No cert expires. No domain lapses. No audit cycle slips.
An expired TLS certificate takes a service offline. A lapsed domain can end up with a squatter. Miss a SOC 2 evidence window and a deal sits stuck in the customer's procurement queue. ExpiryEdge puts certificates, domains, audit cycles, access reviews and vendor attestations in one register. Owners get reminders at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days, and the evidence your auditor needs is kept as you go.
Quick answer
IT and security deadline tracking means keeping a list of everything your team owns that expires or recurs, giving each item an owner, and sending reminders before it lapses. That list covers TLS/SSL certificates, domains, software licences, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence cycles, access reviews, vendor attestations and policy reviews. Done properly, it prevents certificate outages and leaves you with time-stamped evidence when the assessor arrives.
What IT and security teams track in ExpiryEdge
SSL / TLS certificates
Domain registrations
Software & SaaS licences
SOC 2 / ISO 27001 evidence
Quarterly access reviews
Vendor security attestations
Policy review dates
Penetration test cycles
Renewals and controls fall through automation gaps
How a quiet expiry turns into an outage or an audit finding.
Expiries scattered across registrars and consoles
Certs live in one platform and domains at two registrars. Finance has the licences and the evidence is in a shared drive. Nobody can say what expires this quarter.
Auto-renew isn’t a control
The card on file expires, or the renewal notices go to the mailbox of someone who left. Auto-renew fails without a sound, and you find out when the service is down or the domain is on hold.
Audit readiness decays between cycles
Access reviews, policy reviews and vendor attestations slide past their due dates. Then the SOC 2 window opens and someone spends a week rebuilding months of evidence.
One register for every expiry and every control cycle
Every expiring asset in one place
Certificates, domains, licences and recurring controls in one list you can search by system, owner, status or due date.
An owner per asset and control
Each item goes to a named engineer or control owner. If they don't act in time, it escalates.
Reminders before expiry, not after
Alerts at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days reach the owner by email, SMS, Slack-style channels or Teams, with enough time left to renew or rotate.
Audit evidence year-round
Each review, renewal and attestation is time-stamped. Export the trail to CSV, PDF or XLSX when your SOC 2 or ISO 27001 assessor asks.
What it looks like day to day
See what expires this quarter across every system
Each certificate, domain, licence and control cycle shows its owner, due date and status. Filter to "expiring in 30 days" on Monday morning and work through the list.
Status: valid, expiring, expired
Filter by system, registrar or owner
Recurring controls regenerate on completion
Stage reminders so a renewal is never last-minute
Rotating a certificate or renewing a domain takes time for DNS changes, approvals and validation. So the owner gets several reminders in the run-up, and if the date gets close with nothing done, it escalates.
90 / 60 / 30 / 7 day cadence per item
Escalation when an item is unactioned
Channels owners actually watch
Standing up audit-ready tracking
Import assets & controls
Load your certs, domains, licences and recurring controls from a spreadsheet or a tool export.
Set owners & cadences
Give each item an owner and a 90/60/30/7 reminder schedule. Recurring controls also get their interval.
Reminders & escalation run
Owners hear about expiries early, and stalled items escalate.
Export for the assessor
Hand over SOC 2 or ISO 27001 evidence as one time-stamped download.
Auto-renew alone vs. a tracked register
| Auto-renew only | ExpiryEdge register | |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility of what expires this quarter | ||
| Catches a failed renewal before downtime | ||
| Owner accountable per asset | ||
| Covers access & policy review cycles | ||
| Timestamped audit evidence |
Anything with an expiry date or a regular cycle. Typical items are SSL/TLS certificates, domain registrations, software and SaaS licences, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence, quarterly access reviews, vendor security attestations, policy reviews and pen tests. You enter the date or interval and the owner. ExpiryEdge sends the reminders.
Auto-renew is a convenience, not a control. It fails quietly when the card has expired, when notices go to a deleted mailbox or an alias nobody reads. Usually the first sign is a service down or a domain on hold. A register shows you what expires this quarter and reminds the owner, so a failed renewal gets caught while the service is still up.
Access reviews, policy reviews and vendor attestations each run on their own schedule with reminders. Each completion is time-stamped as it happens. When the audit window opens you export the evidence as one CSV, PDF or XLSX file, instead of rebuilding months of activity from memory.
Usually at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days before expiry, not just once. Rotating a cert or renewing a domain can mean DNS changes, approvals and validation, which all take time. The early warnings give the owner room to act, and the item escalates if the date gets close with nothing done.
Yes. Every certificate, domain, licence or control has a named owner and someone it escalates to. Reminders go to that engineer, not a shared inbox. When someone leaves, you reassign their items and the renewals carry on.
Yes. Add each vendor attestation or access review as a recurring item with its interval and owner. ExpiryEdge reminds the owner before each cycle and logs when it was done. Your third-party assurance and least-privilege reviews stay current, with proof on file.