Disgraced Indian cert issuer leaves the cert issuing business

eMudhra’s exit from global SSL/TLS certificate issuance underscores how security control failures can quickly become business and trust crises, even in a line of business that represents only a small share of revenue. For CIOs and technology leaders, the bigger lesson is that certificate authorities, like any critical infrastructure vendor, require rigorous due diligence, continuous validation of key-management practices, and contingency plans to avoid service disruption, reputational spillover, and emergency migrations when trust is broken.