Automate certificate issuance at cloud scale
Industries / Cloud Infrastructure & CDN
Cloud infrastructure faces certificate complexity at a scale no other industry does
What SSL.com provides for Cloud Infrastructure & CDN
Regulatory Context for Cloud Infrastructure & CDN
CA/B Forum Baseline Requirements
All SSL.com publicly trusted TLS certificates issue under current CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements, aligned with Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Mozilla root program policies: the baseline cloud platforms inherit to serve customer trust transparently.
Shortened Certifcate Lifetimes
Public TLS lifetimes dropped to 200 days in March 2026, with CA/B Forum approval already obtained for further reductions toward 47 days by 2029. Cloud platforms serving hundreds of thousands of customers cannot meet this cadence without ACME automation.
SOC 2
SOC 2 Type II availability and security criteria include certificate lifecycle controls. SSL.com Managed PKI with automated renewal via ACME eliminates expired-certificate outages that generate SOC 2 findings.
PCI DSS v4
PCI DSS v4.0.1 Requirement 4 mandates strong cryptography for cardholder data in transit. SSL.com publicly trusted TLS certificates and a private PKI for internal services together meet the full transmission control surface.
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 Annex A.10 cryptographic controls require documented certificate management. SSL.com Managed PKI provides the centralized issuance, renewal, and revocation records ISO 27001 audits review.
FedRAMP
FedRAMP Moderate and High baselines require controlled cryptographic services and documented PKI operations. SSL.com supports FedRAMP-aligned certificate programs for cloud platforms serving federal agencies.
GDPR
GDPR Article 32 requires appropriate technical measures to protect personal data, including encryption in transit. SSL.com TLS certificates with automated renewal ensure continuous protection of personal data crossing cloud infrastructure.
SSL.com in Cloud Infrastructure & CDN workflows
Automated TLS Provisioning for millions of domains
A global CDN issues and renews public TLS for millions of customer domains via SSL.com ACME with no rate limits. Automation absorbs hundreds of thousands of daily renewals; hostname provisioning scales without human intervention.
Platform-branded Certificates
A hosting provider deploys a Custom-Branded Issuing CA under SSL.com’s public trust anchor. Customer certificates show “Issued by: ExampleHost”. The platform’s brand replaces the CA’s throughout the trust chain.
Internal mTLS for distributed infrastructure
Edge nodes authenticate with origin servers and each other using Private Enterprise PKI from SSL.com. mTLS between services uses a dedicated trust anchor, separate from public TLS; air-gapped and sovereignty-compliant options are available.
SOC 2 audit-ready PKI
Private Compliance PKI provides WebTrust-audited internal PKI operations for SOC 2 Type II evidence. Centralized certificate lifecycle controls, revocation, and renewal records produce the audit evidence SOC 2 engagements expect.
Code signing for cloud tooling
A platform signs its CLI binary, server agent, and container images with EV Code Signing from SSL.com. Customers verify every download cryptographically; SmartScreen reputation reduces install friction.
