Certificate Lifecycle Management — From Issuance to Renewal, Fully Automated
CertControl manages the full certificate lifecycle — automated discovery, continuous TLS monitoring, ACME renewal automation, and compliance reporting — in one platform built for security and operations teams.
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Every stage of the certificate lifecycle, covered
Certificate lifecycle management means handling every stage — not just the visible ones. Here is what CertControl covers end-to-end.
Discovery
Automatic identification of all certificates in use — via Certificate Transparency logs, active scanning, and an on-premise agent for internal networks. Including the certificates you did not know existed.
Inventory
A structured, continuously updated register of all certificates: domains, expiry dates, issuing CA, responsible owner, and which systems are protected. Always current — never a spreadsheet from six months ago.
Monitoring
Continuous scanning for expiry, cipher suite weaknesses, chain errors, OCSP revocation status, protocol issues, and CT log anomalies. A+ to F TLS grading per endpoint, updated automatically.
Renewal
Manual workflow support for certificates requiring CA processing, plus full ACME automation for Let's Encrypt and compatible CAs. With 47-day certificates arriving in 2029, automation is the only scalable approach.
Compliance reporting
Executive summaries, expiry forecasts, operational risk reports, and drift detection — all with an audit-log history that proves continuous management. NIS2 Article 21-ready.
Revocation tracking
OCSP status monitoring that detects revoked certificates still in use. CT log monitoring that catches unauthorised certificate issuances for your domains before attackers can exploit them.
Why certificate lifecycle management is urgent now
The CA/Browser Forum has voted unanimously. TLS certificate lifetimes will be reduced to 47 days by March 2029. For organisations with hundreds or thousands of certificates, this is not a gradual change — it is a forcing function for automation.
Increase in renewal frequency from today to 2029. 1,000 certificates becomes 8,000 annual renewals.
Manual renewals needed when ACME automation is in place. Zero. The lifecycle runs itself.
200-day maximum begins. The transition is not coming — it has started.
Certificate lifecycle management — questions answered
What is certificate lifecycle management?
Certificate lifecycle management (CLM) is the end-to-end process of managing TLS/SSL certificates — from discovery and issuance through monitoring, renewal automation, and compliance reporting. CLM software replaces manual spreadsheets with automated, continuous control.
How does CLM relate to NIS2 compliance?
NIS2 Article 21 requires documented risk analysis and technical controls for information systems — explicitly including TLS/PKI infrastructure. CLM software provides the continuous monitoring, inventory management, and audit-log history that supervisory authorities expect to see during inspections.
What is ACME automation in the context of CLM?
ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) is a protocol that enables fully automated certificate issuance and renewal with Let's Encrypt and other compatible CAs. CLM software with ACME integration renews certificates automatically before they expire — eliminating the need for manual action entirely.
Can CLM software cover internal certificates, not just internet-facing ones?
Yes. CertControl includes an on-premise agent that scans internal networks and integrates internal certificate data into the same lifecycle management platform as internet-facing certificates. Most certificate-related outages originate from internal systems nobody was tracking.