DailyWF / Operations
Certificate and Domain Review
Prevent avoidable outages from expired certificates, DNS mistakes, or unclear domain ownership.
Operating review
Certificate and Domain Review should be run as a practical control, not as a ceremonial meeting. The review should produce decisions, assigned follow-up, and evidence that the checked condition is still healthy or being corrected.
- Inventory certificates, domains, DNS records, renewal owners, and expiration dates.
- Confirm renewal automation works and contact addresses are monitored.
- Check high-risk names that front login, payment, production, or public access.
- Record ownership gaps and emergency renewal procedure.
- Review after provider, DNS, hosting, or ownership changes.
Expected output
A dated operating review record showing findings, decisions, exceptions, owners, and next review point.
Common failure mode
Keeping the document as a form instead of using it to make decisions visible.
Use notes
| Best trigger | Use when the work repeats, affects others, creates risk, or needs a defensible handoff. |
|---|---|
| Evidence | Keep the shortest record that proves the decision, action, owner, and result. |
| Review point | Review after incidents, repeated confusion, tool changes, ownership changes, or missed expectations. |
Related pages
- Access Review LogTrack access review findings, approvals, removals, and exceptions.
- Backup ReviewVerify that backup coverage, restore confidence, retention, and responsibility are still valid.
- Capacity WatchReview utilization trends before storage, compute, licensing, or staff capacity becomes urgent.
- Inventory ReviewKeep asset, system, software, and ownership records close to reality.
- Maintenance WindowPlan work that requires downtime, degraded service, user notice, or rollback preparation.
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