A certificate authority system is essential when you want to create and issue your own digital certificates and digital signatures. This type of system is scalable to work with any size business operation, from small environments to large corporations. There are different solutions available, which are designed to offer you the flexibility in choosing a system, which fits with your needs and requirements.
Understanding the Certificates Created by a Certificate Authority
Digital certificates and digital signatures are similar, yet different from one another. A digital signature is also a digital certificate, but a digital certificate does not have to be a digital signature. Your certificate authority system is configured to determine when to include a digital signature into the certificate, when it is created. A digital signature is required when the user will be digitally signing documents, forms, files and other data types. In cases, where they only need to gain access to secure resources, then a signature would not need to be included in the certificate.