DigiCert Private End Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End Entity Certificates provide robust identity verification for your internal systems, ensuring secure communication and access control across your organization.
- Extended Coverage: Protects all internal devices and applications requiring trusted digital identities.
- Enhanced Security: Prevents unauthorized access and man-in-the-middle attacks on your private network.
- Streamlined Management: Simplifies the issuance and management of digital certificates for internal use.
- 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 trusted digital identities for internal servers, devices, and applications within your organization's private network. They enable secure communication, authentication, and data integrity for systems not exposed to the public internet.
These certificates are ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure internal infrastructure, such as web servers, internal applications, IoT devices, and network access points, without relying on public Certificate Authorities for every need.
- Private PKI Foundation: Establishes a trusted root for issuing and managing internal digital certificates.
- Secure Device Authentication: Ensures only authorized devices can connect to your network resources.
- Application-to-Application Security: Enables encrypted and authenticated communication between internal services.
- Customizable Issuance Policies: Define specific attributes and validity periods for your private certificates.
- Simplified Certificate Lifecycle Management: Tools to help automate issuance, renewal, and revocation.
Secure your internal digital landscape 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 secure access to internal web applications and portals. Streamline user authentication and ensure only authorized personnel can access sensitive internal resources.
Internal portals, employee self-service applications, private cloud environments, secure development environments
Protect Internal Device Communications
Automate the process of issuing and managing digital certificates for internal devices. Protect device-to-device communication and prevent unauthorized network entry.
IoT devices, internal servers, network appliances, endpoint security solutions
Establish Private PKI for Compliance
Support teams in meeting regulatory compliance by establishing a controlled and auditable private PKI. Ensure data integrity and secure communication channels for sensitive internal data.
Data privacy initiatives, internal audit requirements, secure data handling protocols, compliance reporting
Key Features
Private Root CA Capability
Establish a trusted foundation for issuing internal certificates, providing greater control and customization than public CAs.
End-Entity Certificate Issuance
Generate trusted digital identities for servers, devices, and applications within your private network.
Customizable Certificate Policies
Define specific attributes, validity periods, and usage policies tailored to your organization's internal security needs.
Simplified Certificate Management
Facilitate the lifecycle management of internal certificates, including issuance, renewal, and revocation.
Enhanced Security Posture
Mitigate risks associated with unauthorized access, man-in-the-middle attacks, and data breaches on internal systems.
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 risk management.
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 environments often deploy numerous internal devices and systems that require secure authentication and communication to ensure operational integrity and prevent cyber-physical threats.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle confidential client information, requiring 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) within an organization's network. It's used to authenticate and secure internal devices, servers, and applications.
Who typically uses Private End Entity Certificates?
IT departments in small to mid-sized businesses use these certificates to secure their internal infrastructure, such as private web servers, internal applications, and IoT devices, where public trust is not required but internal trust is essential.
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 for internal use, managed by your organization's private CA, and are not trusted by default by external browsers or 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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