Agentic Certificate Lifecycle Management

Certificate Discovery & Inventory

Discover certificates across AKS, cert-manager, Kubernetes TLS secrets, Azure Key Vault, and endpoint probes to build a clean, actionable inventory for lifecycle automation.

AKS Discovery

Scan Kubernetes namespaces, TLS secrets, and ingress references to identify live certificate bindings.

cert-manager Visibility

Discover Certificate, Issuer, and ClusterIssuer resources managed by cert-manager and map them to their bound secrets.

Key Vault Inventory

List certificate metadata in Azure Key Vault without exposing secret values or private key material.

Owner Mapping

Infer ownership from labels, tags, and metadata gaps so the right team sees the right certificate record.

Risk Prediction

Predict expiry urgency, renewal blockers, and operational impact so the platform can prioritize the right work at the right time.

Expiry Risk Scoring

Rank certificates by remaining lifetime, criticality, and likely business impact.

Blocker Prediction

Identify approval, custody, or deployment blockers before renewal work begins.

Renewal Timing

Recommend the safest renewal window based on expiry windows and workflow risk.

Ownership Gaps

Flag incomplete metadata and shadow certificates that need human review or cleanup.

Policy & Approval

Apply deterministic policy to decide whether renewal can proceed automatically or must wait for approval.

Auto-Renewal Decisions

Allow low-risk renewals to move directly into execution when policy permits.

Approval Gating

Route sensitive or production changes through ServiceNow approval before any mutation occurs.

Policy Explanations

Explain why an item is blocked, approved, or requires manual intervention.

Exception Handling

Surface exceptions and override requests without bypassing deterministic governance.

Renewal Execution

Execute certificate renewal, update custody, and rotate Kubernetes secrets through controlled, auditable steps.

CA Interaction

Request renewed material from the approved certificate authority path.

Key Vault Custody

Store approved certificate material in Azure Key Vault while preserving safe metadata boundaries.

Kubernetes Rotation

Update TLS secrets in AKS with guarded snapshot and restore support.

Controlled Rollout

Sequence deployment actions carefully to reduce service disruption during renewals.

Verification & Audit

Confirm the renewed certificate is active, the endpoint is healthy, and the audit trail is complete.

Live TLS Verification

Check issuer, SANs, chain, and expiry directly from the endpoint after deployment.

Audit Evidence

Store non-secret workflow evidence for approvals, deployment actions, and verification results.

Recovery Proof

Capture restore and re-verification outcomes if the first deployment does not pass validation.

AI Summaries

Summarize anomalies and outcomes in a human-friendly format for operators and reviewers.

Observability

Track discovery health, workflow progress, AI activity, and lifecycle freshness through dashboards and alerts.

Workbook Views

Use Azure Monitor Workbooks for detailed discovery and operational drill-downs.

Grafana Dashboards

Provide persona-based dashboards for SecOps, platform, and audit stakeholders.

Heartbeat Monitoring

Surface discovery heartbeat status and runtime freshness without exposing secrets.

Alerting

Trigger alerts for expired certificates, failed discovery, evidence gaps, and low-confidence AI output.

Remediation

Turn insights into action with generated tickets, ownership routing, and tracked remediation progress.

Ticket Drafting

Generate remediation details from certificate findings and workflow context.

ServiceNow Tracking

Create and track change or incident work items from the same platform workflow.

Ownership Routing

Route each certificate issue to the right team using ownership and metadata signals.

Closed-Loop Follow-up

Keep remediation visible until the certificate is renewed and verified.