DigiCert Private Root CA
Establish and manage your own trusted Certificate Authority with DigiCert Private Root CA, ensuring robust internal security and control over your digital identities for up to 1152 days.
- Extended Coverage: Access to a private root CA for up to 1152 days, providing long-term control over your internal certificate infrastructure.
- Enhanced Security: Coverage for issuing your own trusted certificates, significantly reducing risks associated with external certificate compromises.
- Operational Control: Protection against the need for reliance on public CAs for internal services, enabling greater autonomy and security policy enforcement.
- Entitlement to Trust: Full control over the lifecycle of your internal digital certificates, from issuance to revocation, ensuring compliance and security.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The DigiCert Private Root CA is a foundational cybersecurity solution that empowers organizations to establish and manage their own trusted Certificate Authority (CA). This service provides the root certificate necessary to issue and manage internal digital certificates, ensuring that all internal devices, applications, and services are authenticated and encrypted using a trusted, internally controlled chain of trust.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure their internal networks, applications, and data. It fits into environments requiring strict control over certificate issuance, compliance with internal security policies, and the ability to manage the entire PKI lifecycle without relying solely on public certificate authorities.
- Establish Internal Trust: Create your own root of trust to issue and manage internal digital certificates.
- Secure Device Authentication: Ensure all internal devices and endpoints are securely identified and authenticated.
- Protect Application Communication: Encrypt data in transit between internal applications and services.
- Streamline Certificate Management: Gain full control over the issuance, renewal, and revocation of internal certificates.
- Meet Compliance Requirements: Support internal security policies and regulatory needs by maintaining an auditable internal PKI.
Secure your internal digital landscape with a self-managed Certificate Authority, offering enterprise-grade security without the enterprise overhead.
What This Solves
Enable Secure Internal Application Communication
Enable teams to secure communication channels between internal applications and microservices using internally issued SSL/TLS certificates. Streamline the process of deploying and managing certificates for web servers, APIs, and databases, ensuring data confidentiality and integrity across your private network.
cloud-native applications, microservices architecture, internal web services, API gateways, containerized environments
Secure Device and Endpoint Authentication
Automate the secure authentication of all internal devices and endpoints, including servers, workstations, and IoT devices, with unique digital identities. Support teams to enforce strong authentication policies and prevent unauthorized access by ensuring every device is verified through your private CA.
network access control, IoT device management, BYOD policies, server hardening, endpoint security
Establish a Controlled Certificate Lifecycle
Streamline the entire lifecycle management of internal digital certificates, from issuance and renewal to revocation. Provide IT professionals with the tools to maintain an auditable record of all certificate activities, ensuring compliance and mitigating risks associated with expired or compromised certificates.
IT asset management, compliance auditing, security operations, change management processes, infrastructure lifecycle
Key Features
Private Root CA Issuance
Establish your own trusted root of trust, providing complete control over your internal certificate infrastructure and reducing reliance on external entities.
Custom Certificate Policies
Define and enforce specific security policies for certificate issuance, ensuring alignment with your organization's unique compliance and security requirements.
Full Lifecycle Management
Gain comprehensive control over the issuance, renewal, and revocation of all internal digital certificates, simplifying management and enhancing security.
Enhanced Internal Security
Secure internal communications, device authentication, and application access with trusted, internally managed digital identities.
Subscription-Based Model
Benefit from a predictable subscription pricing model for managing your private root CA, allowing for easier budgeting and scalability.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security controls and robust authentication for internal systems and sensitive data, making a private CA essential for managing trust and compliance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient data (PHI) and comply with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure internal communication and device authentication managed by a private CA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often deploy numerous internal devices and systems that require secure authentication and communication, which can be effectively managed through a private CA.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information, requiring secure internal networks and applications, supported by a controlled internal PKI.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Private Root CA?
A Private Root CA is a Certificate Authority that an organization establishes and controls for issuing digital certificates within its own private network. Unlike public CAs, its root certificate is not trusted by default by all web browsers and operating systems, but it is trusted by devices and applications configured to trust it within the organization.
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 companies with strict security requirements, those operating in regulated industries, or any business looking to enhance control over their internal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
How does this differ from a public CA?
Public CAs issue certificates that are trusted by default across the internet. A Private Root CA issues certificates that are only trusted within the specific organization that manages it. This is ideal for internal-only services where external trust is not required but internal control and security are paramount.
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.