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The SSL certificates used by the Guardium SaaS authentication system are being rotated

Scheduled Maintenance Report for IBM Security

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Posted Oct 16, 2025 - 10:00 UTC

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Posted Oct 16, 2025 - 09:00 UTC

Scheduled

Renewal of SSL certificate for guardium.security.ibm.com

Scheduled - Thursday, 16th Oct 2025, 9 AM UTC

The SSL certificate will expire shortly (tenants with *.guardium.security.ibm.com hostnames).

There are new RSA and ECDSA certificates for *.guardium.security.ibm.com hostnames. Please note that there are also new intermediate and root certificates (trust chain).

Details of the new certificate are available here:
https://knowledge.digicert.com/general-information/digicert-trusted-root-authority-certificates

DigiCert Global Root G2

Valid until: 15/Jan/2038
Serial #: 03:3A:F1:E6:A7:11:A9:A0:BB:28:64:B1:1D:09:FA:E5
SHA1 Fingerprint: DF:3C:24:F9:BF:D6:66:76:1B:26:80:73:FE:06:D1:CC:8D:4F:82:A4
SHA256 Fingerprint: CB:3C:CB:B7:60:31:E5:E0:13:8F:8D:D3:9A:23:F9:DE:47:FF:C3:5E:43:C1:14:4C:EA:27:D4:6A:5A:B1:CB:5F

DigiCert Global Root G3

Valid until: 15/Jan/2038
Serial #: 05:55:56:BC:F2:5E:A4:35:35:C3:A4:0F:D5:AB:45:72
SHA1 Fingerprint: 7E:04:DE:89:6A:3E:66:6D:00:E6:87:D3:3F:FA:D9:3B:E8:3D:34:9E
SHA256 Fingerprint: 31:AD:66:48:F8:10:41:38:C7:38:F3:9E:A4:32:01:33:39:3E:3A:18:CC:02:29:6E:F9:7C:2A:C9:EF:67:31:D0

Customers who use Guardium Data Protection and third-party applications are required to update trust stores with the new certificate details in advance of 16th October.

Affected Domain: *.guardium.security.ibm.com
Impact: Customers using Guardium Data Protection and third-party applications to connect to IBM Guardium API services.
Action Required: Add DigiCert Global Root G2 and DigiCert Global Root G3 certificate to trust stores.
Risk of Inaction: Connection and ingestion failures, SSL/TLS errors, service disruptions.
Timeline: Immediate action recommended.

Posted Oct 14, 2025 - 21:15 UTC

This scheduled maintenance affected: IBM Guardium Data Security Center (US) (Data Management – Ingestion (Datamart)) and IBM Guardium Data Security Center (EU) (Data Management – Ingestion (Datamart)).