprise helps my team with multi-factor authentication for accessing EJBCA Enterprise as our core system. We can install certificates for super administrators, so not all internal staff can use EJBCA Enterprise—only designated personnel.
What is most valuable?
The best features EJBCA Enterprise offers are that it is very easy to install, especially with the appliance or OVA version we are using. It integrates easily with HSM, it is easy to monitor because it has a good GUI and website interface, and it is more secure than other competitors.
The features that help my team day-to-day, such as easy integration with HSM and having a good GUI, allow us to simply deploy EJBCA Enterprise into virtual machines. The appliance website provides options to integrate with HSM by simply inputting the IP and port to test the connections, ensuring all integrations are successfully connected.
The new version of EJBCA Enterprise allows us to back up the system and logs more easily, providing a restore menu in the appliance web interface.
What needs improvement?
EJBCA Enterprise can be improved once we start the digital signature business and after our business makes a decision to use EJBCA Enterprise at scale.
I chose a rating of seven based on my seven years of experience. I assigned a three rating because EJBCA Enterprise is a high-resource system, and there are instances where the CPU peaks for no apparent reason, making it difficult to investigate.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using EJBCA Enterprise for almost seven years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have encountered sudden issues within our company related to our core systems regarding EJBCA Enterprise's scalability.
How are customer service and support?
EJBCA Enterprise provides access to their support, which is very helpful.
EJBCA Enterprise's customer support always responds to our issues when we submit tickets from the Keyfactor principal portals.
I rate the customer support a six.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
From the beginning, we made a decision to start using EJBCA Enterprise in our company.
What was our ROI?
EJBCA Enterprise is our core system. The employees needed are not for using EJBCA Enterprise but for serving our public users.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing shows that it is very high and expensive. The setup cost is manageable, but licensing is expensive each year.
What other advice do I have?
On a scale of one to ten, I rate EJBCA Enterprise a seven.
Regarding EJBCA Enterprise's AI capabilities, I recommend its governance and security features, as they provide very high security through multi-factor authentication, login via certificates, and options for access control for those who can use EJBCA Enterprise.
My advice to others considering EJBCA Enterprise is that I recommend using the new version with the OVA version, especially the appliance for on-premises deployment, as it is very easy to install, integrate, and work with APIs, along with other components such as EJBCA Enterprise as a certificate authority or EJBCA Enterprise as a validation authority, including other products from Keyfactor such as SignServer and HSM.