DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificate
DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates provide trusted digital identities for your internal applications and devices, ensuring secure communication and access control across your organization.
- Coverage: Secures internal servers, applications, and devices with trusted digital certificates.
- Value: Enhances security posture by enabling strong authentication and encryption for internal systems.
- Integration: Easily integrates with existing PKI infrastructure and internal device management workflows.
- Management: Simplifies certificate lifecycle management for private infrastructure.
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 are crucial for securing internal applications, servers, devices, and services that do not require public trust but demand robust authentication and encryption.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to manage the security of their internal IT infrastructure. It fits within a broader cybersecurity strategy, complementing public SSL/TLS certificates by providing a dedicated layer of security for private digital assets.
- Private PKI: Enables the creation and management of a private Public Key Infrastructure.
- Device Authentication: Secures internal devices like IoT sensors, workstations, and servers.
- Application Security: Protects internal web applications, APIs, and microservices.
- Data Encryption: Ensures sensitive data transmitted between internal systems is encrypted.
- Access Control: Strengthens access control mechanisms through certificate based authentication.
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 APIs used by employees. This ensures that only authorized users and devices can connect to sensitive internal resources, protecting business data.
Internal web portals, employee-facing applications, API gateways, private cloud environments
Protect IoT and Device Communications
Streamline the process of issuing and managing certificates for internal IoT devices and endpoints. This protects device-to-device and device-to-server communications from eavesdropping and tampering.
Manufacturing floors, logistics tracking, smart building systems, internal device networks
Automate Server and Service Authentication
Automate the authentication of internal servers and backend services, ensuring secure communication channels. This reduces the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks and unauthorized data interception within the network.
Microservices architecture, internal databases, private application servers, backend infrastructure
Key Features
Private Certificate Authority (CA) capabilities
Establish and manage your own trusted root for internal certificate issuance, enhancing control over your private PKI.
End-entity certificate issuance
Issue digital certificates for servers, devices, and applications within your private network, enabling secure communication.
Strong authentication and encryption
Ensure secure data transmission and verify the identity of internal systems and devices, reducing the risk of breaches.
Lifecycle management tools
Simplify the process of issuing, renewing, and revoking certificates for your internal infrastructure.
Integration with existing PKI
Can be integrated with existing enterprise PKI solutions for a unified security management approach.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Secures communication between industrial control systems (ICS), IoT devices on the factory floor, and backend management systems, crucial for operational integrity and data protection.
Finance & Insurance
Protects sensitive internal financial data and client information by securing internal applications, trading platforms, and communication channels against unauthorized access and breaches.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Ensures the confidentiality and integrity of patient data (PHI) transmitted between internal medical devices, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, and hospital networks, aiding HIPAA compliance.
Retail & Hospitality
Secures internal point-of-sale (POS) systems, inventory management, and customer data platforms, protecting sensitive transaction details and operational data within the business network.
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 secure internal applications, servers, and devices that don't require public trust.
Who typically uses DigiCert Private End-Entity Certificates?
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies use these certificates to secure their internal IT infrastructure, including servers, applications, and devices that are not exposed to the public internet.
How does this differ from a public SSL/TLS certificate?
Public SSL/TLS certificates are trusted by web browsers and the public internet. Private End-Entity Certificates are for internal use only and are trusted within your organization's private network, providing security for internal 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
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.