DigiCert Private Root CA
Establish and manage your own trusted Certificate Authority with DigiCert Private Root CA, ensuring robust control over your organization's digital identity and security infrastructure for up to 1152 days.
- Extended Validity: Coverage for up to 1152 days, providing long-term assurance for your private Certificate Authority.
- Enhanced Security: Protection against unauthorized certificate issuance and improved control over your internal PKI.
- Streamlined Management: Entitlement to manage your own root CA, simplifying internal certificate lifecycle operations.
- Foundation for Trust: Access to a foundational element for establishing trust across your internal applications and devices.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The DigiCert Private Root CA is a foundational cybersecurity solution that allows organizations to establish and manage their own private Certificate Authority (CA). This service provides the essential root certificate, enabling businesses to issue and manage their own trusted certificates for internal use, thereby enhancing security and control over their digital assets and communications.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure internal applications, devices, and data. It fits into environments requiring a robust Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) without the complexity of managing a public CA, offering enterprise-grade security tailored for internal operations.
- Establish Private Trust: Create your own root of trust for internal certificate issuance.
- Control Certificate Lifecycle: Manage the entire lifecycle of certificates issued from your private CA.
- Secure Internal Communications: Enable secure connections for internal applications, servers, and devices.
- Enhance Compliance: Support internal security policies and compliance requirements with controlled certificate management.
- Foundation for PKI: Provides the core component for building a comprehensive internal Public Key Infrastructure.
Empower your organization with self-managed digital trust, offering enterprise-level PKI capabilities without the enterprise overhead.
What This Solves
Enable Secure Internal Application Access
Enable teams to issue and manage digital certificates for internal applications, ensuring secure authentication and encrypted data transmission. Streamline the process of securing web servers, APIs, and other internal services with trusted identities.
On-premises deployments, cloud-hosted applications, hybrid environments, internal development platforms
Secure Device and Endpoint Communications
Automate the deployment of trusted certificates to internal devices and endpoints, securing network access and communications. Protect against unauthorized access and man-in-the-middle attacks by ensuring device identity.
Managed device environments, BYOD policies, network access control, IoT device integration
Support Internal Compliance and Auditing
Support organizations in meeting internal security policies and external compliance mandates by providing a auditable and controlled certificate issuance process. Maintain a clear record of all issued certificates and their usage.
Regulated industries, internal audit requirements, data privacy initiatives, security best practices
Key Features
Private Root Certificate Issuance
Establishes your own independent root of trust, giving you complete control over your internal certificate ecosystem.
Long-Term Validity (up to 1152 days)
Provides extended operational assurance and reduces the frequency of root certificate renewal cycles.
Self-Managed Certificate Authority
Empowers your IT team to manage the entire certificate lifecycle, from issuance to revocation, tailored to your specific needs.
Foundation for Internal PKI
Serves as the essential building block for creating a secure and scalable internal Public Key Infrastructure.
Enhanced Security Control
Mitigates risks associated with untrusted or poorly managed internal certificate authorities, improving overall security posture.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security and control over internal data and transactions, making a private CA essential for securing internal applications and communications.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and comply with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure internal systems and controlled access managed via a private CA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve critical operational technology (OT) and internal networks that require secure authentication and communication channels, supported by a private CA.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle confidential client information and require robust internal security measures, including secure document exchange and access control managed by a private CA.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Private Root CA?
A Private Root CA is a certificate authority that you create and manage internally. It acts as the ultimate source of trust for certificates issued within your organization, distinct from public CAs that issue certificates for the internet.
Who typically uses a Private Root CA?
Organizations that need to secure internal applications, devices, and communications often use a Private Root CA. This includes businesses in finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and any sector requiring strict control over their internal digital security.
How does this integrate with my existing systems?
The Private Root CA provides the root certificate that can be distributed to your internal systems, servers, and endpoints. This allows those systems to trust certificates issued by your private CA, enabling secure connections and authentication.
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.