Certificate ownership and incident response, in one place.
GovernTrail helps teams prevent outages by tracking TLS certificates, assigning owners, and driving reliable reminders before it's too late.
How it works
Bring certificate inventory under control, assign responsibility, and keep evidence ready.
Import assets
CSV import or assisted import for certificate inventories.
Assign owners
Team-based ownership and clear responsibility.
Export evidence
Generate structured evidence and traceable metadata for audit sampling.
Built for the teams that run production
One workflow for DevOps, Security, and GRC: lifecycle control, risk visibility, and auditable evidence.
DevOps
Typical outcomes
- Monitor certificate inventory
- Assign clear owners by team
- Reduce “surprise” renewals
Security
Typical outcomes
- Make ownership explicit by team
- Role-gate sensitive settings and API keys
- Prevent outages from expiring TLS
GRC / Compliance
Typical outcomes
- Export evidence for reviews
- Trace user actions and lifecycle changes
- Provide verifiable logs and checksums
Features
Built for audit-driven certificate governance in year 1.
Lifecycle Control
Risk Visibility
Audit Evidence
Security & privacy
Designed for production operations. Keep access controlled and flows predictable.
Role-based access
Owner/Admin controls for sensitive settings and API keys.
Audit evidence exports
Structured exports with checksum metadata for review workflows.
Responsibility enforcement
Ownership and attestation workflows keep accountability explicit.
See the workflow
A focused Console for operators: ownership, reminders, and audit trails. No noisy dashboards.
Expiring soon
Top risks across your inventories.
| Asset | Expires | Owner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| api.internal.example.com | 9 days | Security | Critical |
| sso.example.com | 21 days | Platform | At risk |
| staging.example.com | 42 days | DevOps | OK |
Ownership is explicit
Assign owners per asset so reminders and escalations always have a responsible team.
Reminders you can audit
Outbox delivery tracking + cron endpoints reduce missed notifications, with traces in Audit.
Built for teams
Role-based access for settings and API keys, plus evidence export for compliance workflows.
Built for operators
A lightweight workflow teams can actually keep using.
“Ownership is finally explicit. We stopped chasing “who’s on it?” in Slack.”
Security / Ops
“Digest + T-1 reminders are reliable. Outbox makes delivery auditable.”
DevOps
“Exportable evidence helps with reviews. It speeds prep, not audit guarantees.”
GRC
Designed for Reliability
Simple Pricing
Start small and scale with your team. Upgrade anytime.
Starter
Audit foundation for small teams getting their certificate inventory under control.
- Public TLS cert scanning (domain-level)
- Certificate inventory + owner assignment
- Expiry reminders (30/60/90 days)
Pro
Audit-driven workflows for teams preparing SOC 2 Type II evidence.
- Quarterly attestation (responsibility enforcement)
- Attestation reminders (outbox, configurable)
- Evidence export (canonical JSON + checksum)
Growth
High-volume teams with more assets, richer evidence exports, and priority support.
- Up to 1,000 certificates
- Longer evidence window defaults (24 months)
- Priority email support (front-of-the-queue)
FAQ
Quick answers to common questions.