DigiCert Private Intermediate CA
DigiCert Private Intermediate CA provides a foundational element for establishing and managing your organization's private Public Key Infrastructure, ensuring secure internal digital identities.
- Enhanced Security: Establish a trusted root for issuing internal certificates, protecting sensitive data and systems.
- Controlled Issuance: Maintain full control over certificate policies, issuance, and revocation within your organization.
- Scalable PKI: Build a robust and scalable private Public Key Infrastructure to meet growing digital security needs.
- Compliance Support: Facilitate compliance with internal security policies and external regulatory requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The DigiCert Private Intermediate CA is a critical component for organizations looking to establish and manage their own private Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). It acts as a trusted intermediary, allowing you to issue and manage digital certificates for your internal devices, applications, and users, thereby enhancing your organization's security posture.
This solution is designed for IT Managers, Security Professionals, and Business Owners within SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure internal communications, authenticate users and devices, and protect sensitive data. It integrates into your existing IT environment, providing a centralized and controlled method for digital certificate management.
- Private Root Authority: Establishes a secure, private root for your organization's certificate issuance.
- Customizable Policies: Define and enforce specific certificate policies tailored to your business needs.
- Secure Issuance: Enables the secure issuance of digital certificates for internal servers, endpoints, and applications.
- Revocation Management: Provides tools for efficient revocation of compromised or expired certificates.
- Audit Trails: Maintains detailed logs for compliance and security monitoring purposes.
Establish a secure and trusted internal digital environment with DigiCert Private Intermediate CA, offering enterprise-grade PKI control without the enterprise overhead.
What This Solves
Enable secure internal device authentication
Enable teams to issue and manage digital certificates for internal devices, ensuring only authorized hardware can access sensitive network resources. This strengthens your network perimeter and prevents unauthorized device connections.
network security, device management, internal IT infrastructure, endpoint security
Streamline secure application-to-application communication
Streamline the process of securing communication between internal applications and services using digital certificates. This ensures data integrity and confidentiality for critical business processes.
application integration, microservices architecture, internal APIs, data security
Automate internal user and identity management
Automate the issuance and management of digital certificates for internal user authentication, enhancing security beyond simple passwords. This supports zero trust initiatives and reduces the risk of account compromise.
identity and access management, employee onboarding, security policy enforcement, IT operations
Key Features
Private Root and Intermediate CA Hierarchy
Establishes a secure and trusted foundation for your internal certificate authority, ensuring control and preventing reliance on external entities for internal trust.
Customizable Certificate Policies
Allows you to define specific attributes, validity periods, and usage constraints for certificates, aligning with your unique security requirements and compliance needs.
Secure Certificate Issuance and Revocation
Provides a controlled process for issuing new certificates and efficiently revoking compromised or expired ones, maintaining the integrity of your digital identity ecosystem.
Audit Logging and Reporting
Generates detailed logs of all certificate lifecycle events, providing essential data for security audits, compliance reporting, and forensic analysis.
Subscription-based Licensing
Offers a predictable cost structure and access to ongoing updates and support, making enterprise-grade PKI management accessible for SMB and mid-market budgets.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security controls and audit trails for internal systems and data protection, making a private PKI essential for compliance and trust.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and comply with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communication and device authentication managed by a private PKI.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve critical operational technology (OT) that requires secure authentication and communication channels, which can be established and managed through a private PKI.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information and require robust internal security measures, including secure digital identities for access and communication.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Private Intermediate CA?
A Private Intermediate CA is a digital certificate authority that operates under a private root CA controlled by your organization. It is used to issue and manage digital certificates for internal use, such as authenticating devices or securing internal applications.
Who typically uses a Private Intermediate CA?
Organizations that need to manage their own Public Key Infrastructure for internal security, compliance, or operational reasons typically use a Private Intermediate CA. This includes businesses of all sizes that want to control their digital identity issuance.
How does this differ from a public CA?
Public CAs issue certificates trusted by the general internet. A Private Intermediate CA issues certificates trusted only within your organization's private network, providing greater control and customization for internal security needs.
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.