Your organization can implement and use digital certificates for a variety of purposes. The types of digital certificates in use often follow the X509 standards. These standards are used to break down a digital certificate in to specific areas. Within each area of the certificate, both required and optional information can be provided by the organization. The level of detail provided in these sections can be influenced by the purpose of the digital certificate.
An Organization May Refer to a Digital Certificate as an X509 Certificate
Your workplace can refer to digital certificates as X509 certificates. One possible reason for doing this is when they have created custom versions of their own certificates. In this case, there would be an extension added to the end. By using version numbers, it can help an organization to easier identify the various types of digital certificates they are using from one another.