It means the SSL/TLS certificate of the domain includes verified organizational details that have been authenticated by a Certificate Authority (CA). This provides higher assurance of legitimacy compared to basic domain-validated (DV) certificates.
Three questions every analyst asks before acting on this signal.
It means the SSL/TLS certificate of the domain includes verified organizational details that have been authenticated by a Certificate Authority (CA). This provides higher assurance of legitimacy compared to basic domain-validated (DV) certificates.
Because OV certificates confirm that the entity behind the domain has been verified through official business records. This reduces the likelihood of impersonation, fake brands, or phishing domains using such certificates.
Domains with OV certificates are typically classified as lower-risk. However, analysts still correlate them with domain age, WHOIS data, and threat intelligence feeds to ensure the certificate has not been misused through compromise or ownership change.
A realistic shape of the entry the engine appends to the risk_signals array when this signal fires. Evidence keys are subgroup-default; per-signal overrides documented in the API reference.
{
"slug": "ssl_org_validation",
"name": "Organization-Validated (OV) SSL Certificate Detected",
"group": "http_crawling_history",
"subgroup": "ssl_behavior",
"direction": "safe",
"evidence": {
"cert_issued_days_ago": 9,
"issuer": "letsencrypt",
"valid_for_days": 90,
"rotation_count_90d": 3,
"cert_type": "DV"
}
}15 other signals share the same subgroup. They detect related behaviors and often co-fire on the same IOC.
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