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.
- Coverage: Secures internal servers, applications, and devices with trusted digital identities.
- Value: Enhances security posture by enabling mutual TLS authentication and encrypting internal traffic.
- Control: Allows granular management of digital certificates for your private network infrastructure.
- Compliance: Supports regulatory requirements for data protection and access control within your organization.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates are designed to issue digital certificates for internal use within an organization's private network. These certificates provide trusted identities for servers, applications, and devices, enabling secure communication and authentication without relying on public trust anchors.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure their internal infrastructure. It integrates into existing IT environments to manage the lifecycle of private certificates, supporting secure development, internal services, and device authentication.
- Private PKI Management: Enables the creation and management of a private Public Key Infrastructure.
- Internal Device Authentication: Secures communication between internal servers, endpoints, and applications.
- Application Security: Protects internal web applications and APIs with trusted digital identities.
- Secure Development: Facilitates secure testing and deployment of internal software and services.
- Centralized Control: Provides a single point for managing certificate issuance, renewal, and revocation.
Secure your internal digital landscape with DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates, offering enterprise-grade security without the complexity for your business.
What This Solves
Secure Internal Application Access
Enable teams to secure internal web applications and APIs with trusted digital identities. This ensures that only authorized users and devices can access sensitive internal resources, preventing data breaches.
Internal web servers, API gateways, microservices architecture, private cloud deployments
Automate Device Authentication
Streamline the process of authenticating internal devices, such as IoT sensors or workstations, to the network. This enhances security by verifying the identity of each device before granting access.
Network device onboarding, IoT device management, endpoint security, private network segmentation
Establish Private PKI for Development
Support secure development lifecycles by providing trusted certificates for testing internal applications and services. This allows developers to simulate secure production environments and identify potential vulnerabilities early.
Development environments, staging servers, internal testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines
Key Features
Private Certificate Authority Issuance
Establish and manage your own trusted root for internal certificates, providing granular control over your security infrastructure.
Mutual TLS Authentication
Secure server-to-server and client-to-server communication by verifying the identity of both parties, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks.
Device and Application Identity
Assign trusted digital identities to internal devices and applications, ensuring their authenticity and integrity within your network.
Centralized Certificate Management
Simplify the lifecycle management of internal certificates, including issuance, renewal, and revocation, from a single platform.
Compliance Support
Meet internal security policies and regulatory requirements for data protection and access control within your private network.
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 communication channels and device authentication.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and IoT devices in manufacturing environments require secure authentication and communication to prevent operational disruptions and cyber-physical attacks.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client information, demanding robust security for internal networks and applications to maintain client trust and data 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 you control. It's used to identify and secure internal devices, servers, and applications within your organization's private network.
How does this differ from a public SSL/TLS certificate?
Public SSL/TLS certificates are issued by CAs trusted by web browsers for securing public websites. Private End-Entity Certificates are for internal use only and are not trusted by public browsers, but are essential for securing your internal infrastructure.
Can this be used for employee authentication?
While primarily for device and application authentication, private certificates can be integrated into systems that support certificate-based authentication for employees, enhancing security beyond simple passwords.
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.