Introduction

The unique concept of AACD™

[1] The design of AACD™ makes it simple to deploy and it can manage any SSL environment. No matter how many SSLs [2] and how many different groups, departments and business units there are in your organisation, AACD™ can be deployed quickly and easily to serve all their needs. There is no complicated implementation, harden [3], report building or sophisticated technical knowledge required to use it and once deployed, day-to-day management is minimal.

AACD™ uses a unique concept known as ‘Trust Triangle [4]’ to securely automate your SSL requirements. The Trust Triangle creates a unique and authenticated link between any device containing a Digital Certificate [5] and the Certificate Authority [CA] [6] that will issue it with those Certificates. This is achieved by joining the Trust Triangle.

To join the Trust Triangle, the SSL Administrator downloads a software Daemon or Server Side Application™ [DSSA™] [7] for the specific device or server and conducts a straightforward install procedure. Once this installation is successfully completed, the Trust Triangle ensures that the entire life cycles of all the Certificates on the server are automated.

The AACD™ system improves the security within the organisation by removing the need for storing ‘Root’ passwords and does this whilst also improving the overall management of the server(s). AACD™ improves security, overall control and does this in a simple way that significantly reduces the manual time lost by current methods of SSL administration.

This online manual is for both technical and non-technical personnel in your organisation and is divided into several distinctly separate sections: