Future-Proof Your SSL Strategy Before the Clock Runs Out
Automation is No Longer Optional—It's a Business Imperative
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Industry disruption is here
The landscape of digital certificates is evolving rapidly—and the risks of inaction are escalating.
WHOIS-based domain control validation (DCV) deprecated as of July 15, 2025.
Any secure sockets layer (SSL) certificate—DV, OV, and EV digital certificates relying on this method cannot be validated for issuance or renewal, and risk expiration leading to outages.Certificate lifetimes and DCV re-use periods are shortening.
The entire industry is accelerating certificate turnover:
| Timeframe | Life cycle for certificates | DCV re-use period |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2026 | 200-day certificates | DCV re-use 200 days |
| March 15, 2027 | 100-day certificates | DCV re-use 100 days |
| March 15, 2029 | 47-day certificates | DCV re-use 10 days |
This means:
Up to 8 renewals per year
DCV required almost every time
A ticking clock for manual workflows
of businesses use three or more SSL providers and many lack centralized management.
of survey respondents were unaware of the details of the upcoming industry changes.
is how much outages from expired certificates cost corporations—thousands per minute.
of analyzed organizations were using WHOIS email as their primary method for DCV that is now deprecated due to security vulnerabilities.
Eliminate these vulnerabilities from your stack
Missed renewals from scattered team responsibilities
Manual DCV errors slowing your DevSecOps pipeline
Unplanned downtime from failed validations
Three steps to secure your future
Audit your digital certificate inventory - Identify certificates still using WHOIS-based DCV.
Transition to trusted methods - Move to DNS-based validation—or let DCVaaS handle it all.
Automate for resilience - With certificate lifespans plummeting, automation is the only sustainable path.
A holistic, scalable SSL management solution
CSC offers a flexible suite of digital certificate management solutions tailored to organizations with diverse needs.
Full domain asset integration via CSCDomainManagerSM
Automation-ready workflows via CSC’s powerful application programming interface (API)
End-to-end automation via industry-leading Sectigo Certificate Manager
Our solutions are engineered to:
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Offload administrative burden
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Streamline renewals
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Centralize visibility and control
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Scale with your budget and infrastructure
You can gain access to:
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A broad range of certificate brands
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Complimentary DCVaaS for real time validations
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Easy implementation of technical controls with CAA records
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Customizable billing and invoicing options
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24x7 global support with a dedicated team
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Access to DomainSecSM for domain-level threat intelligence
Our ongoing technological innovation ensures that your portfolio is future ready for shorter digital certificate life cycles. By centralizing your certificate portfolio with CSC, you gain control and unlock flexibility, agility, and reduced operational overhead.
The whole chain of certificate life cycle management, from generating private keys, ordering and installing certificates, to checking expiry dates, etc., used to take two and a half to three hours per certificate operation. And the result now? A few seconds!
– Julien Mirgot, technical leader, Competence Center Application Protection, Worldline
CSC’s DCVAAS: Take the effort out of validation in SSL renewals
The reduction of DCV re-use period to 10 days will result in mandatory validation with every issuance, renewal, and re-issue of a certificate. Our DCVaaS solution:
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Reduces certificate renewal time by up to 99%
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Frees your IT, WebOps, and DevOps teams from repetitive tasks
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Enables secure, scalable certificate life cycle automation
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Is offered free of charge to all CSC Trusted Secure clients
Learn more about this free service
Watch our webinar about WHOIS Email Validation Ends
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