{"id":3200,"date":"2021-12-07T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T20:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=3200"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:16:20","slug":"security-xml-certificate-support","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/knowledge-base\/security-xml-certificate-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Security XML Certificate Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security XML Certificate Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 14, 2024, the National Student Clearinghouse will renew the SSL certificate that encrypts all data exchanged via our XML site (xml.studentclearinghouse.org). Because XML data exchange relies on server-to-server communications, our SSL certificate renewal may impact the ability of your system to communicate effectively with the Clearinghouse\u2019s systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"action-by-february-1-2023\">Action By February 14, 2024<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It is CRITICAL that your system administrator downloads and installs the new DigiCert certificate by or before February 14, 2024.<\/strong> This routine procedure, which should only take a few minutes for your system administrator to complete, will ensure uninterrupted access after February 14th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">System Administrator:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theclearinghouse.download\/sslcert-xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the following certificates (.zip)<\/a><\/strong> and add them to your trust store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Root Certificate \u2013&nbsp;DigiCert Global Root CA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intermediate Certificate \u2013&nbsp;DigiCert SHA2 Secure Server CA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>xml.StudentClearinghouse.org certificate \u2013 Clearinghouse XML site certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you need technical assistance from the Clearinghouse, please email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:CertHelp@studentclearinghouse.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CertHelp@studentclearinghouse.org<\/a>. If you do not utilize XML integration for your verifications with the Clearinghouse, you can disregard this email address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out more about Security XML certificate updates and downloads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[49],"ht-kb-tag":[100],"class_list":["post-3200","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-schoolsecuresite","ht_kb_tag-security-certificate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3992,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3200\/revisions\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/schoolsecuresite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}