As the growth of IoT continues to rise, businesses often feel pressure to integrate connectivity into new or existing products lines quickly. As a result, security can become a last-minute consideration, making billions of devices vulnerable to attacks and intrusions that can compromise personal privacy, public safety, and company reputations. Leveraging public key infrastructure (PKI) technology during the manufacturing and provisioning process can serve as a valuable way to establish trust and ensure secure communication between your connected devices in the field and your cloud platform. In this blog, we’ll discuss the importance of authentication in the PKI process and provide an overview of typical PKI scenarios.