DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates provide robust security for your internal digital assets, ensuring trust and integrity for your business applications.
- Extended Coverage: Protection for your private PKI infrastructure and internal device authentication.
- Enhanced Security: Safeguard sensitive internal systems and data from unauthorized access.
- Streamlined Operations: Simplify the management of digital certificates for your organization's private network.
- Trusted Identity: Establish verifiable digital identities for internal servers, applications, and devices.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates are designed to secure your organization's internal digital infrastructure. They provide a trusted foundation for authenticating devices, applications, and users within your private network, ensuring data integrity and preventing unauthorized access.
These certificates are ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to manage and secure their internal IT environments. They integrate into existing PKI strategies to extend trust and security to internal-facing systems and services.
- Private PKI Foundation: Establish and manage your own Certificate Authority for internal issuance.
- Device Authentication: Securely authenticate servers, workstations, and IoT devices on your network.
- Application Security: Protect internal web applications and services with trusted digital identities.
- Access Control: Enforce strong authentication for internal users and systems.
- Compliance Support: Aid in meeting internal security policies and regulatory requirements for data protection.
Secure your internal digital landscape with DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates, offering enterprise-grade security without the enterprise overhead for growing businesses.
What This Solves
Secure Internal Web Applications
Enable teams to protect internal web-based applications and portals with trusted SSL/TLS certificates. Streamline the process of issuing and renewing certificates for internal services, ensuring secure access for employees.
internal portals, employee dashboards, private cloud applications, web-based internal tools
Authenticate Internal Devices
Automate the process of assigning verifiable digital identities to internal servers, workstations, and IoT devices. Support secure network access and device management by ensuring only trusted devices can connect.
server authentication, endpoint security, network device identity, IoT device management
Enhance Private Network Security
Support the creation of a trusted private Certificate Authority to manage digital certificates for your organization's internal network. Protect sensitive data and communications within your private infrastructure.
private cloud environments, on-premises data centers, internal network segmentation, secure internal communication
Key Features
Private Certificate Authority Issuance
Establish and manage your own trusted CA for internal certificate issuance, providing greater control over your security infrastructure.
End-Entity Authentication
Securely authenticate internal servers, applications, and devices, ensuring only authorized entities can access your network resources.
Customizable Certificate Policies
Define and enforce specific policies for certificate issuance and management tailored to your organization's unique security requirements.
Integration with PKI
Seamlessly integrate with existing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems for a unified approach to digital identity management.
Scalable Security
Provide scalable security solutions that grow with your organization, accommodating an increasing number of internal devices and applications.
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 trust.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient data (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communications and device authentication within their networks.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on secure communication between operational technology (OT) and IT systems, where private certificates authenticate critical machinery and control systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information and require robust security for internal document management systems 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) that you control. It's used to authenticate and secure entities, such as servers, applications, or devices, within your organization's private network.
Who typically uses DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates?
IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-sized businesses use these certificates to secure their internal IT environments. This includes protecting internal web applications, authenticating devices, and managing digital identities within their private networks.
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 your own private CA and are intended solely for securing resources within your internal, private 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.