DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates provide trusted identity for your internal devices and applications, ensuring secure communication across your private network.
- Enhanced Security: Protect internal systems and data from unauthorized access and man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Trusted Identity: Establish verifiable identities for servers, devices, and applications within your private infrastructure.
- Streamlined Management: Simplify the issuance and management of digital certificates for your internal PKI.
- Compliance Support: Aid in meeting regulatory and internal policy requirements for secure data handling and access.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates are designed to secure internal networks and applications by providing trusted digital identities for devices, servers, and services that do not need to be publicly trusted.
These certificates are ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations looking to enhance their private Public Key Infrastructure PKI, ensuring secure internal communication and access control without the cost and complexity of public certificates.
- Private PKI Enablement: Facilitates the creation and expansion of a private certificate authority for internal use.
- Device and Server Authentication: Secures communication between internal servers, workstations, and IoT devices.
- Application Security: Protects internal web applications, APIs, and microservices.
- Access Control: Enables strong authentication for internal network access and resource utilization.
- Customizable Issuance: Allows for tailored certificate policies to meet specific organizational needs.
Secure your internal digital assets with DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates, offering a scalable and trusted solution for your business's private infrastructure.
What This Solves
Secure Internal Application Access
Enable teams to authenticate and encrypt traffic for internal web applications, APIs, and microservices. Streamline the process of issuing and managing trusted identities for services used exclusively within the company network.
Internal web services, API gateways, microservice architectures, private cloud deployments
Device and Server Authentication
Automate the process of establishing verifiable identities for internal servers and devices, ensuring only authorized endpoints can communicate. Protect against unauthorized access and man-in-the-middle attacks on your private network.
Server-to-server communication, IoT device management, internal network segmentation, endpoint security
Private PKI Infrastructure
Support the establishment and expansion of a private Public Key Infrastructure PKI for internal use cases. Provide a foundation of trust for digital certificates used solely within the organization's boundaries.
Internal certificate authority CA, identity and access management IAM, security policy enforcement, compliance initiatives
Key Features
Private CA Issuance
Allows for the creation and management of digital certificates specifically for internal use, reducing reliance on public CAs for non-public facing systems.
Device and Server Identity
Provides verifiable digital identities for internal servers and devices, enabling secure authentication and encrypted communication.
Application Security
Secures internal web applications, APIs, and other services, protecting sensitive data and ensuring operational integrity.
Customizable Policies
Enables organizations to define and enforce specific certificate policies tailored to their unique security requirements and compliance needs.
Access Control Enforcement
Facilitates stronger access control mechanisms by using trusted digital identities for authentication to internal resources.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security for internal systems handling sensitive customer data and transactions, making private PKI essential for compliance and trust.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient health information PHI and comply with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communication and device authentication.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and IoT devices within manufacturing environments require secure authentication and communication to prevent operational disruptions and data breaches.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information, demanding strong 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 own Public Key Infrastructure PKI. It is used to authenticate and secure internal devices, servers, and applications that do not require public trust.
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 networks, applications, and devices. This includes securing internal web servers, APIs, IoT devices, and establishing trusted communication channels within the organization.
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 websites accessible on the internet. Private End-Entity Certificates are issued by an organization's own private CA and are intended solely for use within that organization's private network, providing trust only within that defined boundary.
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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