Certisign
| Private | |
| Industry | Digital certificates, Security |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
Key people | Julio Cosentino, vice-presidente |
| Revenue | R$ 245 milhões, 2013 |
Number of employees | 700 |
| Website | www.certisign.com.br |
Certisign Certificadora Digital S.A. is a Brazilian company based in São Paulo, SP that provides PKI-based solutions to financial institutions, governments, and enterprises that increasingly utilize unsecured IP networks to link business processes, exchange information, and conduct banking and commerce transactions. Certisign also provides a variety of security and consulting services ranging from digital certificates, authentication, and managed Digital Identity.
History
Certisign was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1995, by two Brazilian IT professionals, Paulo Wollny and Eduardo Rosemberg, who saw a niche market and its development begun at home. In 1996, the two founders needed investors and accepted some partners who invested some money with the initial mission of providing digital certificates for the growing internet market around the world. The new company served as a certificate authority (CA). Two years after its foundation Certisign completes first sale to the financial services industry – Brazilian bank incorporate PKI. As concepted, Certisign was aimed to grow the same way Thawte did. But the original investors had other strategies, and so, in 2000 Certisign became the exclusive Brazilian affiliate of VeriSign, while Thawte where acquired by VeriSign, and two years later VeriSign invests on Certisign, with the actual shareholders completing the investment.
By that time the company initiates a new role: Provide trust for the Internet and Electronic Commerce through Digital Authentication services and products." On October 2002 Certisign is accredited by ICP Brazil, the Government Institution for PKI Products and Services Standards. This is a turning point on Certisign history – The Retail strategy begins to be drawn and Brazilian Public and Private institutions started to prepare its infra-structure to the new technology.
On the year 2004 Certisign begins invest on Research and Development efforts and one year after that acquires KMS Software, a leading company on Identity Management solutions. At the same time that Franklin Templeton / Darby and Intel Capital Invests in Certisign. In 2005 the Company put in practice the retail strategy & international expansion. Certisign now has more than 1,500,000 certificates in operation for everything from military to financial services and retail applications, making it the largest CA in Brazil. Certisign has regional presence all over the Country, and strong partnerships through Latin America and Europe. Its consolidated partnership with VeriSign is well known for the VeriSign Secured Seal - Certisign Validation Seal, and for the Authentication and Fraud Prevention systems offered combined with Certisign Certificates and Consulting Services.
Products and services
Products: Certisign products and services includes:
• Systems: the industry’s broadest line of PKI platforms and technologies, including VeriSign, Brazil PKI and private label. • Software: Certisign offers software for managing PKI systems.
Certisign offers a wide range of products and services anchored on its PKI technology.
• Identity Management System (IMS): allows corporate clients to manage key backup and recovery services while also integrating with Microsoft Active Directory (AD). With IMS, corporations have full control of the certificate revocation process, users' crypto hardware, and certificate management. IMS integrates with Certisign IPS (see below).
• Certisign’s Credential Issuer Server: processing center software to issue multiple identities to end users.Current CIS are Verisign Integrated CA, Certisign’s JAVA CA, and Time-Stamping Authority CA.
Services: Including comprehensive planning, implementation and integration, and management and support services.
• Solutions: documented, field-proven solutions that combine Certisign and partner products and services.