In 2013, the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) noted that the data set used by the SSL Observatory often treated intermediate authorities as different entities, thus inflating the number of certificate authorities.
2013年，ICANN安全与稳定咨询委员会（SSAC）注意到SSL Observatory使用的数据集经常将一个组织下属的中间证书机构当作不同实体对待，使证书机构总数看起来过高。