What is DigiCert used for?

What is DigiCert used for?

Do you shop online?

The average person does. If the person lives in an urban area, has broadband and good phone service, she/he does virtually all of their online shopping through a web browser. For security reasons, browsers allow the end user to verify the identity of web servers, thus limiting the risk of credit card theft when using the Internet. DigiCert offers the option of verifying that these servers are truly belonging to the organizations they claim to be. A secure digital identity (ID) creates a strong digital certificate for each website and every page it contains. The digital identity is sent with the data it is being signed; it's called a certificate signing request (CSR). DigiCert's engineers perform a variety of tasks including developing tools, implementing certificates, managing customer accounts, and working with customers' business partners. To work with us, our staff needs the highest level of expertise in network security and computer programming. And because of that, we offer an advanced career path that's supported by comprehensive training and development programs. Our job openings are currently listed below. What's great about our opportunity at DigiCert is that if you know what it takes to be a member of our team, we have an amazing opportunity for you here.

What do our engineers work on? Every DigiCert employee has the unique opportunity to create a career at the forefront of secure online communications. Our engineers work on a wide range of technical challenges, but there are core areas of responsibility: Security Engineering. Network and Application Development. Distributed Network Operations. Information Technology Consulting. Customer Management. Our employees develop and work on new products and feature sets. They lead teams in the creation of world-class security solutions that protect public and private infrastructure while helping enable new technology standards to develop, expand, and secure the Internet.

In addition to the exciting technical work our engineers take on, they also engage in technical and business education and outreach activities. All DigiCert employees also participate in professional training programs in the areas of IT infrastructure and application security. And just like all students, each employee has the opportunity to complete degrees, earn certifications, and participate in professional networking and continuing education events. Read more about DigiCert and about our careers at digicert.

Want to know more? Click this link for a list of positions our engineers have accepted at DigiCert.

Why is DigiCert so expensive?

And why, even now, when the company is trying to save some money, are we paying even more for what is basically a middleman?

I don't know. Neither does anyone else. But it's true, despite repeated claims to the contrary.

It doesn't have to be this way. Let's take a look at how certificates are supposed to work. A certificate validates the identity of a web server, or group of web servers, which helps protect the server from people trying to log in using fake information. Once a certificate is properly installed on a web server, it has several unique properties that make it impossible for a person to create their own certificate and pretend to be your server. We call these the features of a certificate.

One of these features of certificates is that they have a particular public key attached to them. This key is like the secret key to a lock. Nobody can create the same key but that key is unique to a particular piece of equipment. When we say the public key, we are referring to a set of numbers (actually points on a graph) that is created by the owner of the equipment and that gives permission to whoever wants to open that lock to enter. A certificate is the combination of the public key and the software on the web server.

By signing the certificate, the owner (usually the webmaster) is saying to the verifier (usually a browser), Please accept my certificate because this is who I am and these are the permissions I am giving to anyone who wants to log in using this public key. Anyone who owns the corresponding private key should be able to open the lock and enter; and any web server who signs their certificate should really be the owner of that web site and not someone posing as the owner.

This sounds pretty good, right? So far so good. But now comes the most important bit: all certificates must be certified before they can be used for any purpose. When a certificate is certified, it is assigned a trust number which we call a rating.