Security certificates management SaaS from Sectigo has boosted automation for higher assurance certification and more.
In summary, Sectigo has improved Organisation Validated (OV) certificate support. That includes automated renewals with “seamless” integration into existing pre-validation workflows, the vendor said.
Also, it enhanced reporting in the certificates as a service (CAAS) offer. That meant real-time visibility into transaction history, the vendor said.
Partners with more visibility of their customer ecosystem can have more data for business decisions, such as when to upsell.
“And yes, multi-tenant support is baked in,” the vendor announcement said. “What used to be a cost centre [can now become] a scalable, profitable service.”
Sectigo’s marketing writer noted that managing secure socket layer (SSL) certificates can be a tedious manual task.
Meanwhile, digital certification requirements are increasing, with more domains and more services moving online.
“With CAAS, partners can shift from per-certificate chaos to scalable, subscription-based simplicity,” the vendor said.
“Automate renewals, support OV certs, and boost profits with predictable revenue and less operational stress.”
Consequently, many channel partners have found themselves caught in looping renewals, installations, and support jobs.
“Those who didn’t want to deal with the overhead simply opted out of certificate management altogether, selling certificates on a one-off basis or not at all,” Sectigo suggested.
Manage security certificates as a service
Because partners can issue unlimited certificates with a domain subscription automatically, they can reduce their service delivery costs. Therefore they could increase their margin on security certificates, the vendor said.
As a result, they could offer streamlined automated domain validated (DV) and OV certificate services, bundled into a subscription-model platform or value-add, the vendor said.
Certificate authorities plan to shrink the validity period for security certificates. Accordingly, certificate lifetimes will be cut gradually over the next few years to 47 days.
IT news site The Register reports that security certificates will be valid for just 200 days from March 2026. Then lifespans will shrink again to 100 days a year after.
Finally, by March 2029, SSL or TLS certifications will have to be renewed every 47 days – roughly every five weeks
Previously, security certificates expired 398 days post-issuance. Security certification supports HTTPS connections between browsers and websites.
Sectigo chief compliance officer Tim Callan notes that shorter validities can operate to boost digital security and trust.
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