DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates provide robust security for your internal digital assets, ensuring trusted communication and authentication across your organization.
- Enhanced Security: Protect sensitive internal applications, devices, and services from unauthorized access.
- Trusted Authentication: Establish verifiable identities for internal systems, preventing spoofing and man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Streamlined Operations: Simplify the management of digital certificates for your private infrastructure.
- Compliance Support: Aid in meeting internal security policies and regulatory requirements for data protection.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates are designed to secure internal systems and applications that do not require public trust. These certificates enable organizations to establish trusted identities for their private infrastructure, ensuring secure communication and authentication between internal devices and services.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize these certificates to bolster the security posture of their private networks. They are essential for environments with internal servers, custom applications, or IoT devices that need to be authenticated and protected from external threats.
- Private PKI Management: Issue and manage certificates within your own private Public Key Infrastructure.
- Secure Internal Services: Protect internal web servers, APIs, and applications with trusted digital identities.
- Device Authentication: Ensure the authenticity of internal devices connecting to your network.
- Customizable Issuance: Tailor certificate parameters to meet specific internal security requirements.
- Reduced Public Exposure: Avoid unnecessary exposure of internal infrastructure to the public internet.
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 Web Applications
Enable teams to protect internal-facing web applications and portals with trusted digital identities. Streamline secure access for employees and internal systems, preventing unauthorized data exposure.
Internal portals, custom-built applications, employee access gateways
Authenticate Internal Devices
Automate the verification of internal devices connecting to your network, ensuring only authorized hardware can access sensitive resources. Support secure communication protocols for IoT and other internal endpoints.
Network-attached storage, internal servers, managed workstations
Protect Internal APIs and Services
Streamline the process of securing internal APIs and microservices, ensuring secure data exchange between different components of your business systems. Enhance the integrity of inter-service communication.
Backend services, inter-application communication, data integration points
Key Features
Private Certificate Authority Issuance
Maintain control over your digital certificate lifecycle for internal assets, enhancing security and compliance.
End-Entity Certificate Functionality
Provides verifiable digital identities for internal servers, applications, and devices, enabling secure authentication.
Customizable Certificate Policies
Allows tailoring of certificate attributes to meet specific internal security requirements and operational needs.
Enhanced Internal Network Security
Reduces the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks and unauthorized access to sensitive internal data and systems.
Simplified Certificate Management
Offers a structured approach to managing digital certificates for your private infrastructure, reducing administrative overhead.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security for internal systems handling sensitive customer data and transactions, making private certificates essential for compliance and risk mitigation.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient health information (PHI) within their private networks, necessitating secure authentication and communication for internal applications and medical devices.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and internal operational technology (OT) environments require secure authentication to prevent unauthorized access and ensure the integrity of production processes.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle confidential client information internally, requiring secure access and communication channels for internal case management and client portals.
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) for use within an organization's internal network. It's used to authenticate and secure internal systems, applications, and devices that don't require public trust.
Who is the target audience for this product?
This product is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure their internal IT infrastructure. It's also suitable for Business Owners looking to enhance internal security without the complexity of public PKI.
How does this differ from a publicly trusted SSL/TLS certificate?
Publicly trusted certificates are recognized by web browsers and operating systems globally, while private end-entity certificates are only trusted within your organization's private network. They are used for internal-only applications and devices.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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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