Sectigo survey finds TLS renewal confidence outruns automation
Original title: IT bosses are confident they’ve found the certificates they don’t know about
Of 500 leaders, 61% reported a certificate incident in the past year, while only 4% automate more than 90% of renewals.
A Sectigo-commissioned Censuswide survey of 500 senior IT and security leaders, collected July 2–21, 2026, found 40% calling themselves very prepared for monthly TLS renewals because automation is in place. Only 4% said they automate more than 90% of renewals, and about 61% automate half or fewer. Sixty-one percent reported a certificate-related outage or incident in the prior 12 months. Public certificate maximum life fell from 398 days to 200 on March 15, 2026, with further cuts scheduled.
Unconfirmed: No cross-tabulation shows which “very prepared” respondents overlap with low automation, so that overlap is inferred from totals.
- Thirty-three percent were extremely confident they track all certificates, including rogue ones.
- Sixty-two percent said they keep a complete public TLS inventory, up from 28% in 2025.
- The maximum lifespan drops to 100 days on March 15, 2027, and 47 days on March 15, 2029.
- Seventy-four percent were confident current systems can add post-quantum cryptography without major disruption.
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- Sectigo
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- CA/Browser ForumCensuswide
From the original article
2 min read at helpnetsecurity.com
Forty percent of 500 senior IT and security leaders surveyed for certificate authority Sectigo said they are very prepared for monthly TLS certificate renewals because automated systems are already in place. Their more specific answers point elsewhere. Only 4% said their certificate management is already automated, and 61% said their organization had a certificate-related outage or incident in the past 12 months.
By Mirko Zorz · helpnetsecurity.com
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