DigiCert Private Intermediate CA
Establish a trusted root of trust for your internal digital certificates with the DigiCert Private Intermediate CA, ensuring secure authentication and data integrity across your organization.
- Trusted Issuance: Access to a dedicated private CA for issuing your organization's internal digital certificates.
- Enhanced Security: Coverage for establishing a secure, controlled certificate authority hierarchy for internal use.
- Compliance Support: Protection against non-compliance by enabling internal certificate management aligned with security best practices.
- Operational Efficiency: Entitlement to streamline the deployment and management of digital certificates for internal applications and devices.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The DigiCert Private Intermediate CA provides a dedicated, cloud-hosted private Certificate Authority (CA) service. This allows organizations to issue and manage their own trusted digital certificates for internal use, ensuring secure authentication, data encryption, and code signing within their private network.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to establish a robust internal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). It integrates with existing IT environments to provide a foundational layer of trust for internal applications, devices, and services.
- Dedicated Private CA: A unique, cloud-hosted intermediate CA instance managed by DigiCert for your organization.
- Secure Certificate Issuance: Enables the creation and issuance of internal SSL/TLS certificates, client authentication certificates, and code signing certificates.
- PKI Management Tools: Provides access to tools and APIs for efficient certificate lifecycle management.
- Root of Trust: Establishes a controlled hierarchy for internal certificate trust, enhancing security posture.
- Subscription-Based: Flexible subscription model offering predictable costs for ongoing CA operations.
Empower your IT team with a secure, private certificate authority to meet internal security and operational demands without the complexity of self-hosting.
What This Solves
Enable secure internal application authentication
Enable teams to issue trusted client authentication certificates for internal applications. Streamline access control and ensure only authorized users and devices can connect to sensitive internal resources.
internal applications, device authentication, access control, network security, identity management
Secure internal web servers and services
Streamline the deployment of SSL/TLS certificates for internal web servers, APIs, and other services. Automate the process of securing internal communications and protecting sensitive data in transit.
internal web services, API security, data encryption, network infrastructure, secure communications
Support secure code signing for internal tools
Automate the issuance of code signing certificates for internal software development. Enable teams to ensure the integrity and authenticity of internally developed applications and scripts.
internal software development, code integrity, application authenticity, developer tooling, security best practices
Key Features
Cloud-hosted Private Intermediate CA
Eliminates the need for on-premises hardware and software, reducing infrastructure costs and management overhead.
Dedicated CA instance
Provides a unique and isolated certificate authority for your organization, ensuring control and security.
Secure certificate issuance
Enables the creation of trusted digital certificates for internal use, enhancing security for applications and devices.
PKI management tools
Offers tools and APIs to simplify the lifecycle management of your internal digital certificates.
Subscription-based model
Provides predictable operational expenses and scales with your organization's evolving certificate needs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security for internal systems and sensitive data, making a private CA essential for issuing trusted certificates for internal applications and client authentication.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient data and comply with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communication channels and trusted device authentication managed via a private CA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on secure communication between operational technology (OT) and IT systems, where a private CA can issue certificates for device identity and secure data exchange.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information, requiring secure internal networks and trusted access controls for sensitive documents and communications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Private Intermediate CA?
A Private Intermediate CA is a cloud-hosted service that allows your organization to issue and manage its own digital certificates for internal use. It acts as a trusted issuer within your private network, forming part of your Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Who typically uses a Private Intermediate CA?
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies use this service to establish a secure and controlled way to issue internal certificates for applications, devices, and services without the complexity of managing their own CA infrastructure.
How does this differ from a public CA?
Public CAs issue certificates trusted by the internet at large, typically for public-facing websites. A Private Intermediate CA is specifically for issuing certificates that are trusted only within your organization's internal 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.