Digital Certificates and PKI
Digital Certificates and PKI Today’s online communications have actually come to be a lot more essential than ever before. With the increasing shift towards remote work, transacting online and sharing digital documents, it is important to understand the technology of digital signatures online . Digital signatures, electronic signatures , digital certificates have transformed the way organisations and people sign and protect documents. In this post, we will discuss what Digital Certificates are and what Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is, how digital signatures work and how digital certificates provide security. What are Digital Certificates? A Digital Certificate is a digital document issued by an official (Certificate Authority or CA) verifying who owns the certificate with respect to the public key. It ensures that the public key is owned by the person or organisation listed in the certificate. Digital certificates are a fundamental part of Public Key Infrastruc...