Hardening Websites

Service Summary

PES secures and hardens websites through SSL/TLS enablement, certificate lifecycle automation, domain registration and management, and cloud migration. Every engagement aligns with NIST CSF 2.0 and ISO/IEC 27001 controls for secure communications.

Note: The hardening strategies are recommendations based on CA/Browser Forum policies and cloud provider best practices. Every implementation is tailored to your domain portfolio and compliance requirements.

Capabilities

SSL/TLS Enablement — Deploy certificates, configure HTTPS enforcement, HSTS headers, and TLS version pinning
Domain Registration — DNS management, DNSSEC, registrar consolidation, and domain portfolio management
Website Warming & Migration — CDN configuration, DNS cutover with zero downtime, pre-warming content at edge locations

SSL/TLS & DCV Mandate Update — 2025 and Beyond

In 2025, the CA/Browser Forum and major browser vendors began enforcing shorter certificate lifetimes and stricter Domain Control Validation reuse windows. The industry is on a trajectory toward 90-day certificate maximums, with a likely future move to 47-day maximum lifetimes by 2027.

Manual certificate renewal is no longer viable at scale. The solution is Certificate Management Automation — using the ACME protocol (Let's Encrypt, ZeroSSL), cert-manager on Kubernetes, auto-renewal pipelines with AWS ACM, Azure Key Vault, and OCI Certificates, plus proactive expiry monitoring and alerting.

PES is the partner to implement this. We deploy automated certificate pipelines across all three major cloud platforms, integrate with your existing DNS infrastructure, and ensure no certificate ever expires silently again.

SSL/TLS

Domain

Migration

Implementation Plan

Phase 1

Security Assessment — Weeks 1–2

Scan for SSL/TLS misconfigurations, certificate inventory, DNS audit. CSF: Identify ISO: A.8

Phase 2

SSL/TLS Implementation — Weeks 3–4

Certificate authority setup, ACME automation, cert-manager deployment. CSF: Protect ISO: A.10

Phase 3

DNS Hardening — Week 5

DNSSEC enablement, registrar lock, DNS record audit, SPF/DKIM/DMARC. CSF: Protect ISO: A.8

Phase 4

Website Migration — Weeks 6–7

CDN deployment, DNS cutover, content warming, certificate validation. CSF: Protect ISO: A.14

Phase 5

Monitoring — Weeks 8–9

Certificate expiry monitoring, automated renewal alerting, security posture reporting. CSF: Detect ISO: A.16

Workflow Diagram

flowchart TD;A[Security Assessment]-->B[SSL/TLS Automation Setup];B-->C[Certificate Management Pipeline];C-->D[DNS and Domain Hardening];D-->E[Cloud Migration];E-->F[CDN Setup and Warming]

Implementation Timeline

Phase	Activity	Duration	CSF 2.0	ISO 27001
1	Security Assessment	Weeks 1–2	Identify	A.8
2	SSL/TLS Automation	Weeks 3–4	Protect	A.10
3	DNS Hardening	Week 5	Protect	A.8
4	Cloud Migration	Weeks 6–7	Protect	A.14
5	Monitoring	Weeks 8–9	Detect	A.16

Why Businesses Will Benefit

PES eliminates certificate outages forever. The 2025 DCV mandate means manual certificate management is a ticking time bomb. We deploy automated certificate pipelines on AWS ACM, Azure Key Vault, and OCI Certificates — ensuring zero expired certificates, automated renewals, and full audit logging. Beyond certificates, we harden your entire web presence.