Sectigo

Sectigo is a provider of certificate lifecycle management (CLM) and digital certificate security, and describes itself as the largest commercial Certificate Authority globally. Founded in 1998, the company has operated for more than 25 years and runs eight offices worldwide. Its technical work spans certificate lifecycle management, PKI and digital certificates, cybersecurity, cloud-native automation, and post-quantum readiness.

The company's main product is an automated, cloud-native Certificate Lifecycle Management platform that gives enterprises visibility and control over every digital certificate regardless of origin, with the aim of preventing certificate-related outages and preparing customers for advances in quantum computing. Forrester research has measured a 243% return on investment for the platform. As a commercial Certificate Authority, Sectigo also issues TLS/SSL and other digital certificates, including 90-day certificates; it has issued more than 1 billion certificates cumulatively, among them 145m 90-day certificates in 2023 alone.

Sectigo reports over 700,000 customers worldwide and more than 2,700 active partners, with named customers including FedEx, Volvo, McAfee, Gap, Electrolux and Equifax. Its customer base spans logistics and shipping, automotive, cybersecurity software, retail and apparel, manufacturing and appliances, financial services and credit reporting, and digital security and IT. Engineering work at the company is oriented around operating certificate infrastructure at very large scale and around quantum-readiness and future-proofing of cryptographic systems.