DigiCert Private Root CA

Build a private certificate hierarchy around a root authority you control. DigiCert Private Root CA is designed for organizations that need to issue and govern internal certificates without relying on public trust infrastructure. It supports private PKI architectures where policy, issuance boundaries, and trust distribution must stay under enterprise control. This matters when certificate sprawl, compliance requirements, or segmented environments make public CA workflows too broad for the job. A private root lets teams define trust from the top down, align issuance with internal security standards, and maintain a clear separation between external and internal identity systems. For infrastructure teams, the value is operational clarity. A dedicated root CA supports predictable certificate governance across internal applications, devices, services, and protected workloads. It also helps reduce dependency on ad hoc certificate processes that create audit risk and operational drift. Choose this model when the trust anchor itself is part of the control plane. It is built for organizations that need a private foundation for certificate policy, lifecycle oversight, and internal trust distribution at enterprise scale.