DigiCert Private End Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End Entity Certificates provide robust identity verification for your internal applications and devices, ensuring secure communication and access control across your network.
- Extended Coverage: Protection for all internal devices and applications requiring trusted identity.
- Enhanced Security: Prevents unauthorized access and man-in-the-middle attacks on internal systems.
- Streamlined Operations: Simplifies certificate management for private PKI infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory requirements for data protection and access control.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert Private End Entity Certificates are designed to secure internal systems, applications, and devices within an organization's private network. These certificates act as digital identities, enabling trusted communication and authentication for resources not exposed to the public internet.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize these certificates to bolster their internal security posture. They are essential for environments with private Certificate Authorities (CAs) or when needing to issue trusted identities for internal servers, workstations, IoT devices, and custom applications.
- Private PKI Support: Enables the issuance and management of certificates from a private Certificate Authority.
- Internal Device Authentication: Secures communication and access for servers, workstations, and IoT devices.
- Application Identity: Provides trusted identities for internal web applications, APIs, and microservices.
- Enhanced Access Control: Strengthens authentication mechanisms for sensitive internal resources.
- Simplified Management: Integrates with existing PKI infrastructure for efficient certificate lifecycle management.
Secure your internal digital assets with DigiCert Private End Entity Certificates, offering enterprise-grade security without the complexity for growing businesses.
What This Solves
Secure Internal Application Access
Enable teams to authenticate and secure access to internal web applications and APIs. This ensures that only authorized users and systems can interact with sensitive internal resources, preventing data leakage.
Internal web services, private API gateways, microservice authentication
Authenticate Internal Devices
Streamline the process of providing trusted identities to internal servers, workstations, and IoT devices. This capability is crucial for establishing secure communication channels and enforcing access policies across the network.
Server authentication, workstation identity, IoT device security, network device authentication
Support Private PKI Infrastructure
Automate the issuance and management of certificates from a private Certificate Authority. This allows organizations to maintain control over their internal trust model and meet specific security requirements.
Private CA operations, internal certificate lifecycle management, enterprise PKI deployment
Key Features
Private CA Issuance
Allows organizations to issue and manage certificates from their own trusted internal Certificate Authority, maintaining full control over their security infrastructure.
Device and Application Authentication
Provides verifiable digital identities for internal servers, workstations, and applications, preventing spoofing and unauthorized access.
Secure Communication
Enables encrypted and authenticated communication channels between internal systems, protecting data in transit.
PKI Integration
Designed to integrate seamlessly with existing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solutions for efficient certificate lifecycle management.
Compliance Support
Helps organizations meet various regulatory requirements for data security, access control, and internal system integrity.
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) according to HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communication and device authentication for medical systems and records.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and operational technology (OT) environments require secure authentication and communication to prevent cyber-physical attacks and ensure operational continuity.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle confidential client information, requiring robust internal security measures to protect sensitive documents and communications from unauthorized access.
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) to identify and authenticate internal devices, servers, or applications within an organization's private network. It ensures trusted communication and access control for internal resources.
Who typically uses Private End Entity Certificates?
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies use these certificates to secure their internal IT infrastructure. This includes organizations with private CAs, internal web services, or a need to authenticate internal devices and applications.
How do these certificates differ from public SSL/TLS certificates?
Public SSL/TLS certificates are issued by publicly trusted CAs and are used to secure websites accessible on the internet. Private End Entity Certificates are issued by an organization's own private CA and are intended solely for securing resources within that organization's private network.
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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