Why Your SSL Certificates Expire

The Silent Threat: Why Your SSL Certificates Are Still Causing Outages

Last week, another major company experienced a four-hour website outage. The culprit? An expired SSL certificate. Their IT team had reminders, a process, yet it still fell through the cracks. Sound familiar?

This isn’t an isolated incident. The common perception is that these outages stem from a broken process or human error. But what if the real issue runs deeper?

The Hidden Problem: Invisible Certificate Sprawl

At SSLBoard, after tracking millions of certificates across diverse enterprise environments, we’ve identified the true root cause: it’s not primarily about flawed certificate issuance, but rather a profound lack of visibility into what’s already deployed.

Organizations are often unaware of the full scope of their digital certificates. These hidden certificates can reside in:

Shadow IT deployments operating outside official oversight. Legacy systems where certificates were installed years ago and forgotten. Development environments that unexpectedly migrated to production. Third-party integrations that manage their own SSL independent of your internal processes. Traditional Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools typically focus on controlling the creation of new certificates. While important, this approach tackles yesterday’s challenge. Today, the urgent need is to discover and monitor everything that’s already out there.

A New Paradigm for SSL Management: Discovery First

Imagine if you could instantly see every single certificate running across your entire digital footprint, rather than just trying to manage new ones. This is the discovery-first approach SSLBoard champions.

We empower your team with:

Complete Certificate Discovery: Automatically identify and map every certificate across your domain portfolio, including obscure subdomains and forgotten endpoints, without requiring internal access. Continuous Real-Time Monitoring: Gain immediate insights into certificate status, deployment health, and usage patterns. No agents to install, no complex system integrations needed. Effortless Implementation: Begin monitoring your entire certificate portfolio within minutes. Forget about lengthy deployments, exhaustive security reviews, or months-long rollouts. Unlike conventional solutions that demand significant upfront investment and setup time, SSLBoard provides comprehensive certificate visibility from day one. By scanning your public-facing infrastructure, we deliver actionable insights almost instantly.

From firefighting to foresight

Your SSL certificates shouldn’t be a ticking time bomb. By transforming your approach from reactive crisis management to proactive, visibility-driven maintenance, SSL outages can become a relic of the past.

Are you ready to uncover all the certificates powering your environment? Let’s discuss how SSLBoard can provide that immediate, comprehensive visibility.

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