DigiCert Private Intermediate CA

Establish a controlled trust layer for your private PKI with DigiCert Private Intermediate CA. It is designed to sit between your root trust and end-entity certificates, giving enterprise teams a practical way to issue and govern internal identities with clear policy boundaries. This matters when certificate operations must scale without losing control. A private intermediate CA helps separate root authority from day-to-day issuance, which improves operational discipline and reduces exposure of the root CA. It also supports cleaner delegation across teams, environments, and certificate classes. For organizations managing internal applications, device fleets, or service identities, the intermediate CA becomes the anchor for consistent issuance policy and lifecycle oversight. It is the right fit when you need a durable private PKI structure that can support growth, segmentation, and tighter governance. Choose this model when the architecture itself is part of the security strategy. A private intermediate CA gives you the control point needed to issue certificates with confidence while preserving the integrity of the broader trust hierarchy.