Sectigo announces availability of production-ready MCP server for Certificate Lifecycle Management

Sectigo, a company operating in the Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) sector, has announced the availability of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for CLM. The solution is intended to allow enterprises to manage certificate operations using natural language through AI agents, without requiring additional infrastructure. It is also intended to work within existing governance controls used by security teams.

As certificate volumes increase and lifecycles shorten, organisations face challenges in accelerating routine tasks while maintaining policy enforcement. While AI tools may help address this, adoption has often been constrained by proprietary assistants and governance considerations. Sectigo’s MCP Server is presented as an intermediary between customer-managed AI agents and the Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM). Actions are executed within existing policy frameworks and approval workflows configured in SCM, meaning certificate operations take place without introducing a separate AI assistant or additional infrastructure.

The MCP Server is intended to support the following capabilities:

• Natural language execution: Administrators can perform SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle tasks such as issuance, revocation, replacement, and renewal using conversational commands.
• Integration flexibility: Customers can connect AI agents such as Claude and Microsoft Copilot to Sectigo’s MCP Server.
• SCM as the system of record: Operational processes continue to rely on SCM for permissions, approvals, and audit logging, so workflows remain aligned with existing organisational policies.

Overall, the MCP Server is described as a way to integrate AI-assisted interactions into certificate management while maintaining existing oversight, controls, and auditability within established systems.