DigiCert Reviews

DigiCert, Inc. is a prominent digital security company founded in 2003 by Ken Bretschneider and headquartered in Lehi, Utah, USA. As a leading Certificate Authority (CA), DigiCert provides essential public key infrastructure (PKI) and validation services required for issuing Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL) certificates, ensuring secure online communications and transactions. The company has a rich history marked by significant growth and strategic acquisitions, including the TLS/SSL and PKI businesses from Symantec (including brands like GeoTrust, RapidSSL, Thawte, and Verisign) in 2017, making it a dominant force in the high-assurance certificate market. Further acquisitions like QuoVadis (2019), Mocana (IoT security, 2022), DNS Made Easy (2022), and Vercara (2024) have expanded its portfolio into DNS services, IoT security, and broader online presence protection, including DDoS mitigation and web application firewalls. DigiCert targets a wide range of customers, from small businesses to large enterprises, including 89% of the Fortune 500 and 97 of the top 100 global banks. Its primary offerings center around TLS/SSL certificates (OV and EV), PKI management (via the DigiCert ONE platform), IoT device security, code signing, document signing, and managed DNS services. Key selling points include its robust, scalable infrastructure, rapid certificate issuance, award-winning 24/7 customer support, advanced certificate lifecycle management tools (CertCentral®), and commitment to innovation, particularly in areas like post-quantum cryptography.