Stop reacting to expired certificates. Start proving they work.
Automated SSL/TLS certificate monitoring that independently verifies your certificates are installed correctly, valid, and won't catch you out.
Renewal tools tell you a certificate is due. They don't prove it works.
Certificate expiry is a leading cause of P1/P2 incidents. Gaps in process, network interruptions, or a patch that breaks something can all leave you exposed - often on an endpoint outside what your team even monitors.
A renewal tool confirms a certificate was issued - not that it was installed correctly across every appliance, server, and endpoint that presents it.
2Steps acts as the independent check that your certificate rollout actually worked - connecting to any endpoint presenting an SSL certificate and evaluating it in detail, including the full chain.
Failures are caught and routed to the right owner before an expiry turns into an outage - with forewarning on upcoming expiries, configurable to your lead time.
Where 2Steps fits in
2Steps independently confirms your certificates were installed correctly and are working - checking any endpoint with an SSL certificate, inspecting it in detail, and alerting the right person before an expiry turns into an outage.
Full chain validation
Checks the entire certificate chain, including CA and intermediate certificates, not just the leaf certificate presented by the server.
Pinpoint alerting
Error messages identify exactly what's wrong and which party owns the fix, so alerts route to the right people.
Expiry forewarning
Flags certificates - including CA certs - coming up for expiry, with configurable lead time on alerts.
Works beyond web
Email servers, Active Directory, and any service presenting an SSL certificate can be connected and evaluated.
Deep certificate checks
Validates signing authority, algorithms, key details, response codes, HTTP headers, and response timings.
Fully customisable
Specify the exact checks each site cares about: matching text, expected response codes, and alert thresholds.
Use cases
Any endpoint that presents an SSL certificate can be connected and evaluated - on the web or off it.
Web servers & applications
Confirm public and internal sites are serving a valid, correctly installed certificate - not just that the port is open.
Email servers
Validate certificates on SMTP, Exchange, and other mail infrastructure that renewal tools rarely reach.
Active Directory & internal PKI
Extend coverage to internal certificate authorities and domain services, not just internet-facing endpoints.
Load balancers & network appliances
Catch certificates that were renewed on one node but never correctly deployed to every appliance in the chain.
CA & renewal tool verification
Your renewal tool issues the certificate; 2Steps proves it's live, valid, and correctly installed - closing the loop on every renewal.
Compliance & audit evidence
Generate an ongoing, independent record that certificates across your estate were checked and valid - ready for audit.
Built for scale & automation
Generate tests in bulk from a spreadsheet source, or automate entirely by connecting to your certificate authority's API to pull issued certificates and build verification tests in the background. Build tests from reusable templates rather than configuring each one by hand.
- Bulk test generation from a spreadsheet or CA API
- Reusable templates instead of manual configuration
- Complements your existing renewal stack - doesn't replace it
- Results feed into reporting dashboards like Splunk
Cost effective by design
2Steps charges on tests run. Certificate monitoring typically runs once a day - just 365 tests per site, per year. Comprehensive coverage without a heavy cost footprint.
What our customers are saying
We were amazed at getting value from 2Steps so rapidly. The implementation was fast and it was easy to use without any previous expertise in building user transactions.
The 2Steps team are world class professionals. I'm very happy to have them as partners for years to come.
Three letters – OMG! 2Steps is something Splunk absolutely should have as part of our portfolio. I'd LOVE to incorporate this into every one of my client presentations.
We chose to work with 2Steps due to its tight integration with Splunk and flexibility to work with a variety of platforms.
2Steps is a Citrix Ready Partner providing valuable synthetic monitoring capabilities for applications being accessed via Citrix.