DigiCert Private Intermediate CA
Establish and manage your own trusted Certificate Authority hierarchy with the DigiCert Private Intermediate CA subscription, ensuring robust internal security and control over digital identities.
- Extended Coverage: Full lifecycle management for your private CA infrastructure, ensuring continuous operation and security.
- Enhanced Security: Granular control over certificate issuance, revocation, and policy enforcement for internal applications and devices.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory and internal policy requirements for identity and access management.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline the deployment and management of digital certificates across your organization's network.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The DigiCert Private Intermediate CA subscription provides organizations with the tools and infrastructure to establish and manage their own private Certificate Authority (CA) hierarchy. This allows for the issuance of trusted digital certificates for internal use, such as securing internal web servers, authenticating devices, and enabling secure code signing, all under your direct control.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who need to enhance their internal security posture. It integrates into existing network infrastructure, providing a foundational element for robust identity and access management strategies without the complexity of managing a public CA.
- Private Root and Intermediate CA: Establish your own secure CA hierarchy for complete control over your digital certificate ecosystem.
- Customizable Policies: Define and enforce unique certificate policies tailored to your organization's specific security and operational needs.
- Secure Issuance and Management: Issue, renew, and revoke certificates with confidence, ensuring only authorized entities receive trusted credentials.
- Integration Ready: Designed to integrate with existing IT infrastructure and security tools for a unified approach to identity management.
- Scalable Solution: Supports the growing needs of businesses requiring a dedicated and controlled certificate management system.
Empower your organization with a secure, private PKI infrastructure that scales with your business needs and enhances overall security.
What This Solves
Establish Internal Certificate Trust
Enable teams to issue and manage trusted digital certificates for internal servers, applications, and devices. Streamline the process of securing internal communications and authenticating endpoints within your network.
Internal web servers, device authentication, secure application communication, network segmentation
Secure Code Signing for Internal Tools
Automate the process of signing internal software and scripts, ensuring their integrity and authenticity before deployment. Reduce the risk of deploying unauthorized or tampered code within your development and production environments.
Internal software development, script deployment, application integrity verification, developer workflows
Enhance Device and User Authentication
Support teams in implementing stronger authentication mechanisms for network devices and user access. Improve security by ensuring that only verified devices and users can connect to sensitive internal resources.
Network access control, VPN authentication, IoT device security, multi-factor authentication
Key Features
Private Root and Intermediate CA Hierarchy
Provides complete control and ownership over your certificate issuance process, enhancing security and trust within your organization.
Customizable Certificate Policies
Allows you to define specific rules for certificate validity, key usage, and issuance criteria, aligning with your unique security requirements.
Secure Certificate Lifecycle Management
Enables efficient and secure issuance, renewal, and revocation of certificates, minimizing exposure to security risks.
Integration with Existing Infrastructure
Designed to work with your current IT environment, simplifying deployment and management of digital identities.
Subscription-Based Model
Offers predictable costs and access to ongoing updates and support, making advanced PKI management accessible for mid-market businesses.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance for internal systems, including secure authentication for sensitive data access and transaction integrity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient data and ensure the integrity of internal systems, necessitating secure communication and device authentication under strict regulatory guidelines.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on secure device communication and authentication for operational technology (OT) systems, where a private CA can enhance security and control.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies need to secure internal networks and sensitive data, often requiring strict control over digital identities and adherence to specific security protocols for their own operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Private Intermediate CA?
A Private Intermediate CA is a certificate authority that is subordinate to a root CA. It allows organizations to issue their own trusted certificates for internal use, providing greater control and security over their digital identity infrastructure.
Who typically uses a Private Intermediate CA?
IT departments in mid-market and enterprise organizations use Private Intermediate CAs to manage internal PKI needs, such as securing internal web servers, authenticating devices, and signing internal code. This is for their own internal operations, not for reselling services.
How does this differ from a public CA?
Public CAs issue certificates trusted by the general internet. A Private Intermediate CA is for internal use only, allowing organizations to establish their own trust hierarchy and policies without needing public validation, thereby increasing control and reducing costs for internal operations.
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.