Automated secure sockets layer certificate discovery and management

A computer program product for automated secure transport protocol (STP) certificate discovery and management, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code causing an apparatus to:

• generate a list of servers to be scanned for STP certificates, wherein the list of servers to be scanned for STP certificates comprises one or more servers with a filesystem;
• scan a trust store file of one or more trust stores within each server in the list of servers, wherein the scan is configured to identify (i) one or more STP certificates and an associated expiration date for each of the one or more STP certificates and (ii) additional STP certificates that have been added to the filesystem;
• determine a frequency of the scan of the trust store file of the one or more trust stores based on a proximity to the associated expiration date of at least one of the one or more STP certificates, wherein the frequency of the scan increases closer to the associated expiration date of the at least one STP certificate;
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• update the list of servers to include the identified one or more STP certificates and the associated expiration date of the one or more STP certificates.

A method for automated secure transport protocol (STP) certificate discovery and management, the method comprising:

• generating a list of servers to be scanned for STP certificates, wherein the list of servers to be scanned for STP certificates comprises one or more servers with a filesystem;
• scanning a trust store file of one or more trust stores within each server in the list of servers, wherein the scan is configured to identify (i) one or more STP certificates and an associated expiration date for each of the one or more STP certificates and (ii) additional STP certificates that have been added to the filesystem;
• determining a frequency of the scan of the trust store file of the one or more trust stores based on a proximity to the associated expiration date of at least one of the one or more STP certificates, wherein the frequency of the scan increases closer to the associated expiration date of the at least one STP certificate;
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• updating the list of servers to include the identified one or more STP certificates and the associated expiration date of the one or more STP certificates.