DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates provide robust identity verification for your internal systems, ensuring secure communication and access control for your business.
- Extended Coverage: Protects all internal devices and applications requiring trusted identity.
- Enhanced Security: Prevents unauthorized access and man-in-the-middle attacks on your private network.
- Streamlined Management: Simplifies the issuance and lifecycle management of internal digital certificates.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory requirements for data protection and secure authentication.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates are designed to issue digital certificates for internal devices, applications, and services within an organization's private network. They enable trusted communication and authentication for resources not exposed to the public internet, ensuring a secure internal environment.
These certificates are ideal for IT Managers, IT Professionals, and Business Owners in SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure their internal infrastructure. They integrate into existing IT environments, providing a foundational layer of trust for internal systems and data.
- Private PKI Management: Enables the creation and management of a private Public Key Infrastructure.
- Device & Application Authentication: Secures internal servers, IoT devices, and custom applications.
- Secure Internal Communication: Facilitates encrypted and authenticated communication between internal systems.
- Customizable Policies: Allows for tailored certificate policies to meet specific organizational needs.
- Simplified Deployment: Integrates with existing infrastructure for straightforward certificate issuance.
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
Enable secure internal application authentication
Enable teams to authenticate internal applications and services, ensuring only authorized systems can communicate. This prevents unauthorized access and data breaches within your private network.
Internal web applications, custom-built business software, microservices architecture
Secure device identity for IoT and endpoints
Streamline the process of issuing and managing digital certificates for internal IoT devices and endpoints. This ensures that each device has a verifiable identity, enhancing network security and manageability.
Managed device fleets, internal network appliances, secure operational technology
Automate secure communication between internal servers
Automate the establishment of secure, encrypted, and authenticated communication channels between internal servers and services. This protects sensitive data in transit across your private network.
Server-to-server communication, internal APIs, data processing pipelines
Key Features
Private PKI Issuance
Establish and manage your own trusted root for internal certificates, providing granular control over your security environment.
Device and Application Identity
Assign unique, verifiable digital identities to all internal devices and applications, preventing spoofing and unauthorized access.
Secure Internal Communication
Ensure all data transmitted between internal systems is encrypted and authenticated, protecting against eavesdropping and tampering.
Customizable Certificate Policies
Define and enforce specific policies for certificate validity, key usage, and issuance to align with your unique security requirements.
Simplified Lifecycle Management
Streamline the process of issuing, renewing, and revoking internal certificates, reducing administrative overhead and potential security gaps.
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) under regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communication and device authentication for medical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often deploy numerous IoT devices and operational technology systems that require secure authentication and communication to prevent operational disruptions and cyber threats.
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) within an organization's network. It's used to authenticate devices, users, or applications internally, rather than for public-facing websites.
Who typically uses DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates?
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies use these certificates to secure their internal networks, applications, and devices. This includes securing internal servers, IoT devices, and ensuring secure communication between internal systems.
How does this differ from a public SSL/TLS certificate?
Public SSL/TLS certificates are issued by trusted public CAs and are used to secure public websites and services. Private End-Entity Certificates are for internal use, managed by your own private CA, and are not trusted by default by public browsers or external systems.
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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