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Certification Authority

The Virginia Tech Certification Authority is responsible for issuing and managing digital certificates for Virginia Tech affiliated entities. The VTCA is the core of the Virginia Tech Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The VTCA guarantees the identity and the authenticity of the entities it issues digital certificates to by using approved policies and procedures outlined in the Virginia Tech Certification Policy document. The TLS server certificates and PDCs are are signed by the InCommon CA. Please click on the appropriate certificate to the right to submit a request through the service catalog.

InCommon TLS Server Certificate - enable TLS authentication and encryption services for networked application servers such as web or email servers.

Middleware Client Certificate - used with an ED-ID service for authentication during TLS negotiation with the Enterprise Directory.  

Personal Digital Certificate - an identity credential for digital signatures and client authentication.