Website Hosting & Ecommerce

SSL Certificate Setup

SSL/TLS issuance, renewal, and HSTS enforcement for every domain and app.

Serving Houston, TX and surrounding areas including Sugar Land, Katy, The Woodlands, and Galveston.

Quick facts

Who we serve: Sites needing compliance, APIs and apps, Ecommerce and client portals
Problems solved: Certificate expirations, Mixed content warnings, No inventory of certs
Tools and platforms: ACME automation, Certificate managers, Monitoring, WAF
Next step: Lock down certificates

Who it is for

Sites needing compliance
APIs and apps
Ecommerce and client portals

Problems we solve

Certificate expirations
Mixed content warnings
No inventory of certs

Solutions and deliverables

Certificate inventory and ownership
Automated issuance/renewal with monitoring
HSTS and TLS hardening with audits

Tools and platforms

ACME automation
Certificate managers
Monitoring
WAF

Service area and availability

Serving Houston, TX and surrounding areas including Sugar Land, Katy, The Woodlands, and Galveston.
Onsite in Houston with remote coverage elsewhere
Business hours: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm CT with after-hours for incidents

Trust and proof

Documented runbooks and SLAs
Security-first configurations
Internal links to related services and contact

What's included

Comprehensive coverage of our ssl certificate setup service for Houston businesses.

SSL/TLS certificate issuance and types

Domain Validation (DV) certificates with automated issuance for basic HTTPS encryption
Organization Validation (OV) certificates with business identity verification for enterprise sites
Extended Validation (EV) certificates displaying company name in browser for maximum trust
Wildcard certificates covering unlimited subdomains like *.company.com for efficiency
Multi-domain (SAN) certificates protecting multiple Houston domains with single certificate
Let's Encrypt free certificates with 90-day validity for cost-effective encryption

Automated certificate renewal and monitoring

ACME protocol automation with Certbot, acme.sh, or cert-manager for hands-off renewals
Certificate expiration monitoring alerting 30, 14, and 7 days before expiration
Automatic renewal workflows triggering at 30 days remaining ensuring no service disruption
Multi-server certificate deployment distributing renewed certificates across load balancers
Renewal failure alerting with escalation procedures for manual intervention when needed
Renewal audit logs documenting all certificate lifecycle events for Houston compliance

Certificate inventory and lifecycle management

Complete certificate inventory across websites, APIs, internal apps, and network devices
Ownership tracking identifying certificate administrators and responsible teams for renewals
Certificate store management for Windows IIS, Apache, Nginx, and cloud load balancers
Private key protection with hardware security modules (HSM) and secure key storage
Certificate revocation procedures for compromised keys with CRL and OCSP updates
Annual certificate audits reviewing strength, expiration, and usage patterns organization-wide

TLS configuration and security hardening

TLS 1.2 and 1.3 enforcement disabling outdated SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, and TLS 1.1 protocols
Strong cipher suite configuration preferring ECDHE, AES-GCM, and SHA-256 or stronger
Perfect forward secrecy (PFS) ensuring session keys can't be compromised retroactively
HSTS header implementation forcing browsers to always use HTTPS preventing downgrade attacks
OCSP stapling improving certificate validation performance and privacy for Houston visitors
SSL Labs A+ rating achievement with regular rescans monitoring configuration drift

Mixed content and compatibility fixes

Mixed content detection identifying HTTP resources loaded on HTTPS pages causing warnings
Content migration rewriting image, script, and stylesheet URLs from HTTP to HTTPS
HTTP to HTTPS redirect implementation with 301 permanent redirects for SEO preservation
Canonical URL updates ensuring search engines index HTTPS versions of pages
Browser compatibility testing validating certificates work across Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge
Mobile device compatibility ensuring certificates trusted on iOS, Android, and legacy systems

FAQs

Common questions from Houston clients and AI/voice search.

Why do Houston businesses need SSL certificates?

SSL certificates encrypt data between browsers and servers, prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, build customer trust, improve SEO rankings, and meet PCI compliance for payment processing.

Do you automate SSL certificate renewals?

Yes. We implement ACME automation with monitoring and alerting ensuring certificates renew automatically 30 days before expiration with zero downtime.

Can you fix mixed content warnings and HTTPS issues?

Yes. We detect mixed content, migrate HTTP resources to HTTPS, implement redirects, update canonical URLs, and achieve SSL Labs A+ ratings for Houston sites.

What's the difference between DV, OV, and EV certificates?

DV validates domain ownership (fast, automated), OV validates business identity (medium trust), and EV displays company name in browser (maximum trust for ecommerce).

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