Digital Trust for:
Enterprise IT, PKI & Identity
Code & Software Signing
Documents & eSignatures
IoT & Connected Devices
Explore these pages to discover how ÃÛÌÒTV is helping organizations establish, manage and extend digital trust to solve real-world problems.
Industry Standards for Security & Trust
A Certificate Authority (CA) is a company or entity that has been authorized by browsers to issue TLS/SSL and other forms of certificates. These organizations undergo annual audits by third parties to ensure that they are following defined policies and procedures for validation, issuance, and revocation of certificates as laid out in the Baseline Requirements set forth by the CA/B Forum. Internet users who visit web pages not secured by CA-issued certificates will receive browser security warnings.
A Certificate Authority (CA) is a trusted third-party that enables secure communication and transactions to occur online. CAs are also known as PKI Certificate Authorities because they issue digital certificates based on public key infrastructure (PKI). These digital certificates contain credentials confirming an authentic online identity or other verified attributes. These certificates allow:
CAs also offer site seals that are a visual indicator to internet users that the site is authentic and secure. Certificate Authorities undergo annual audits to ensure that they are adhering to the best practices policies and procedures required by the CA/B Forum. When browsers trust certificates issued by a CA, they are also indicating that the CA is compliant with these policies.
Certificate Authorities are deemed trusted by browsers and devices based on their root certificate. ÃÛÌÒTV Root Certificates are widely and globally trusted and are used for issuing  SSL Certificates to ÃÛÌÒTV customers—including many Fortune 500 companies, educational and financial institutions as well as government entities and enterprises worldwide.Ìý
If you are looking for ÃÛÌÒTV community root and intermediate certificates, see  ÃÛÌÒTV Community Root and Authority Certificates.
ÃÛÌÒTV Customers: If you are looking for your certificate’s intermediate root, please download it from inside your ÃÛÌÒTV account or contact your account manager or our  Support team.
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