Systems and methods of managing a certificate associated with a component located at a remote location from a certificate authority system are provided. A certificate request is received, wherein the certificate request comprises a key associated with the component. A certificate is generated corresponding to the key received in the certificate request, and a validity status of the certificate is caused to be set to invalid. The certificate is provided to the component and it is determined whether the component matches the certificate. Upon determining that the component matches the certificate, the validity status is caused to be set to valid.