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 trust infrastructure for up to 1152 days.
- Root CA Management: Gain complete control over your organization's root certificate authority, enabling custom policies and issuance.
- Enhanced Security: Strengthen your security posture by managing your own root CA, reducing reliance on external public CAs for internal operations.
- Custom Trust Anchors: Establish internal trust anchors for code signing, device authentication, and secure communication within your network.
- Long-Term Control: Secure your digital identity infrastructure with a private root CA designed for extended operational periods and predictable management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The DigiCert Private Root CA is a foundational cybersecurity solution that allows organizations to establish and manage their own trusted Certificate Authority (CA). This service provides the ultimate control over digital certificates issued within an organization's private network, ensuring that all internal devices, applications, and services are validated against a trusted, self-managed root.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure internal communications, authenticate devices, and ensure the integrity of internal applications. It fits into environments requiring granular control over certificate lifecycles and trust relationships, such as those with strict compliance mandates or complex internal IT infrastructures.
- Self-Managed Trust: Establish your own root of trust for internal certificate issuance.
- Granular Control: Define and enforce custom policies for certificate issuance and management.
- Enhanced Internal Security: Secure internal applications, devices, and communications with validated certificates.
- Compliance Support: Facilitate adherence to internal security policies and regulatory requirements.
- Streamlined Operations: Simplify the management of internal digital certificates from a single, controlled source.
Empower your IT team with direct control over your digital trust infrastructure, providing enterprise-grade security without the overhead of managing public CA relationships for internal needs.
What This Solves
Establish Internal PKI Trust Anchor
Enable teams to establish a private root Certificate Authority that serves as the ultimate trust anchor for all internally issued certificates. This ensures consistent validation and security across all internal devices and applications.
organizations with internal development teams, businesses managing IoT devices, companies with strict internal security policies, environments requiring custom certificate validation
Secure Internal Device Authentication
Streamline the process of authenticating internal devices, servers, and endpoints by issuing certificates signed by your private root CA. This provides a verifiable identity for all network-connected assets.
network infrastructure management, endpoint security deployments, server hardening initiatives, private cloud environments
Automate Secure Application Communication
Automate the issuance and management of SSL/TLS certificates for internal applications and services, ensuring secure, encrypted communication channels. This reduces the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks within the private network.
internal web services, API security, microservices communication, legacy application modernization
Key Features
Private Root CA Creation
Establish your own root of trust, providing complete control over your organization's digital certificate infrastructure.
Custom Policy Enforcement
Define and enforce granular policies for certificate issuance, validity periods, and usage, aligning with your specific security requirements.
Internal Trust Establishment
Ensure all internal devices, applications, and services are validated against a trusted, self-managed source, enhancing overall network security.
Long-Term Certificate Management
Support extended operational periods for your root CA, enabling predictable and sustained management of your digital identity ecosystem.
Subscription-Based Licensing
Access advanced PKI capabilities through a predictable subscription model, allowing for easier budgeting and scalability.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security controls and internal trust mechanisms to protect sensitive data and ensure transaction integrity, making a private root CA essential for internal systems.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communication and device authentication managed through a controlled private PKI.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve numerous connected devices and internal systems that require secure authentication and communication, which can be effectively managed by a private root CA.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have unique security mandates and require robust internal trust anchors to secure sensitive data and internal operations against sophisticated threats.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Private Root CA?
A Private Root CA is a top-level Certificate Authority that an organization creates and manages itself. It serves as the ultimate source of trust for all certificates issued within that organization's private network, distinct from public CAs.
Who typically uses a Private Root CA?
Businesses that need to manage internal trust, secure internal applications and devices, or meet specific compliance requirements often use a Private Root CA. This includes organizations with significant internal IT infrastructure or custom development needs.
How does this differ from a public CA?
Public CAs are trusted by default by web browsers and operating systems globally. A Private Root CA is only trusted within your organization's network, making it ideal for internal-only security and validation purposes.
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.