You will need to assign an administrator to manage your certification authority system. The system administrator is responsible for reviewing requests for digital certificates and deciding whether to approve or deny requests. Requests can be for a variety of digital certificates used for various purposes within your organization, such as digital signatures and two factor authentication.
A Certification Authority System Will Require Routine Maintenance
Your system administrator assigned to your certification authority system will have to perform routine maintenance. Your maintenance should include backing up the system on a regular basis, in order to have the most accurate records of your digital certificates. Another maintenance task is to update the Certificate Revocation List (CRL). This list contains the list of certificates that need to be expired and cancelled. Anytime employees leave the organization or switch positions, this list should be updated.