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4 questions in Device Identity.

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A fleet of devices has certificates expiring in two years. What must be true today for that not to be an incident?

Design identity for devices that must authenticate to a platform for years, without a human present.

How should device identity be established and maintained for a fleet, and what fails when it is done casually?

You inherit an IoT fleet of 80,000 devices whose client certificates all expire in fourteen months. What do you do?