DigiCert

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

DigiCert is a privately held, Thoma Bravo-backed digital-trust and cybersecurity company. It operates a global certificate-authority and trust platform securing identities, infrastructure, software, devices, communications, DNS, and AI content/agents; it reports 125,000+ organizations in 180 countries and 90%+ of the Fortune 500 as customers.

Primary product

DigiCert ONE, an AI-powered digital-trust platform unifying public/private PKI, DNS, certificate lifecycle management, software and device trust, document/content trust, and related services.

Founded

2003

Headquarters

Lehi, Utah, United States

Team size

1,000–2,000 (third-party estimates; 1,904 reported by PitchBook for 2026)

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Computer and network security

Sub-industry

Digital trust, public-key infrastructure (PKI), certificate authority, certificate lifecycle management, DNS security, and software/device identity

Offices

Lehi, Utah, United States

Lindon, Utah, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Herndon, Virginia, United States

India

South Africa

Australia

United Kingdom

Ireland

Business model

Enterprise SaaS subscriptions for DigiCert ONE modules

Certificate and digital-signature issuance

Managed PKI and certificate lifecycle services

DNS and DDoS/security services

Software, device, document, and content trust solutions

Professional, support, and enterprise services

Funding

Stage

Private, private-equity-backed / acquired by Thoma Bravo

Total raised

$2.5B

Latest round

Private equity / financing round · Dec 2021

Private equity financing

Dec 2021 · Crosspoint Capital Partners

Management buyout / private equity

Jul 2019 · Clearlake Capital Group; TA Associates

Acquisition financing / conventional debt

Dec 2015 · Freedom 3 Capital

Seed / acquisition financing

Dec 2012 · TA Associates

Seed / unattributed VC

Jul 2011 · Polaris Partners

People & investors

Leadership

Dr. Amit Sinha

Chief Executive Officer

Deepika Chauhan

Chief Product Officer

Jason Sabin

Chief Technology Officer

Jugnu Bhatia

Chief Financial Officer

Dave Packer

Chief Revenue Officer

Lakshmi Hanspal

Chief Trust Officer

Jamie Elvidge

Chief Customer Success Officer / EVP Customer Service

Atri Chatterjee

Chief Marketing Officer

Investors

Alaska Permanent Fund

Ares Capital Corporation BDC

Clearlake Capital Group

Crosspoint Capital Partners

Work & culture

DigiCert defines its culture through CARE: Customer Obsession, Amazing Innovation, Relentless Execution, and Exceptional Collaboration. The company also emphasizes employee growth, purpose/Ikigai, global collaboration, standards leadership, and customer impact.

Work style

Hybrid

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Public job-market and labor-filing sources indicate U.S. H-1B sponsorship activity and a median sponsored-role wage around $116,046, but compensation varies substantially by role, location, and level. Job postings emphasize broad benefits rather than publishing a universal company-wide salary framework.

Benefits

Generous time off policies

Medical and insurance benefits

Retirement support / 401(k) signals in U.S. postings

Education, wellness, and lifestyle support

Employee assistance and wellness programs

Gym reimbursement signals in job-market listings

Global/local benefits vary by country

Product & market

Pricing

Primarily quote-based enterprise pricing for DigiCert ONE, managed PKI, DNS/security, and trust modules; some individual TLS/SSL certificates and selected tools have published/self-service pricing or free previews.

Differentiators

—Globally trusted certificate-authority roots and WebTrust-compliant operations
—Unified DigiCert ONE platform spanning PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management
—Large enterprise footprint and claimed adoption by 90%+ of Fortune 500
—Automation, APIs, integrations, and centralized lifecycle governance
—Coverage across infrastructure, software, devices, documents, communications, AI models/agents, and content
—Quantum-readiness and post-quantum migration capabilities
—C2PA-based content provenance and authenticity capabilities
—Standards participation across CA/B Forum, IETF, ETSI, and C2PA

Technology

PKI

TLS/SSL

X.509 certificates

Certificate Lifecycle Management

DNS

DigiCert ONE

Kubernetes

React

Java

Rust

TypeScript

OpenSSL

MongoDB

Snowflake

Elasticsearch

Okta

Microsoft Active Directory

C2PA

Jira integrations

Cloud/SaaS services

Customers

90%+ of Fortune 500 companies

125,000+ organizations worldwide

Banks and financial services

E-commerce and technology companies

Healthcare organizations

Manufacturing companies

Governments and public-sector entities

Software publishers and device manufacturers

Media organizations

Global enterprises requiring PKI, DNS, signing, and content provenance

Competitors

GlobalSign

Sectigo

Entrust

SSL.com

Amazon Web Services Certificate Manager / AWS Private CA

Cloudflare

Keyfactor

Venafi

ZeroSSL

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$500M–$600M annually (third-party estimate; DigiCert does not publicly disclose audited revenue in the retrieved sources)

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Aug 2015

DigiCert was acquired by Thoma Bravo, according to company databases; it remains privately held and PE-backed.

Source

Acquisition

Aug 2017

Acquired Symantec’s Website Security and PKI business for reported $950 million, materially expanding scale and market position.

Source

Acquisition

Aug 2024

Acquired Vercara, adding DNS, DDoS protection, and related network-security capabilities.

Source

Acquisition

Sep 2025

Acquired Valimail, according to CB Insights/PitchBook-linked acquisition records; terms were not publicly disclosed in the retrieved evidence.

Source

Latest news

DigiCert Earns Great Place To Work Certification Across Six Countries

GlobeNewswire / DigiCert · Jul 2026

DigiCert announced Great Place to Work certification across six countries, a relevant current employer/culture signal.

DigiCert Introduces Quantum Central to Help Organizations Prepare for Post-Quantum Cryptography

GlobeNewswire / DigiCert · Jul 2026

Introduced Quantum Central, a free-preview solution for discovering cryptographic assets, prioritizing remediation, and planning post-quantum migration.

DigiCert Introduces Independent Trust Validation with Google Cloud for Confidential Computing

GlobeNewswire / DigiCert · Jun 2026

Announced collaboration with Google Cloud to provide independent cryptographic trust validation for confidential-computing environments.

DigiCert Introduces New AI Trust Architecture for Securing AI Agents, Models, and Content

DigiCert · Apr 2026

Introduced a unified AI Trust architecture covering agent identity/governance, model integrity, and content provenance through DigiCert ONE.

DigiCert Launches Content Trust Manager to Help Organizations Verify Digital Content Authenticity in the Age of AI

DigiCert · Apr 2026

Launched Content Trust Manager, using PKI and the C2PA standard to attach tamper-evident provenance credentials to digital media.

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