CertAlert

CertAlert continuously monitors TLS certificates across your infrastructure by running on a schedule or on demand, alerting you before expiry, misconfiguration, or trust failures cause outages.

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Enterprise-grade certificate monitoring and discovery — trusted since 2010.

How CertAlert Works

A simple three-step model: scan your environment, detect certificate risks, and produce actionable output.

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When Teams Buy CertAlert

After the first certificate-related incident
Before an audit or compliance review
When certificate ownership becomes distributed

Key Features

Discovery

CertAlert performs agentless certificate discovery across IPv4 and IPv6, scanning hostnames, IP addresses, and network ranges to locate all TLS-enabled services. This includes non-standard ports, forgotten endpoints, shadow IT, and services with missing or incorrectly configured TLS.

Expiration Monitoring

CertAlert tracks certificate lifetimes on a schedule you define and raises alerts as expiry thresholds are crossed. Fine-grained control over warning periods and notification frequency ensures early visibility without alert fatigue.

Reporting

CertAlert produces self-contained HTML, PDF, and CSV reports that surface certificates requiring action, with clear status indicators and supporting detail. HTML reports can be shared or hosted internally for ongoing visibility, while reports can also be generated on demand or automatically emailed on a schedule.

Stop Certificate Problems Before They Start

Prevent Downtime

Avoid costly service interruptions and emergency firefighting

Maintain Security

Identify weak certificates before they become security risks

Simplify Compliance

Automated reporting for audit and compliance requirements

Actionable Email Alerts

CertAlert delivers clear, actionable email alerts when certificates need attention. Each alert includes the affected hosts, ports, and specific issues detected — so you know exactly what needs fixing.

  • Expiring, expired, and revoked certificates
  • Trust chain and validation failures
  • Weak keys and deprecated algorithms
  • Insecure protocols and hostname mismatches
  • Connection and DNS failures

17+ configurable alert conditions — choose exactly which issues trigger notifications. Set cooldown periods to prevent alert fatigue, and use separate recipient lists for alerts and scheduled reports.

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Scheduled Reports

Receive periodic summary reports with a complete breakdown of certificate health across your infrastructure. Reports are sent on a configurable schedule — daily, weekly, or at any interval you choose.

  • Status summary with colour-coded breakdown
  • CSV attachment with full scan results
  • PDF report attachment
  • Configurable frequency (daily, weekly, etc.)
  • Separate recipient list from alerts

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What Security Professionals Are Saying About CertAlert

"Wonderful tool, very easy to use and configure"

Didier Derck

Security Engineer, Toyota Europe

"Works very well and helps us keep a close eye on all SSL renewals"

Jacob Colton

Director, Catalyst2

"Your assistance and software is greatly appreciated"

Chris Goosen

CIO, H&K

"Just wanted to say, I love your Cert Alert application. It's great!"

Matt Harman

System Administrator, Centerstone

Easy to Set Up

1
Download and Extract

Download CertAlert and extract it to any directory.

2
Open a Command Prompt

Open a terminal in that directory.

3
Run CertAlert

Run CertAlert scan — or specify a hostname for a quick check.

Customise for Your Network

  • Define hosts and ports in servers.txt
  • Add IP ranges for discovery scans (optional)
  • Configure reports, alerts, and thresholds in config.json

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Running CertAlert

CertAlert can be run interactively, scripted, or scheduled. The console provides a clear, real-time summary of scan results with colour-coded status indicators.

Windows

Linux

Enterprise Security Note

CertAlert runs locally within your secure environment — no certificate data leaves your network unless you explicitly configure external email.

Protect Your Digital Infrastructure

For over 15 years, CertAlert has helped organisations across Europe and North America prevent certificate-related outages.

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5-minute setup. Clear visibility. Fewer surprises.

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