diff --git a/pkg/agent/manager/cache/lru_cache.go b/pkg/agent/manager/cache/lru_cache.go
index aa4377c868..90c9415f82 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/manager/cache/lru_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/manager/cache/lru_cache.go
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ const (
 	DefaultSVIDCacheMaxSize = 1000
 	// SVIDSyncInterval is the interval at which SVIDs are synced with subscribers
 	SVIDSyncInterval = 500 * time.Millisecond
+	// Default batch size for processing tainted SVIDs
+	defaultProcessingBatchSize = 100
+)
+
+var (
+	// Time interval between SVID batch processing
+	processingTaintedX509SVIDInterval = 5 * time.Second
 )
 
 // Cache caches each registration entry, bundles, and JWT SVIDs for the agent.
@@ -485,84 +492,32 @@ func (c *LRUCache) UpdateSVIDs(update *UpdateSVIDs) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *LRUCache) scheduleRotation(ctx context.Context, entriesToForce []string, taintedX509Authorities []*x509.Certificate) {
-	// TODO: move to const
-	batch := 100
-	// TODO: search const used for sync interval...
-	interval := 5 * time.Second
-
-	ticker := c.clk.Ticker(interval)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
-
-	for len(entriesToForce) > 0 {
-		if batch > len(entriesToForce) {
-			batch = len(entriesToForce)
-		}
-		processingEntries := entriesToForce[:batch]
-		start := time.Now()
-		c.processTaintedSVIDs(processingEntries, taintedX509Authorities)
-
-		c.log.Debugf("******************************************************")
-		c.log.Debugf("Duration to process %d svids: %v", len(processingEntries), time.Since(start))
-		c.log.Debugf("******************************************************")
-
-		entriesToForce = entriesToForce[batch:]
-		c.log.WithField(telemetry.Count, batch).Debug("entries to process")
-
-		select {
-		case <-ticker.C:
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *LRUCache) processTaintedSVIDs(entries []string, taintedX509Authorities []*x509.Certificate) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	taintedSVIDs := 0
-	for _, processingEntry := range entries {
-		svid, ok := c.svids[processingEntry]
-		if !ok {
-			// SVID is not longer there
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if svid == nil {
-			// no SVID stored
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if tainted := x509util.IsSignedByRoot(svid.Chain, taintedX509Authorities); tainted {
-			taintedSVIDs += 1
-			delete(c.svids, processingEntry)
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	agentmetrics.AddCacheManagerTaintedSVIDsSample(c.metrics, "", float32(taintedSVIDs))
-	c.log.WithField(telemetry.TaintedSVIDs, taintedSVIDs).Debug("Tainted X.509 SVIDs")
-}
-
+// TaintX509SVIDs initiates the processing of all cached SVIDs, checking if they are tainted by the provided authorities.
+// It schedules the processing to run asynchronously in batches.
 func (c *LRUCache) TaintX509SVIDs(ctx context.Context, taintedX509Authorities []*x509.Certificate) {
-	// TODO: add elapsed time metrics
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	var entriesToProcess []string
 	for key, svid := range c.svids {
-		// no process already tainted or empty SVIDs
-		if svid == nil {
-			continue
+		if svid != nil {
+			entriesToProcess = append(entriesToProcess, key)
 		}
+	}
 
-		entriesToProcess = append(entriesToProcess, key)
+	// Check if there are any entries to process before scheduling
+	if len(entriesToProcess) == 0 {
+		c.log.Debug("No SVID entries to process for tainted X.509 authorities")
+		return
 	}
 
-	go c.scheduleRotation(ctx, entriesToProcess, taintedX509Authorities)
+	// Schedule the rotation process in a separate goroutine
+	go func() {
+		c.scheduleRotation(ctx, entriesToProcess, taintedX509Authorities)
+	}()
 
-	c.log.Debug("Scheduling rotation of tainted authorities")
+	c.log.WithField(telemetry.Count, len(entriesToProcess)).
+		Debug("Scheduled rotation for SVID entries due to tainted X.509 authorities")
 }
 
 // GetStaleEntries obtains a list of stale entries
@@ -603,6 +558,63 @@ func (c *LRUCache) SyncSVIDsWithSubscribers() {
 	c.syncSVIDsWithSubscribers()
 }
 
+// scheduleRotation processes SVID entries in batches, removing those tainted by X.509 authorities.
+// The process continues at regular intervals until all entries have been processed or the context is cancelled.
+func (c *LRUCache) scheduleRotation(ctx context.Context, entryIDs []string, taintedX509Authorities []*x509.Certificate) {
+	ticker := c.clk.Ticker(processingTaintedX509SVIDInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for len(entryIDs) > 0 {
+		// Processing SVIDs in batches
+		batchSize := min(defaultProcessingBatchSize, len(entryIDs))
+		processingEntries := entryIDs[:batchSize]
+
+		start := time.Now()
+		c.processTaintedSVIDs(processingEntries, taintedX509Authorities)
+
+		c.log.Debugf("******************************************************")
+		c.log.Debugf("Processed %d SVIDs in %v", len(processingEntries), time.Since(start))
+		c.log.Debugf("******************************************************")
+
+		// Update the list to remove processed entries
+		entryIDs = entryIDs[batchSize:]
+		c.log.WithField(telemetry.Count, batchSize).Debug("entries left to process")
+
+		select {
+		case <-ticker.C:
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			c.log.Debug("Context cancelled, exiting rotation schedule")
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// processTaintedSVIDs identifies and removes tainted SVIDs from the cache that have been signed by the given tainted authorities.
+func (c *LRUCache) processTaintedSVIDs(entryIDs []string, taintedX509Authorities []*x509.Certificate) {
+	taintedSVIDs := 0
+
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	for _, entryID := range entryIDs {
+		svid, exists := c.svids[entryID]
+		if !exists || svid == nil {
+			// Skip if the SVID is not in cache or is nil
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Check if the SVID is signed by any tainted authority
+		if tainted := x509util.IsSignedByRoot(svid.Chain, taintedX509Authorities); tainted {
+			taintedSVIDs++
+			delete(c.svids, entryID)
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	agentmetrics.AddCacheManagerTaintedSVIDsSample(c.metrics, "", float32(taintedSVIDs))
+	c.log.WithField(telemetry.TaintedSVIDs, taintedSVIDs).Debug("Tainted X.509 SVIDs")
+}
+
 // Notify subscriber of selector set only if all SVIDs for corresponding selector set are cached
 // It returns whether all SVIDs are cached or not.
 // This method should be retried with backoff to avoid lock contention.