diff --git a/lemur/certificates/cli.py b/lemur/certificates/cli.py
index 88cfa134..b883dee0 100644
--- a/lemur/certificates/cli.py
+++ b/lemur/certificates/cli.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from lemur.certificates.service import (
     get_certificate_primitives,
     get_all_pending_reissue,
     get_by_name,
-    get_all_certs,
+    get_all_valid_certs,
     get,
     get_all_certs_attached_to_endpoint_without_autorotate,
 )
@@ -657,7 +657,14 @@ def check_revoked():
     encounters an issue with verification it marks the certificate status
     as `unknown`.
     """
-    for cert in get_all_certs():
+
+    log_data = {
+        "function": f"{__name__}.{sys._getframe().f_code.co_name}",
+        "message": "Checking for revoked Certificates"
+    }
+
+    certs = get_all_valid_certs(current_app.config.get("SUPPORTED_REVOCATION_AUTHORITY_PLUGINS", []))
+    for cert in certs:
         try:
             if cert.chain:
                 status = verify_string(cert.body, cert.chain)
@@ -666,6 +673,20 @@ def check_revoked():
 
             cert.status = "valid" if status else "revoked"
 
+            if cert.status == "revoked":
+                log_data["valid"] = cert.status
+                log_data["certificate_name"] = cert.name
+                log_data["certificate_id"] = cert.id
+                metrics.send(
+                    "certificate_revoked",
+                    "counter",
+                    1,
+                    metric_tags={"status": log_data["valid"],
+                                 "certificate_name": log_data["certificate_name"],
+                                 "certificate_id": log_data["certificate_id"]},
+                )
+                current_app.logger.info(log_data)
+
         except Exception as e:
             sentry.captureException()
             current_app.logger.exception(e)
diff --git a/lemur/certificates/service.py b/lemur/certificates/service.py
index 5d1e6e63..f711bbd9 100644
--- a/lemur/certificates/service.py
+++ b/lemur/certificates/service.py
@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ def get_all_certs():
     return Certificate.query.all()
 
 
+def get_all_valid_certs(authority_plugin_name):
+    """
+    Retrieves all valid (not expired) certificates within Lemur, for the given authority plugin names
+    ignored if no authority_plugin_name provided.
+
+    Note that depending on the DB size retrieving all certificates might an expensive operation
+
+    :return:
+    """
+    if authority_plugin_name:
+        return (
+            Certificate.query.outerjoin(Authority, Authority.id == Certificate.authority_id).filter(
+                Certificate.not_after > arrow.now().format("YYYY-MM-DD")).filter(
+                Authority.plugin_name.in_(authority_plugin_name)).all()
+        )
+    else:
+        return (
+            Certificate.query.filter(Certificate.not_after > arrow.now().format("YYYY-MM-DD")).all()
+        )
+
+
 def get_all_pending_cleaning_expired(source):
     """
     Retrieves all certificates that are available for cleaning. These are certificates which are expired and are not
diff --git a/lemur/certificates/verify.py b/lemur/certificates/verify.py
index 76c6b521..989a2317 100644
--- a/lemur/certificates/verify.py
+++ b/lemur/certificates/verify.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import requests
 import subprocess
 from flask import current_app
+from lemur.extensions import sentry
 from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError, InvalidSchema
 from cryptography import x509
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
@@ -152,10 +153,18 @@ def verify(cert_path, issuer_chain_path):
 
     # OCSP is our main source of truth, in a lot of cases CRLs
     # have been deprecated and are no longer updated
-    verify_result = ocsp_verify(cert, cert_path, issuer_chain_path)
+    try:
+        verify_result = ocsp_verify(cert, cert_path, issuer_chain_path)
+    except Exception as e:
+        sentry.captureException()
+        current_app.logger.exception(e)
 
     if verify_result is None:
-        verify_result = crl_verify(cert, cert_path)
+        try:
+            verify_result = crl_verify(cert, cert_path)
+        except Exception as e:
+            sentry.captureException()
+            current_app.logger.exception(e)
 
     if verify_result is None:
         current_app.logger.debug("Failed to verify {}".format(cert.serial_number))