WILMINGTON, DEL -- CSC, an enterprise-class domain security provider and world leader in domain management, brand protection, and anti-fraud solutions, announced the launch of Domain Control Validation as a Service (DCVaaS), a unique offering designed to simplify and expedite secure sockets layer (SSL)/transport layer security (TLS) certificate validation processes for all its CSC Trusted Secure digital certificate clients.

DCVaaS empowers users with a streamlined, centralized solution for domain control validation, eliminating the need for repetitive validations during certificate renewals. It significantly reduces the time and effort required to manage certificate life cycles—making it an essential tool as the industry moves toward shorter certificate validity periods.

This launch comes at a critical time as the digital certificate industry evolves. Notably, the CA/Browser Forum has announced that starting March 2026, certificate lifetimes and domain control validation (DCV) re-use periods will be reduced to 200 days. These will reduce annually, ultimately reaching a lifetime of just 47 days and a DCV re-use period of 10 days by 2029. Additionally, WHOIS email validation will be discontinued on July 15, 2025. While the changes are aimed at enhancing security, and increasing agility, they mandate the need for alternative and future-ready validation solutions that are real-time, scalable, and standards compliant.

Key benefits of DCVaaS include:

· Simplified validation workflows: One-time validation removes redundancy and improves efficiency.
· Faster certificate issuance: Real-time validation reduces delays in provisioning digital certificates.
· Reduced administrative burden: Centralized management of validation records means fewer manual tasks.
· Future-proofing against industry changes: Designed to support shorter certificate lifetimes and the deprecation of WHOIS email validation.

“Issuing digital certificates involves specific processes and a considerable amount of work. When it comes to renewals, the same steps need to be repeated. DCVaaS addresses a major pain point in certificate management—repetitive and time-consuming validations,” says Mark Flegg, senior director of Technology, CSC Security Products and Services. “DCVaaS can reduce processing time by more than half, allowing companies to deploy certificates more quickly than ever before. As WHOIS email validation sunsets and certificate lifespans continue to shrink, DCVaaS helps organizations stay compliant, agile, and ahead of the curve.”