# For each annual audit period beginning on or after July 1, 2027, each CA operator with a CA certificate included in Mozilla's root store with the websites trust bit enabled MUST obtain a Detailed Controls Report (DCR). — TLS certificate and CA requirement effective dates (CA/Browser Forum, Chrome, Mozilla)

For For each annual audit period beginning on or after July 1, 2027, each CA operator with a CA certificate included in Mozilla's root store with the websites trust bit enabled MUST obtain a Detailed Controls Report (DCR)., requirement is For each annual audit period beginning on or after July 1, 2027, each CA operator with a CA certificate included in Mozilla's root store with the websites trust bit enabled MUST obtain a Detailed Controls Report (DCR); effective date is 2027-07-01; authority is Mozilla Root Store Policy; scope is CA operators whose certificates are included in Mozilla's root store with the websites trust bit enabled, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Requirement:** For each annual audit period beginning on or after July 1, 2027, each CA operator with a CA certificate included in Mozilla's root store with the websites trust bit enabled MUST obtain a Detailed Controls Report (DCR). _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2027-07-01
- **Authority:** Mozilla Root Store Policy _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** CA operators whose certificates are included in Mozilla's root store with the websites trust bit enabled _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> For each annual audit period beginning on or after July 1, 2027, each CA operator with a CA certificate included in our root store with the websites trust bit enabled MUST obtain a Detailed Controls Report (DCR).

## Source

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/security-group/certs/policy/

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2026-11-03.
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