1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for causing one or more computing devices to perform a method for provisioning digital certificates in a compute service environment, the method comprising: authorizing a customer entity for using and/or controlling a network resource in the compute service environment; upon completing the authorization, issuing a digital certificate to the customer entity, wherein the digital certificate is associated with the network resource and is issued for a limited duration period; monitoring the use and/or control of the network resource by the customer entity; and conditioning reissuance of the digital certificate on a result of the monitoring, the result indicating whether the customer entity is still using and/or controlling the network resource in the compute service environment.