---
title: "Monitoring and saving"
slug: "search-for-certs-on-a-domain"
description: "Keeping a record of domain certificates is an important aspect of maintaining a strong cyber security posture, and protecting an organization's assets, reputation, and operations against downtime and/or malicious behaviour."
tags: ["Certificates", "Domain queries"]
updated: 2025-12-31T15:05:18Z
published: 2025-12-31T15:05:18Z
canonical: "help.silentpush.com/search-for-certs-on-a-domain"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Search for certificates on a domain

Keeping a record of domain certificates is a crucial aspect of maintaining a robust cybersecurity posture and protecting an organization's assets, reputation, and operations against downtime and malicious behavior.

Certificates are also important from a compliance perspective. Organizations must demonstrate due diligence and accountability in the event of a security incident to protect the company from potential legal liability and regulatory action.

## Search for Certificates

1. From the left navigation menu, select **Advanced Query Builder > Domain Queries > Certificates**.
2. Specify a domain.
  - (Optional) Check **with_metadata** to include metadata.
  - (Optional) Specify a date in **date_min** for certificates issued on or after that date.
  - (Optional) Specify a date in **date_max** for certificates issued on or before that date.
  - (Optional) Set a **limit** to control the number of results.
  - (Optional) Choose **job_id** for immediate results or result to wait for longer queries.
  - (Optional) Enter a **domain_regex** (valid re2 regex) to override the domain parameter.
  - (Optional) Specify **cert_issuer** with wildcards for issuer filtering.
  - (Optional) Set **skip** to skip results or **max_wait** for timeout in seconds.
3. Click **Search**.

## Save Query

1. Specify query parameters.
2. Click **Save Query**.
3. Provide a **Name** and **Description** for context.
4. Click **Save**. The query appears in [**Private Queries**](https://help.silentpush.com/docs/private-queries).

This ensures compliance and detects fake certificates in phishing campaigns.