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DigiCert

January 01, 1970

DigiCert, Inc. is a digital security company headquartered in Lehi, Utah.[1] DigiCert provides public key infrastructure (PKI) and validation required for issuing digital certificates or TLS/SSL certificates, acting as a certificate authority (CA) and trusted third party.

DigiCert, Inc.
Company typePrivate company
IndustryInternet security, Public key infrastructure, IoT security
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Headquarters
Lehi, Utah, U.S.
Number of locations
12
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Amit Sinha (executive) (CEO)
  • Jason Sabin (CTO)
  • Christophe Bodin (CRO)
  • Deepika Chauhan (CPO)
Number of employees
1,000+
SubsidiariesCyberTrust
GeoTrust
QuoVadis
RapidSSL
Thawte
Mocana
DNS Made Easy
Websitewww.digicert.com

History edit

 
Example of a DigiCert issued wildcard certificate for *.wikipedia.org

DigiCert was founded by Ken Bretschneider in 2003.[2][3] Bretschneider served as CEO and chairman of the board until 2012 when he was appointed Executive chairman and Nicholas Hales became CEO.[4] In 2016, the company named John Merrill CEO,[5] who left the company in 2022.[6]

In 2005, DigiCert became a founding member of the CA/Browser Forum.[7]

In 2007, DigiCert partnered with Microsoft to develop the industry's first multi-domain (SAN) certificate.[8][2]

In 2015, DigiCert acquired the CyberTrust Enterprise SSL business from Verizon Enterprise Solutions, becoming the world's second-largest certificate authority for high-assurance or extended validation (EV) TLS/SSL certificates.[9]

On August 28, 2015, private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired a majority stake in DigiCert, with TA Associates holding a minority share.[10]

In 2017, DigiCert acquired the TLS/SSL and PKI businesses from Symantec, including brands GeoTrust, RapidSSL (part of GeoTrust), Thawte and Verisign[11] The acquisition resulted from questions first raised in 2015 by web browsers Google and Mozilla about the authenticity of certificates issued by Symantec, which represented one-third of all TLS/SSL certificates on the web.[12][13] In September 2017, Google and Mozilla announced they would "... reduce, and ultimately remove, trust in Symantec's Root Keys in order to uphold users’ security and privacy when browsing the web." The final distrust deadline for certificates chaining to Symantec roots was set for October 2018.[14] Symantec agreed to transfer its certificate business to its top TLS/SSL competitor, DigiCert, whose roots were trusted by browsers.[15] In December 2017, DigiCert began issuing free replacements for all distrusted certificates from Symantec, GeoTrust, RapidSSL, Thawte, and VeriSign. By Oct. 2018, the company had revalidated more than 550,000 organizational identities and issued more than 5 million replacement certificates for affected customers.[16]

In 2018, DigiCert acquired QuoVadis, a trust service provider (TSP) headquartered in Switzerland offering qualified digital certificates, PKI services, and PrimoSign electronic signature software.[17] Qualified digital certificates from QuoVadis (now backed by DigiCert) comply with eIDAS, a set of EU standards for electronic transactions requiring legal proof of authentication. The EU Payment Services Directive mandated that banks and other financial institutions operating in Europe begin using qualified digital certificates by Jun. 2019. According to DigiCert, "... the QuoVadis acquisition aligns with the company's vision of providing globally dispersed and robust PKI-based solutions with local support."[18]

In 2019, the company announced a new R&D division called DigiCert Labs, "... an initiative dedicated to researching and developing innovative approaches to security challenges."[19] DigiCert Labs will collaborate with other enterprise labs – including Microsoft Research, Utimaco, ISARA, and Gemalto – and make grants to universities for the study of topics related to authentication, data integrity, encryption and identity. Initial research projects will focus on post-quantum cryptography and machine learning.[20] In 2019, DigiCert also launched the first post-quantum computing tool kit.[21]

In 2019, Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., a leading private investment firm, and TA Associates, an existing investor, reached an agreement to make a strategic growth investment in DigiCert. As part of the transaction, Clearlake and TA Associates become equal partners in the company.[22][23]

In January 2022, DigiCert acquired IoT security company Mocana.[24] In June 2022, the company acquired DNS Made Easy, a DNS services provider.[25]

On October 19, 2022, DigiCert named Dr. Amit Sinha as CEO and board member.[6] Amit had previously led technology and innovation at cybersecurity leader Zscaler the previous 12 years.

Industry Involvement edit

DigiCert is involved in industry and regulatory groups and projects,[26][27][28] such as:

Criticism edit

DigiCert Inc. is not related to Digicert Sdn. Bhd, a Malaysian-based certification authority that issues certificates with weak keys and had its trust revoked by web browsers.[40][41][42]

In 2019, Google security researcher Scott Helme found approximately a million dollars worth of extended verification certificates that needed to be revoked due to faulty data, a significant portion of which were DigiCert certificates.[43]

In 2022, DigiCert was condemned by Scott Helme for pushing[44] QWAC scheme of certificate similar to EV certificates that undermined trust in certificates.[45][46][47]

References edit

  1. ^ Editorial (2022-05-06). "Meet Digicert A Leading Global Provider Of Digital Trust Enabling Individuals And Businesses To Engage Online With The Confidence". Tech Company News. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  2. ^ a b "History of Innovation | DigiCert". www.digicert.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  3. ^ Anstey, Tom (2018). "Interview - Ken Bretschneider and Josh Shipley" (PDF). Attractions Management. 2018 (4): 35.
  4. ^ “Utah’s DigiCert reorganizes its management”. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  5. ^ “DigiCert names CEO”. Daily Herald. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  6. ^ a b "DigiCert Appoints Industry Veteran Amit Sinha as Chief Executive Officer". www.prnewswire.com. 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  7. ^ a b "Members". CAB Forum. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  8. ^ "DigiCert Fact Sheet" (PDF). digicert.com.
  9. ^ “DigiCert Acquires Verizon Enterprise SSL Business”. DigiCert.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  10. ^ Sean Michael Kerner (2015-08-28). "Thoma Bravo Invests in Security Firm DigiCert". Eweek.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  11. ^ Raymond, Art (3 August 2017). "Lehi's DigiCert swallows web security competitor in $1 billion deal". Deseret News. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  12. ^ Sharwood, Simon. “Symantec offloads its certs and web security biz to DigiCert”. The Register. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  13. ^ Constantin, Lucian. “To punish Symantec, Google may distrust a third of the web’s SSL certificates”. Computerworld. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  14. ^ “Chrome’s Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates”. Google. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  15. ^ "DigiCert Closes Acquisition of Symantec's Website SSL Security Unit". eWeek. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  16. ^ "DigiCert works with its customers and partners to successfully move past Google's distrust of Symantec TLS certificates". PR Newswire (Press release). Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  17. ^ Kent, Jonathan (2018-10-31). "QuoVadis to be sold to US firm DigiCert". www.royalgazette.com. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  18. ^ Barker, Sara. “DigiCert’s QuoVadis acquisition extends PKI expertise in Europe”. SecurityBrief EMEA. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  19. ^ “DigiCert Labs to innovate new security technologies that address emerging threats through collaboration with academic and industry research”. PR Newswire. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  20. ^ Barker, Sara. “DigiCert Labs to research postquantum cryptography and ML”. SecurityBrief EMEA. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  21. ^ "DigiCert Announces Post-Quantum Computing Tool Kit | DigiCert.com". www.digicert.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  22. ^ "News | TA". TA Associates. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  23. ^ "CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP AND TA ASSOCIATES TO MAKE A STRATEGIC GROWTH INVESTMENT IN DIGICERT". Clearlake Capital. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  24. ^ Sawers, Paul (13 January 2022). "DigiCert acquires Mocana to bolster IoT security". VentureBeat. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  25. ^ Graham, Patrick (2022-06-09). "DigiCert Acquires DNS Made Easy". www.themiddlemarket.com. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  26. ^ "Industry Partnerships | DigiCert.com". www.digicert.com. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  27. ^ "DigiCert Company Culture". www.digicert.com. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  28. ^ News, Industry (2020-05-22). "DigiCert named 2020 Global Company of the Year in TLS certificate market by Frost & Sullivan". Help Net Security. Retrieved 2023-06-06. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  29. ^ ThePKIGuy (2020-05-19). "The PKI Guy talks standards with Dean Coclin, chair of the ASC X9 PKI study group". PKI Solutions LLC. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  30. ^ Frazier, Ambria (2019-12-04). "ASC X9 Revives PKI Working Group To Address New Public Key Infrastructure Needs". Accredited Standards Committee X9. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  31. ^ "DigiCert selected to provide Root CA for AeroMACS". Datacentre Solutions. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  32. ^ "APWG | DigiCert". Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  33. ^ "DigiCert Root CA First Approved for Matter Device Attestation by Connectivity Standards Alliance | DigiCert". www.digicert.com. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  34. ^ https://www.digicert.com/content/dam/digicert/pdfs/ci-plus-tv-case-study.pdf
  35. ^ kgwynn. "Member List". DirectTrust. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  36. ^ Inc, DigiCert. "DigiCert and Eonti Selected by the Western Canadian NG9-1-1 Network Operator to Secure the Next Generation 9-1-1 Systems". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2023-06-06. {{cite press release}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  37. ^ DigiCert. "DigiCert Joins NIST Consortium on Effective TLS Server Certificate Management". DigiCert. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  38. ^ "NCCoE Announces Technology Collaborators for the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography Project | NCCoE". www.nccoe.nist.gov. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  39. ^ "SAE International Hires World-Class Contractor Team for EV Charging Public Key Infrastructure Cooperative Research Project". www.sae.org. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  40. ^ "SSL Certificate Support - Entrust, Inc". Entrust.net. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  41. ^ Revoking Trust in DigiCert Sdn. Bhd Intermediate Certificate Authority, Mozilla. "DigiCert Sdn. Bhd is a Malaysian subordinate CA under Entrust and Verizon (GTE CyberTrust). It bears no affiliation whatsoever with the US-based corporation DigiCert, Inc., which is a member of Mozilla's root program."
  42. ^ Microsoft Security Advisory (2641690) "DigiCert Sdn. Bhd is not affiliated with the corporation DigiCert, Inc., which is a member of the Microsoft Root Certificate Program."
  43. ^ Helme, Scott (11 September 2019). "Extended Validation not so... extended? How I revoked $1,000,000 worth of EV certificates!". from the original on 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  44. ^ Helme, Scott (4 January 2022). "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and QWACs like a duck, then it's probably an EV Certificate". Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  45. ^ "Mozilla and the EFF publish letter about the danger of Article 45.2 | The Mozilla Blog". blog.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  46. ^ "Experts urge EU not to force insecure certificates in web browsers". BleepingComputer. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  47. ^ Callas, Alexis Hancock and Jon (2022-02-09). "What the Duck? Why an EU Proposal to Require "QWACs" Will Hurt Internet Security". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 2022-03-24.

External links edit

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view June 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message DigiCert Inc is a digital security company headquartered in Lehi Utah 1 DigiCert provides public key infrastructure PKI and validation required for issuing digital certificates or TLS SSL certificates acting as a certificate authority CA and trusted third party DigiCert Inc Company typePrivate companyIndustryInternet security Public key infrastructure IoT securityFounded2003 21 years ago 2003 HeadquartersLehi Utah U S Number of locations12Area servedWorldwideKey peopleAmit Sinha executive CEO Jason Sabin CTO Christophe Bodin CRO Deepika Chauhan CPO Number of employees1 000 SubsidiariesCyberTrust GeoTrust QuoVadis RapidSSL ThawteMocanaDNS Made EasyWebsitewww wbr digicert wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Industry Involvement 3 Criticism 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Example of a DigiCert issued wildcard certificate for wikipedia org DigiCert was founded by Ken Bretschneider in 2003 2 3 Bretschneider served as CEO and chairman of the board until 2012 when he was appointed Executive chairman and Nicholas Hales became CEO 4 In 2016 the company named John Merrill CEO 5 who left the company in 2022 6 In 2005 DigiCert became a founding member of the CA Browser Forum 7 In 2007 DigiCert partnered with Microsoft to develop the industry s first multi domain SAN certificate 8 2 In 2015 DigiCert acquired the CyberTrust Enterprise SSL business from Verizon Enterprise Solutions becoming the world s second largest certificate authority for high assurance or extended validation EV TLS SSL certificates 9 On August 28 2015 private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired a majority stake in DigiCert with TA Associates holding a minority share 10 In 2017 DigiCert acquired the TLS SSL and PKI businesses from Symantec including brands GeoTrust RapidSSL part of GeoTrust Thawte and Verisign 11 The acquisition resulted from questions first raised in 2015 by web browsers Google and Mozilla about the authenticity of certificates issued by Symantec which represented one third of all TLS SSL certificates on the web 12 13 In September 2017 Google and Mozilla announced they would reduce and ultimately remove trust in Symantec s Root Keys in order to uphold users security and privacy when browsing the web The final distrust deadline for certificates chaining to Symantec roots was set for October 2018 14 Symantec agreed to transfer its certificate business to its top TLS SSL competitor DigiCert whose roots were trusted by browsers 15 In December 2017 DigiCert began issuing free replacements for all distrusted certificates from Symantec GeoTrust RapidSSL Thawte and VeriSign By Oct 2018 the company had revalidated more than 550 000 organizational identities and issued more than 5 million replacement certificates for affected customers 16 In 2018 DigiCert acquired QuoVadis a trust service provider TSP headquartered in Switzerland offering qualified digital certificates PKI services and PrimoSign electronic signature software 17 Qualified digital certificates from QuoVadis now backed by DigiCert comply with eIDAS a set of EU standards for electronic transactions requiring legal proof of authentication The EU Payment Services Directive mandated that banks and other financial institutions operating in Europe begin using qualified digital certificates by Jun 2019 According to DigiCert the QuoVadis acquisition aligns with the company s vision of providing globally dispersed and robust PKI based solutions with local support 18 In 2019 the company announced a new R amp D division called DigiCert Labs an initiative dedicated to researching and developing innovative approaches to security challenges 19 DigiCert Labs will collaborate with other enterprise labs including Microsoft Research Utimaco ISARA and Gemalto and make grants to universities for the study of topics related to authentication data integrity encryption and identity Initial research projects will focus on post quantum cryptography and machine learning 20 In 2019 DigiCert also launched the first post quantum computing tool kit 21 In 2019 Clearlake Capital Group L P a leading private investment firm and TA Associates an existing investor reached an agreement to make a strategic growth investment in DigiCert As part of the transaction Clearlake and TA Associates become equal partners in the company 22 23 In January 2022 DigiCert acquired IoT security company Mocana 24 In June 2022 the company acquired DNS Made Easy a DNS services provider 25 On October 19 2022 DigiCert named Dr Amit Sinha as CEO and board member 6 Amit had previously led technology and innovation at cybersecurity leader Zscaler the previous 12 years Industry Involvement editDigiCert is involved in industry and regulatory groups and projects 26 27 28 such as Accredited Standards Committee X9 ASC X9 29 30 Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communication System AeroMACS 31 Anti Phishing Working Group APWG 32 CA Browser Forum 7 CableLabs Connectivity Standards Alliance 33 CI 34 DirectTrust org 35 Internet Engineering Task Force IETF International Organization for Standardization ISO National Emergency Number Association 9 1 1 NENA 911 36 NIST National Cyber Security Center of Excellence NCCoE 37 38 Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International 39 Criticism editDigiCert Inc is not related to Digicert Sdn Bhd a Malaysian based certification authority that issues certificates with weak keys and had its trust revoked by web browsers 40 41 42 In 2019 Google security researcher Scott Helme found approximately a million dollars worth of extended verification certificates that needed to be revoked due to faulty data a significant portion of which were DigiCert certificates 43 In 2022 DigiCert was condemned by Scott Helme for pushing 44 QWAC scheme of certificate similar to EV certificates that undermined trust in certificates 45 46 47 References edit Editorial 2022 05 06 Meet Digicert A Leading Global Provider Of Digital Trust Enabling Individuals And Businesses To Engage Online With The Confidence Tech Company News Retrieved 2023 03 29 a b History of Innovation DigiCert www digicert com Retrieved 2023 01 27 Anstey Tom 2018 Interview Ken Bretschneider and Josh Shipley PDF Attractions Management 2018 4 35 Utah s DigiCert reorganizes its management The Salt Lake Tribune Retrieved 2019 02 28 DigiCert names CEO Daily Herald Retrieved 2019 02 28 a b DigiCert Appoints Industry Veteran Amit Sinha as Chief Executive Officer www prnewswire com 2022 10 19 Retrieved 2022 10 24 a b Members CAB Forum Retrieved 2023 01 27 DigiCert Fact Sheet PDF digicert com DigiCert Acquires Verizon Enterprise SSL Business DigiCert com Retrieved 2019 03 01 Sean Michael Kerner 2015 08 28 Thoma Bravo Invests in Security Firm DigiCert Eweek com Retrieved 2015 12 25 Raymond Art 3 August 2017 Lehi s DigiCert swallows web security competitor in 1 billion deal Deseret News Retrieved 21 May 2020 Sharwood Simon Symantec offloads its certs and web security biz to DigiCert The Register Retrieved 2019 03 05 Constantin Lucian To punish Symantec Google may distrust a third of the web s SSL certificates Computerworld Retrieved 2019 03 05 Chrome s Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates Google Retrieved 2019 03 05 DigiCert Closes Acquisition of Symantec s Website SSL Security Unit eWeek Retrieved 2019 03 11 DigiCert works with its customers and partners to successfully move past Google s distrust of Symantec TLS certificates PR Newswire Press release Retrieved 2019 03 01 Kent Jonathan 2018 10 31 QuoVadis to be sold to US firm DigiCert www royalgazette com Retrieved 2022 08 24 Barker Sara DigiCert s QuoVadis acquisition extends PKI expertise in Europe SecurityBrief EMEA Retrieved 2019 03 05 DigiCert Labs to innovate new security technologies that address emerging threats through collaboration with academic and industry research PR Newswire Retrieved 2019 02 28 Barker Sara DigiCert Labs to research postquantum cryptography and ML SecurityBrief EMEA Retrieved 2019 02 28 DigiCert Announces Post Quantum Computing Tool Kit DigiCert com www digicert com Retrieved 2023 01 27 News TA TA Associates Retrieved 2019 07 16 CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP AND TA ASSOCIATES TO MAKE A STRATEGIC GROWTH INVESTMENT IN DIGICERT Clearlake Capital 2019 07 09 Retrieved 2019 07 16 Sawers Paul 13 January 2022 DigiCert acquires Mocana to bolster IoT security VentureBeat Retrieved 27 January 2022 Graham Patrick 2022 06 09 DigiCert Acquires DNS Made Easy www themiddlemarket com Retrieved 2022 08 24 Industry Partnerships DigiCert com www digicert com Retrieved 2023 06 06 DigiCert Company Culture www digicert com Retrieved 2023 06 06 News Industry 2020 05 22 DigiCert named 2020 Global Company of the Year in TLS certificate market by Frost amp Sullivan Help Net Security Retrieved 2023 06 06 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help ThePKIGuy 2020 05 19 The PKI Guy talks standards with Dean Coclin chair of the ASC X9 PKI study group PKI Solutions LLC Retrieved 2023 06 06 Frazier Ambria 2019 12 04 ASC X9 Revives PKI Working Group To Address New Public Key Infrastructure Needs Accredited Standards Committee X9 Retrieved 2023 06 06 DigiCert selected to provide Root CA for AeroMACS Datacentre Solutions 2018 03 08 Retrieved 2023 06 06 APWG DigiCert Retrieved 2023 06 06 DigiCert Root CA First Approved for Matter Device Attestation by Connectivity Standards Alliance DigiCert www digicert com Retrieved 2023 06 06 https www digicert com content dam digicert pdfs ci plus tv case study pdf kgwynn Member List DirectTrust Retrieved 2023 06 06 Inc DigiCert DigiCert and Eonti Selected by the Western Canadian NG9 1 1 Network Operator to Secure the Next Generation 9 1 1 Systems www prnewswire com Press release Retrieved 2023 06 06 a href Template Cite press release html title Template Cite press release cite press release a last has generic name help DigiCert DigiCert Joins NIST Consortium on Effective TLS Server Certificate Management DigiCert Retrieved 2023 06 06 NCCoE Announces Technology Collaborators for the Migration to Post Quantum Cryptography Project NCCoE www nccoe nist gov 15 July 2022 Retrieved 2023 06 06 SAE International Hires World Class Contractor Team for EV Charging Public Key Infrastructure Cooperative Research Project www sae org Retrieved 2023 06 06 SSL Certificate Support Entrust Inc Entrust net Retrieved 2015 12 25 Revoking Trust in DigiCert Sdn Bhd Intermediate Certificate Authority Mozilla DigiCert Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian subordinate CA under Entrust and Verizon GTE CyberTrust It bears no affiliation whatsoever with the US based corporation DigiCert Inc which is a member of Mozilla s root program Microsoft Security Advisory 2641690 DigiCert Sdn Bhd is not affiliated with the corporation DigiCert Inc which is a member of the Microsoft Root Certificate Program Helme Scott 11 September 2019 Extended Validation not so extended How I revoked 1 000 000 worth of EV certificates Archived from the original on 2019 09 11 Retrieved 2022 03 24 Helme Scott 4 January 2022 If it looks like a duck swims like a duck and QWACs like a duck then it s probably an EV Certificate Retrieved 24 March 2022 Mozilla and the EFF publish letter about the danger of Article 45 2 The Mozilla Blog blog mozilla org Retrieved 2022 03 24 Experts urge EU not to force insecure certificates in web browsers BleepingComputer Retrieved 2022 03 24 Callas Alexis Hancock and Jon 2022 02 09 What the Duck Why an EU Proposal to Require QWACs Will Hurt Internet Security Electronic Frontier Foundation Retrieved 2022 03 24 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title DigiCert amp oldid 1217502692, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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