DigiCert

DigiCert, Inc. is a global digital security company and a provider of digital trust headquartered in Lehi, Utah, with over a dozen global offices in various countries including: Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Ireland, Japan, India, Germany, France, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland and United Kingdom. As a certificate authority (CA) and trusted third party, DigiCert provides the public key infrastructure (PKI) and validation required for issuing digital certificates or TLS/SSL certificates. These certificates are used to verify and authenticate the identities of organizations and domains and to protect the privacy and data integrity of users’ digital interactions with web browsers, email clients, documents, software programs, apps, networks and connected IoT devices. According to independent survey company Netcraft, "DigiCert is the world's largest high-assurance certificate authority, commanding 60% of the Extended Validation Certificate market, and 96% of organization-validated certificates globally." DigiCert has 100+ Patents and Patents Pending. DigiCert services over 80% of the Fortune 500 and secures 28 billion web connections daily. DigiCert was founded by Ken Bretschneider in 2003. Bretschneider served as CEO and chairman of the board until 2012 when he was appointed Executive chairman and Nicholas Hales became CEO. In 2016, the company named John Merrill CEO, who left the company in 2022. In 2005, DigiCert became a founding member of the CA/Browser Forum and remains active in the forum today. In 2007, DigiCert partnered with Microsoft to develop the industry's first multi-domain (SAN) certificate. 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. On August 28, 2015, in one of the largest investments in a Utah-based company to date, private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired a majority stake in DigiCert, with TA Associates a leading global growth private equity firm, holding a minority share.