DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates provide trusted identity and authentication for your organization's internal applications, devices, and services, ensuring secure communication across your private network.
- Secure Internal Systems: Protect sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access to critical internal applications and devices.
- Trusted Authentication: Establish verifiable identities for servers, clients, and IoT devices within your private infrastructure.
- Streamlined Management: Simplify the issuance and management of digital certificates for your organization's private PKI.
- Enhanced Compliance: Meet internal security policies and regulatory requirements by ensuring the integrity of your private network.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates are designed to secure your organization's internal digital assets. They provide trusted identities for servers, applications, and devices operating within your private network, ensuring that only authorized entities can communicate and access resources.
These certificates are ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to establish a secure and trusted environment for their internal operations. They integrate into existing network infrastructure to provide a foundational layer of security for private PKI deployments.
- Private PKI Foundation: Enables the creation and management of a private Public Key Infrastructure tailored to your organization's specific needs.
- Device and Server Identity: Issues digital certificates that serve as verifiable identities for internal servers, workstations, and IoT devices.
- Secure Application Access: Facilitates secure authentication for internal applications, ensuring only legitimate users and systems can connect.
- Customizable Issuance: Allows for the configuration of certificate policies and attributes to match specific internal security requirements.
- Enhanced Network Security: Strengthens the overall security posture of your private network by ensuring the authenticity of all connected entities.
Establish a secure and trusted internal digital environment with DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates, offering enterprise-grade security without the complexity.
What This Solves
Enable Secure Internal Application Access
Enable teams to secure access to internal web applications and services. Streamline authentication processes by ensuring only authorized users and devices can connect to critical internal resources.
Internal web services, private application portals, secure internal APIs
Secure Device and Server Identities
Automate the issuance of digital certificates for internal servers, workstations, and IoT devices. Protect against spoofing and unauthorized network entry by providing verifiable identities for all endpoints.
Server authentication, endpoint identity verification, IoT device security
Establish Private PKI Infrastructure
Support the creation and management of a private Certificate Authority tailored to your organization's specific security policies. Provide a trusted root for issuing and managing internal digital certificates.
Internal PKI deployments, certificate lifecycle management, custom security policies
Key Features
Private Certificate Authority Issuance
Allows organizations to manage their own root of trust for internal certificate issuance, providing greater control and customization.
End-Entity Certificate Generation
Enables the creation of digital certificates for servers, clients, and devices, facilitating secure authentication and communication.
Customizable Certificate Attributes
Provides flexibility to define specific attributes and policies for certificates, aligning with unique organizational security requirements.
Internal Network Security
Strengthens the security posture of the private network by ensuring the authenticity and integrity of internal digital identities.
Simplified Certificate Management
Offers tools and processes to streamline the lifecycle management of internal digital certificates.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security controls 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 access controls for medical devices and systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments require secure authentication and communication to prevent disruptions and protect sensitive production data.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information and require robust security measures to protect sensitive documents and internal communications.
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 uniquely identifies an entity, such as a server, device, or application, within your organization's private network.
Who typically uses Private End-Entity Certificates?
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies use these certificates to secure internal systems, applications, and devices that are not exposed to the public internet.
How does this 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 a private CA and are intended solely for securing resources within an organization's internal 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
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.