DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates provide robust identity assurance for your internal devices and applications, ensuring secure communication and access control across your organization.
- Extended Coverage: Protection for all your internal endpoints and applications, ensuring consistent security policies.
- Enhanced Security: Strengthen your network's security posture by verifying the identity of internal devices and services.
- Streamlined Management: Simplify the issuance and management of digital certificates for your private infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet internal security mandates and audit requirements with trusted, verifiable digital identities.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates are designed to secure your organization's internal network infrastructure. They provide trusted digital identities for devices, servers, and applications that operate within your private environment, preventing unauthorized access and ensuring the integrity of internal communications.
These certificates are ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to manage and secure their internal systems. They integrate into existing PKI infrastructures or can be used as a foundational element for building a private certificate authority, enhancing overall network security and operational reliability.
- Private Certificate Authority: Establish and manage your own Certificate Authority for issuing internal certificates.
- Device & Server Authentication: Securely authenticate servers, workstations, IoT devices, and other endpoints within your network.
- Application Security: Protect internal applications and services by ensuring the identity of both the server and the client.
- Automated Issuance: Integrate with systems for automated certificate issuance and renewal, reducing manual effort.
- Policy Enforcement: Enforce granular security policies and access controls based on verified digital identities.
Secure your internal digital landscape with DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates, offering enterprise-grade security without the enterprise overhead for growing businesses.
What This Solves
Secure Internal Device Authentication
Enable teams to authenticate and establish secure connections for all internal devices, including workstations, servers, and IoT endpoints. This ensures that only authorized hardware can access sensitive network resources and data.
network segmentation, endpoint security, device management, IoT deployment, private cloud
Protect Internal Application Access
Streamline the process of securing internal applications and services by providing verifiable digital identities for both servers and clients. This prevents unauthorized access and ensures data privacy for internal business operations.
internal web applications, microservices architecture, API security, data access control, private services
Establish a Private Certificate Authority
Automate the issuance and management of digital certificates tailored to your organization's specific security policies and internal requirements. This provides granular control over your digital identity infrastructure.
PKI implementation, certificate lifecycle management, internal compliance, security policy enforcement, custom security needs
Key Features
Private Certificate Authority Issuance
Establish and manage your own trusted root or intermediate CA for issuing certificates within your private network, offering complete control over your security infrastructure.
End-Entity Certificate Deployment
Deploy digital certificates to authenticate servers, devices, and applications, preventing unauthorized access and ensuring the integrity of internal communications.
Automated Certificate Management
Integrate with existing systems for automated certificate issuance, renewal, and revocation, significantly reducing manual administrative overhead and potential for human error.
Strong Encryption Standards
Utilize industry-standard encryption algorithms to protect data in transit between internal endpoints, safeguarding sensitive business information.
Customizable Policy Enforcement
Define and enforce granular security policies for certificate issuance and usage, aligning with your organization's specific compliance and security requirements.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security for internal systems handling sensitive customer data and transactions, making private PKI essential for compliance and fraud prevention.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient health information (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communications and device authentication to prevent data breaches.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and operational technology (OT) environments often require secure authentication for internal devices and systems to prevent operational disruptions and cyber-physical attacks.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information, requiring robust internal security measures to protect data integrity and client privacy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Private End-Entity Certificate?
A Private End-Entity Certificate is a digital certificate issued by a private Certificate Authority (CA) that serves as a trusted identity for devices, servers, or applications within an organization's internal network. It is not intended for public-facing websites.
Who typically uses DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates?
IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-sized businesses use these certificates to secure their internal infrastructure, authenticate devices, and protect internal applications. This is crucial for organizations that need to manage their own PKI or enhance internal security beyond basic network access controls.
How does this differ from a public SSL/TLS certificate?
Public SSL/TLS certificates are issued by publicly trusted CAs and are used to secure public websites. Private End-Entity Certificates are issued by a private CA and are used exclusively for internal network resources, providing a trusted identity within the organization's controlled environment.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
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