diff --git a/docs/client-certificates.md b/docs/client-certificates.md
index 20f03ed..8b82b19 100644
--- a/docs/client-certificates.md
+++ b/docs/client-certificates.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Only valid domains will be included in the Subject Alternative Name X.509 certif
 * Internal team creates and approves pull request (PR)
 * Merge PR to initiate CA pipeline
 * Certificate issued and published to DynamoDB table
+* Certificate details published to SNS topic
 
 **Enable GitOps**
 
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ If you followed the [Getting Started](getting-started.md) guide, you'll already
 * change the value of Terraform variable `cert_info_files` to  `["tls", "revoked", "revoked-root-ca"]`
 * apply Terraform
 
+**Subscribe to SNS Topic**
+
+* Using the AWS console, SNS, subscribe to the CA Notifications SNS Topic using your email address
+* Confirm the susbscription
+
 **Adding CSR File to CA repository**
 
 * In the example below replace `dev` with your environment name
@@ -112,8 +118,38 @@ python utils/server-csr.py
 * certificates will be issued and can be downloaded from the DynamoDB table
 * subject details entered in JSON e.g. `Organization`, `Locality` override those included in CSR
 
+**Get certificate from SNS notification**
+
+* Details of GitOps issued certificate are published to SNS
+* From your SNS email, copy the value of the JSON key `Base64Certificate`
+
+**Decoding certificate from SNS (Linux / MacOS)**
+
+* Open terminal / command line
+* Overwrite placeholder with text from `Base64Certificate` value in SNS JSON
+```bash
+echo B64CERT-TEXT-FROM-JSON | base64 --decode > test-example-com.pem
+```
+
+**Decoding certificate from SNS (Windows)**
+
+* Open Windows PowerShell ISE
+* Copy the script below into the editor
+* Overwrite placeholder with text from `Base64Certificate` value in SNS JSON
+* Press Run
+```PowerShell
+# PowerShell
+$input = "B64CERT-TEXT-FROM-JSON"
+$filepath = "c:\tmp\test-example-com.crt"
+
+# Base64 decode from SNS
+$cert = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($input)) | Out-File -FilePath $filepath
+```
+
 **Retrieving certificates from DynamoDB**
 
+If you haven't subscribed to SNS, or you want to retrieve a non-GitOps issued certificates, the value can be obtained from DynamoDB
+
 * using the console, navigate to the CA DynamoDB table
 * select Explore table items
 * run a query, searching for the Common Name
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index e764361..1684662 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ module "tls_keygen_iam" {
   policy                 = "tls_cert"
   external_s3_bucket_arn = module.external_s3.s3_bucket_arn
   internal_s3_bucket_arn = module.internal_s3.s3_bucket_arn
+  sns_topic_arn          = module.sns-ca-notifications.sns_topic_arn
 }
 
 module "create_rsa_root_ca_lambda" {
diff --git a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/main.tf b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/main.tf
index 49745c1..8f21168 100644
--- a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/main.tf
+++ b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/main.tf
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "lambda" {
     ddb_table_arn          = var.ddb_table_arn,
     external_s3_bucket_arn = var.external_s3_bucket_arn,
     internal_s3_bucket_arn = var.internal_s3_bucket_arn
+    sns_topic_arn          = var.sns_topic_arn
   })
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/templates/tls_cert_policy.json.tpl b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/templates/tls_cert_policy.json.tpl
index 2788d81..c475e13 100644
--- a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/templates/tls_cert_policy.json.tpl
+++ b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/templates/tls_cert_policy.json.tpl
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@
       "Resource": [
         "${internal_s3_bucket_arn}/*"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "Sid": "SNSPublish",
+      "Effect": "Allow",
+      "Action": [
+        "sns:Publish"
+      ],
+      "Resource": [
+        "${sns_topic_arn}"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/variables.tf b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/variables.tf
index 1a3cbfd..9998fa4 100644
--- a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-iam/variables.tf
@@ -54,4 +54,9 @@ variable "internal_s3_bucket_arn" {
 variable "aws_principals" {
   description = "List of ARNs for AWS principals allowed to assume role"
   default     = []
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+variable "sns_topic_arn" {
+  description = "SNS Topic ARN"
+  default     = ""
+}
diff --git a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/README.MD b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/README.MD
index 7cb91ba..c4d50fc 100644
--- a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/README.MD
+++ b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/README.MD
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ ROOT_CA_INFO=$(jq -n '{}')
 export ROOT_CA_INFO
 export ROOT_CRL_DAYS="1"
 export ROOT_CRL_SECONDS="600"
+export SNS_TOPIC_ARN="arn:aws:sns:<REGION>:<ACCOUNT-ID>:serverless-ca-notifications-dev"
 ```
 * copy and paste AWS Powershell CLI variables to terminal
 * enter `python`
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ $Env:PROJECT="serverless"
 $Env:ROOT_CA_INFO=(@{country = "GB"; state = "London"; lifetime = 7300; locality = "London"; organization = "serverless"; organizationalUnit = "Security Operations"; commonName = "Serverless Development Root CA"; emailAddress = "secops@example.com"; pathLengthConstraint = 1} | ConvertTo-Json)
 $Env:ROOT_CRL_DAYS="1"
 $Env:ROOT_CRL_SECONDS="600"
+$Env:SNS_TOPIC_ARN="arn:aws:sns:<REGION>:<ACCOUNT-ID>:serverless-ca-notifications-dev"
 ```
 * copy and paste AWS Powershell CLI variables to terminal
 
diff --git a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/lambda_code/tls_cert/tls_cert.py b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/lambda_code/tls_cert/tls_cert.py
index 79738d6..4b9aaff 100644
--- a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/lambda_code/tls_cert/tls_cert.py
+++ b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/lambda_code/tls_cert/tls_cert.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import base64
 import os
 
+from utils.aws.sns import publish_to_sns
 from utils.certs.kms import kms_get_kms_key_id, kms_describe_key
 from utils.certs.crypto import (
     crypto_cert_request_info,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
     db_list_certificates,
     db_issue_certificate,
 )
-from utils.certs.s3 import s3_download
+from utils.certs.s3 import cert_issued_via_gitops, s3_download
 from cryptography.x509 import load_pem_x509_certificate, load_pem_x509_csr
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -206,12 +207,22 @@ def create_ca_chain_response(project: str, env_name: str, root_ca_name: str, iss
     )
 
 
+def sns_notify_cert_issued(cert_json, sns_topic_arn):
+    keys_to_publish = ["CertificateInfo", "Base64Certificate", "Subject"]
+    response = publish_to_sns(cert_json, "Certificate Issued", sns_topic_arn, keys_to_publish)
+
+    assert response["ResponseMetadata"]["HTTPStatusCode"] == 200
+    common_name = cert_json["CertificateInfo"]["CommonName"]
+    print(f"Certificate details for {common_name} published to SNS")
+
+
 def lambda_handler(event, context):  # pylint:disable=unused-argument,too-many-locals
     project = os.environ["PROJECT"]
     env_name = os.environ["ENVIRONMENT_NAME"]
     external_s3_bucket_name = os.environ["EXTERNAL_S3_BUCKET"]
     internal_s3_bucket_name = os.environ["INTERNAL_S3_BUCKET"]
     max_cert_lifetime = int(os.environ["MAX_CERT_LIFETIME"])
+    sns_topic_arn = os.environ["SNS_TOPIC_ARN"]
     domain = os.environ.get("DOMAIN")
 
     public_crl = os.environ.get("PUBLIC_CRL")
@@ -271,9 +282,12 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):  # pylint:disable=unused-argument,too-many-l
         certificate_info=cert_info,
         base64_certificate=base64_certificate.decode("utf-8"),
         subject=load_pem_x509_certificate(base64.b64decode(base64_certificate)).subject.rfc4514_string(),
-        base64_root_ca_certificate=ca_chain_response.base64_root_ca_certificate,
-        base64_issuing_ca_certificate=ca_chain_response.base64_issuing_ca_certificate,
+        base64_root_ca_certificate=ca_chain_response.base64_root_ca_certificate.decode("utf-8"),
+        base64_issuing_ca_certificate=ca_chain_response.base64_issuing_ca_certificate.decode("utf-8"),
         base64_ca_chain=ca_chain_response.base64_ca_chain,
     )
 
+    if cert_issued_via_gitops(internal_s3_bucket_name, response.subject):
+        sns_notify_cert_issued(response.to_dict(), sns_topic_arn)
+
     return response.to_dict()
diff --git a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/utils/aws/sns.py b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/utils/aws/sns.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5475e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/utils/aws/sns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import boto3
+import json
+
+
+def publish_to_sns(json_data, subject, sns_topic_arn, keys_to_publish="All"):
+    # Filter out unwanted keys
+    if keys_to_publish == "All":
+        keys_to_publish = json_data.keys()
+
+    filtered_json_data = {key: json_data[key] for key in keys_to_publish if key in json_data}
+
+    client = boto3.client("sns")
+
+    response = client.publish(
+        TargetArn=sns_topic_arn,
+        Subject=subject,
+        Message=json.dumps({"default": json.dumps(filtered_json_data)}),
+        MessageStructure="json",
+    )
+
+    return response
diff --git a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/utils/certs/s3.py b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/utils/certs/s3.py
index 4ec07b0..c82e02a 100644
--- a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/utils/certs/s3.py
+++ b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-lambda/utils/certs/s3.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import boto3
+import json
 
 
 def s3_download_file(bucket_name, key):
@@ -39,3 +40,62 @@ def s3_upload(
         return s3_upload_file(file, external_s3_bucket_name, key, content_type)
 
     return s3_upload_file(file, internal_s3_bucket_name, key, content_type)
+
+
+def convert_x509_subject_str_to_dict(input_str):
+    # split string by commas
+    pairs = input_str.split(",")
+
+    # split each pair by '=' and construct dictionary
+    json_dictionary = {}
+    for pair in pairs:
+        key, value = pair.split("=")
+        json_dictionary[key] = value
+
+    return json_dictionary
+
+
+def cert_issued_via_gitops(internal_s3_bucket_name, subject):
+    # get list of GitOps certificates from internal S3 bucket
+    tls_file = s3_download_file(internal_s3_bucket_name, "tls.json")
+
+    return is_cert_gitops(tls_file, subject)
+
+
+def is_cert_gitops(tls_file, subject):
+    subject_json = convert_x509_subject_str_to_dict(subject)
+
+    cn = subject_json["CN"]
+    o = subject_json.get("O")
+    ou = subject_json.get("OU")
+
+    if tls_file is None:
+        gitops_certs = []
+
+    else:
+        # convert to json dictionary
+        gitops_certs = json.loads(tls_file["Body"].read())
+
+    for cert in gitops_certs:
+        common_name = cert["common_name"]
+        organization = cert.get("organization")
+        organizational_unit = cert.get("organizational_unit")
+
+        # check if certificate is included in tls.json
+        cn_matches = False
+        o_matches = False
+        ou_matches = False
+
+        if cn == common_name:
+            cn_matches = True
+
+        if o is None or organization is None or o == organization:
+            o_matches = True
+
+        if ou is None or organizational_unit is None or ou == organizational_unit:
+            ou_matches = True
+
+        if cn_matches and o_matches and ou_matches:
+            return True
+
+    return False
diff --git a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-sns/locals.tf b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-sns/locals.tf
index 29e2a34..b3d2ab7 100644
--- a/modules/terraform-aws-ca-sns/locals.tf
+++ b/modules/terraform-aws-ca-sns/locals.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 locals {
-  sns_topic_display_name = coalesce(var.custom_sns_topic_name, title(replace("${var.project}-${var.function}-${var.env}", "-", " ")))
+  sns_topic_display_name = coalesce(var.custom_sns_topic_name, replace(title(replace("${var.project}-${var.function}-${var.env}", "-", " ")), " Ca ", " CA "))
   sns_topic_name         = coalesce(var.custom_sns_topic_name, "${var.project}-${var.function}-${var.env}")
 
   tags = merge(var.tags, {
diff --git a/tests/test_issued_certs.py b/tests/test_issued_certs.py
index 2a1b3f1..6b6b6eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_issued_certs.py
+++ b/tests/test_issued_certs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from assertpy import assert_that
 import base64
+import json
 import structlog
 from datetime import timedelta
 from certvalidator.errors import InvalidCertificateError
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 
 from utils.modules.aws.kms import get_kms_details
 from utils.modules.aws.lambdas import get_lambda_name, invoke_lambda
-from utils.modules.aws.s3 import get_s3_bucket, put_s3_object
+from utils.modules.aws.s3 import delete_s3_object, get_s3_bucket, list_s3_object_keys, put_s3_object
 from .helper import (
     helper_create_csr_info,
     helper_get_certificate,
@@ -291,6 +292,14 @@ def test_csr_uploaded_to_s3():
     # Upload CSR to S3 bucket
     put_s3_object(bucket_name, kms_arn, f"csrs/{common_name}.csr", csr)
 
+    # If no tls.json present, test for SNS notification
+    test_sns = False
+    if "tls.json" not in list_s3_object_keys(bucket_name):
+        test_sns = True
+        certs_json = [{"common_name": common_name, "lifetime": 1, "csr_file": f"{common_name}.csr"}]
+        tls_file = bytes(json.dumps(certs_json), "utf-8")
+        put_s3_object(bucket_name, kms_arn, "tls.json", tls_file)
+
     # Construct JSON data to pass to Lambda function
     csr_file = f"{common_name}.csr"
     json_data = {
@@ -308,6 +317,10 @@ def test_csr_uploaded_to_s3():
     log.info("issued certificate", subject=issued_cert.subject.rfc4514_string())
 
     assert_that(issued_cert.subject.rfc4514_string()).is_equal_to(expected_subject)
+    if test_sns:
+        # check SNS messsage received via email subscription
+        # TODO: implement programatically within tests
+        delete_s3_object(bucket_name, "tls.json")
 
 
 def test_no_private_key_reuse():